Tag Archives: taiji

Fun With Cultivating Shen

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Chun-man Sit

From the Master Fun With Cultivating Shen By Chun Man Sit Before we start to cultivate the shen, or spirit, we ought to find out what shen means. Shen is an abstractive word in Chinese language. It has many meanings … Continue reading →

Posted in From the Master | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

East-West Perspective: The Three Treasures

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Roger Jahnke

The Three Treasures: Unity, Harmony, Diversity Part One of Two Excerpted from The Healing Promise of Qi, McGraw-Hill, Rewritten and rearranged specifically for Yang-Sheng Magazine (Previously Qi Dao) Dr Roger Jahnke, OMD Dao gives birth to the boundless, eternal One, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

From You Wei to Wu Wei

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Chun-man Sit

From the Master From You Wei to Wu Wei by Chun Man Sit Wu Wei 无为 Wu wei is a Daoism term. It can be translated as non-doing. Even though wu wei is not as glamourous as enlightenment, a word … Continue reading →

Posted in From the Master | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

From the Master

Posted on May 21, 2011 by Yang Yang

    Why Standing Meditation? by Yang Yang, Ph.D. Why do we do standing meditation (standing wuji)? This is one of the most frequently asked questions, and it comes both from beginners as well as long time Taiji form practitioners. … Continue reading →

Posted in From the Master | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Mind-Body Medicine Research Update

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Kevin Chen

Tai Chi exercise in patients with chronic heart failure: a randomized clinical trial. Arch Intern Med. 2011 Apr 25;171(8):750-7.  Yeh GY, McCarthy EP, Wayne PM, Stevenson LW, Wood MJ, Forman D, Davis RB, Phillips RS. From Division of General Medicine … Continue reading →

Posted in Mind-Body Research Update | Tagged , , , , | 11 Comments

Meditation in Motion

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Eric Borreson

Integrating Mind and Body with Taiji by Eric Borreson Mind-body integration means to be aware of your movements, thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. In order to develop a mind-body connection, we need to learn how to continuously adjust our movements, posture, … Continue reading →

Posted in Meditation in Motion | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

From the Master

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Yang Yang

How to Maintain Energy Yang Yang, Ph.D. People often ask me: “How do I improve my Gong,” or “How do I improve my pushhands by improving my Gong?” How do we improve our martial arts skills? And I like this … Continue reading →

Posted in From the Master | Tagged , | 4 Comments