Category Archives: Daoism

Five Days to Cellular Renewal: Reboot Your Health with the Ancient Daoist Bigu Retreat

Posted on January 16, 2026 by Kevin Chen

For the sixth year we are offering the teaching of an ancient Daoist wellness practice — Bigu (避谷 energetic fasting) — online by Zoom platform, in response to the overwhelming demand for better health and deep mind-body connection. This is probably the best time for you to invest in your own health and well-being through Bigu and mindset training.
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Unlock the Secret to Youth: The Timeless Wisdom of Daoist Rejuvenation Qigong

Posted on December 6, 2025 by Kevin Chen

重返青春的秘密：道家回春功的千年智慧与启示 Have you ever imagined a simple practice that could turn back time and restore your youthful vitality? Picture this: a man in his seventies, once bedridden for eight years due to heart disease, now effortlessly cycling miles every day. … Continue reading →

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Qigong Bigu or Fasting: The Best Investment in Your Health and Long-Term Wellness

Posted on January 30, 2023 by Kevin Chen

Qigong Bigu or Fasting: The Best Investment in Your Health and Long-Term Wellness 辟谷养生、祛病强身、 延年益寿 Kevin W CHEN， Ph.D. Although the pandemic of COVID-19 is gradually over now, the infectious diseases and their effects are still around the world, and … Continue reading →

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The Virtue of Patient Care

Posted on February 28, 2015 by GuestWriter

[East West Perspective 东西方之观点] The Virtue of Patient Care by Gary Greer   Technological advances in health care has led to a common belief that physicians tend to detach themselves from their patients.[i]  As a result, a paradigm shift from … Continue reading →

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The Healing Properties of Fermented Foods

Posted on September 15, 2014 by GuestWriter

[Daoist Internal Alchemy 道家内丹术]    The Healing Properties of Fermented Foods by Dr. Ted Nawalinski   The Healing Properties of Fermented Foods is a survey of more than two hundred research sources recently published by Traditional Chinese Culture Institute International, (http://www.tccii.com).  … Continue reading →

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What is Yin–Yang?

Posted on May 3, 2014 by GuestWriter

[Featured Article] by Casey Kochmer A starting definition: The nature of change, balanced as two halves of a whole. Yin and Yang is perhaps the most known and documented concept used within Taoism. Yin and Yang is the concept of duality … Continue reading →

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Chinese Astrology: Green Horse Year

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Michael Winn

[Qi Cultivation & Dao  炼气与道] Chinese Astrology: Green (Wood) Horse Year by Michael Winn Taoist Living Astrology vs. Abstract Mental Astrology My top focus is on HOW TO CONNECT TO HORSE ENERGY this year. Most modern astrology has devolved into … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Daoist Practical Journal

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Michael Rinaldini

  A Daoist Practical Journal: Come Laugh With Me by Michelle Wood I thoroughly enjoyed Shifu Li Chang Dao’s book, and it certainly lived up to the title: it is, indeed, a marvelous journal chronicling the eighteen-year journey of Michael … Continue reading →

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Sexual Alchemy

Posted on December 24, 2013 by GuestWriter

[Daoism Internal Alchemy] Sexual Alchemy By Pascal Schonknecht Sexual alchemy is one of the most profound and most widely known of the Taoist internal arts. At the same time, it is also one of the most challenging and poorly understood … Continue reading →

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Concept of Harmony and Daoist Yangsheng vs. Western Medical Thought

Posted on October 16, 2013 by GuestWriter

The Concept of Harmony related to Daoist Yangsheng and Western Medical Thought By Matthew Banks  Modern Western understandings of health and disease are seen as grounded in science, indeed the 20th century has sometimes been referred to as “the Pharmaceutical Age.”  … Continue reading →

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