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Tag Archives: April 2019

Tai Tree My Four Teachers

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“When the student is ready the teacher appears” I went off for the weekend. Scattered. Rushed. Unsure. Some Tai Chi teacher I am huh? I had just finished my grueling day of classes (nearly 10 hours) and hopped in the …

Posted in The Way | Tagged April 2019

Not All Baguazhang is the Same

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“When your Yi (intention mind) directs your internal energy from your Xin (heart mind) this coupled with your body circling movements the force for change arising from Jiulong Baguazhang becomes as steel tempered a thousand times in the fire. It …

Posted in Baguazhang | Tagged April 2019, orig-May 2015

Quiet Sitting Is Not Meditation

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“Busy Inside, Still Outside” -Li, Long Dao There are many kinds of meditation. Some focus on spiritual attainment, others finding inner peace, the list is almost endless. Our students at The Gompa center in Arlington Texas who are studying the …

Posted in Nei-Gong | Tagged April 2019, orig-May 2015

Types of Training

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“The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche   I have been involved in learning, researching and teaching the Chinese …

Posted in Shifu's View | Tagged April 2019

The Origin and Correct Method of Displaying the Taiji Du (T’ai Chi Tu)

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The Dao created one. One created two, Two created three, And three brought into being the ten thousand things. The ten thousand things carry yin and embrace yang. They achieve harmony by balancing these forces. – Lao Tzu Chpt. 42 …

Posted in Philosophy | Tagged April 2019, orig-May 2015

Press For Success

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“Just do your daily practice of the mental and physical exercises each morning and evening and you will not fail to reach the stars.” – Li, Long-dao       Today few people understand that Taijiquan is one of the …

Posted in Taijiquan | Tagged April 2019, orig-July 2015

Breathing for Stress Relief

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Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought.                                                         …

Posted in Qigong | Tagged April 2019, orig-Feb 2018

Ch’an Mind and Beyond

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    The practice of Zen is forgetting the self in the act of uniting with something. – Koun Yamada     Ch’an or Zen in Japanese is a process of taming the mind gently so that it is calm, …

Posted in Meditation | Tagged April 2019, orig-May 2015

The Depression Fighting Benefits of the Mimosa Tree

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Known in China as the “Collective Happiness Bark,” the mimosa tree was given to people who needed a “spiritual uplift or cleansing.” Similarly, the bark is used to cleanse the heart and liver meridians (energetic pathways) in the body. It …

Posted in Apothecary | Tagged April 2019

Rou-muli / Soft Vision of Xingyiquan

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To be invincible is to utilize your strengths, Protect your weaknesses and be aware of the same in your enemy.                                          …

Posted in Xingyiquan | Tagged April 2019, orig-July 2016

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