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Meditation In Motion – Sinking the Qi

  Meditation In Motion Sinking The Qi by Eric Borreson         Sinking the qi is a common term in taiji, but many people find it very confusing. Sinking the qi simply refers to using your breath to help … Continue reading

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Push-hands: A Means To Increase Your Gong

[From The Master] Push Hands: A Means For Increasing Your Gong by Yang Yang, Ph.D Push-hands is a measure of a person’s gong. In the meantime, push-hands can also be a safe and efficient means to enhance the gong. Below … Continue reading

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Meditation In Motion – Relax and Loosen in Taiji

[Meditation In Motion] Relax and Loosen in Taiji by Eric Borreson One of the first principles typically taught in taiji is song (松). A common translation is relax, but this is not sufficient to adequately describe the term. It can … Continue reading

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Relaxation Through Smiling Exercise

[Self Healing Method] Relaxing Though Smiling Exercise 道家微笑大法 This exercise is designed to help you quickly recover from fatigue, reduce stress, increase your energy and efficiency. You can do this at anytime and anywhere. You can do this exercise by … Continue reading

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Daoist “Sitting & Foprgetting” and the Christian “Cloud of the Unknown”

Daoist “Sitting and Forgetting” and the Christian “The Cloud of the Unknown” by Shifu Michael Rinaldini (Linchangdao) In January of 2012, I returned to the solitude and silence of the Sky Farm Hermitage in Sonoma County, California. This Catholic hermitage … Continue reading

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A New Hope for 2012 and Beyond!

Stress Less A New Hope for 2012 and Beyond! by Niraj Naik, M.Pharm. This time last year, I was still suffering from the horrible symptoms of an illness known as ulcerative colitis. My consultant doctor told me that I would … Continue reading

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Tales from the Dao-Looking Up

Looking Up by Solala Towler My personal practice these days consists, in a large part, in something I call Looking Up. By Looking Up I mean, number one, to physically look up. It is amazing how often we travel down … Continue reading

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How To Eliminate Stress And Triple Your Productivity

How To Eliminate Stress And Triple Your Productivity by Narij Naik, M.Pharm. “Researchers peering into the brains of those engaged in several tasks at once are concluding what some overworked Americans had begun to suspect: that multi-tasking, which many have … Continue reading

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