Category Archives: Method of Improving Meditation

Chakra Healing Meditation

Chakra Healing Meditation by Martin Brofman, Ph.D. What’s a Chakra? Chakra is a Sanskrit word meaning wheel, or vortex, and it refers to each of the seven energy centers of which our consciousness, our energy system, is composed. These chakras, … Continue reading

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Method of Better Meditation

Training Tips for Going Deeper Into Tranquility by Yang Yang, Ph.D.   Taiji insights sometimes come from unexpected places.  It happened to me earlier this year on a visit back home to Illinois. The occasion was a conversation with a … Continue reading

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Method to Improve Meditation — Observing Imagery

[Methods to Improve Meditation] Observing-Imagery – An Ancient Meditation Technique Kevin W Chen, Ph.D. MPH Observing-imagery (OI, Guan Xiang 观想) is a common meditation technique in Daoist practice. It refers to the psychological maneuvering process of keeping the mind on … Continue reading

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Methods of Better Meditation

The Essential Work of Being One’s Self Jill Gonet, MFA and Guan-Cheng Sun, PhD In the view of Qi-cultivation, at the beginning of the self-development stage, one’s essential self resides deep inside the individual, not outside the individual.  However, in … Continue reading

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Three Steps to Become a Master of Meditation

Three Steps to Become a Master of Meditation by Ken Andes I wish someone had given me the information in this short article when I first started meditation practice in 1989.  It would’ve literally saved me years of confusion and … Continue reading

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Method to Improve Meditation

Taking Dan-Tian Breathing a Step Further: Hui-Yin Breathing By Ken Andes, L.Ac. When people first come to qigong, they’re often surprised to find out that they’ve been breathing the wrong way for most of their lives. Most people come to … Continue reading

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Method to Improve Meditation

Counting-Breath Method 数息法 Kevin W Chen, Ph.D. MPH   Counting breath has long been a method used in meditation training. It appeared in Chinese literature as early as the Eastern Han Dynasty (25—220AD), when Buddhism was introduced to China. The … Continue reading

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Cracking the Matrix

[Root of Daoist Meditation] Cracking the Matrix Shifu Michael Rinaldini (This is a continuation from his previous publication in Qi Dao — Daoist Zuowang Meditation see http://yang-sheng.com/?p=859) If you know the good visage, do not hold on to externals. (Your) … Continue reading

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Daoist Zuowang Meditation

Daoist Zuowang Meditation Michael Rinaldini Just watch out that Above the concentrated mind Everything is free and open and coverless, Beneath the concentrated mind Everything is wide and spacious and bottomless. .                 … Continue reading

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