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Five-Animal Play and the Five-Elements Five-Zang Theory

Five-Animal Play Qigong and Five Elements and Five-Zang Theory 五禽戏与五行五脏学说 Kevin W Chen, Ph.D. MPH Wuqinxi, or Five-Animal Play is one of the important Qigong exercises in traditional Chinese wellness practice. Its founder, Hua Tuo (about 145-208), was born in … Continue reading

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Seasonal Harmony – It’s Summer

[Seasonal Harmony] It’s Summer Ellasara Kling We have now entered into Early Summer whose emotion is Joy! We are all happy to have left the cold of winter and the windy storms of spring behind, to shed our overcoats and … Continue reading

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Daoist Internal Alchemy – Interpreting The Ancient Codes

Daoism Interpreting The Ancient Codes: An Example from the Zhou Yi Can Tong Qi, a Taoist Alchemy Class by Shawn Cartwright The language of alchemy is a language that attempts to say the contradictory Isabelle Robinet, The World Upside Down, … Continue reading

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Foods Have Flavors And Flavors Have Directions

[Seasonal Harmony] Foods Have Flavors And Flavors Have Directions By Ellasara Kling Five Element Theory provides a framework through which we can observe and understand the deeper connections between ourselves and Universal Flow/Natural Cycles throughout our lives. An understanding that … Continue reading

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Foods For Late Summer

[Seasonal Harmony] Foods For Late Summer by Ellsara Kling “When internal energies are able to circulate smoothly and freely, and the energy of the mind is not scattered, but is focused and concentrated, illness and disease can be avoided.”  The … Continue reading

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Seasonal Harmony

Seasonal Harmony by © Ellasara Kling Here it is July and the beginning of Late Summer in the flow of Five Seasons.  What a fabulous time!  Flowers, fruits, vegetables are abundant; the earth is blooming in a big way!  During … Continue reading

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