Water Dragon New Year – #2 Reflection
Think of it, the Chinese Dragon is the only mythical animal in the Chinese animal symbology associated with the cosmology of months and years. The Dragon is not mundane, the Dragon is profound. While the Phoenix is also mythological power animal in Asia, it is not included among the calendar signs. This exclusive position suggests […]
Yang-Sheng Honors The Healer Within
The most recent issue of Yang-Sheng, one of several excellent web based journals, has honored The Healer Within. The Healer Within is, foremost, the natural self-healing capacity of the human system and its inherent ability to produce the most profound medicine for no cost = FREE! This is one of the most under reported miracles […]
Teacher Zhong from Wu Dang Mountain Expresses Essential Taiji (Tai Chi) Principles
INTEGRAL INSIGHTS: Every approach to Taiji (Tai Chi) is worthy of note – for those who practice with the intent of tapping the essence of Taiji. The deepest principles appear, when practiced by a cultivated, attentive and consistent practitioner, in all the forms, families, schools, lineages and approaches. Integral Tai Chi or Essence Tai Chi (Taiji) is focused […]
The Tai Chi of Life – Cultivation and the Transition from Winter Yin to Spring Rising of Yang
Just as the weight shifts, In Tai Chi, slowly from the right leg to the left, the seasons shift from fall and winter to spring and summer. Balance — the Tai Chi — is in the middle between the the two – The Equinoxes. For the sake of this continuing discussion on the Tai Chi […]
The Qi and Tai Chi (Taiji) of Christmas – A Personal View
We celebrate Christmas for two practical reasons: — every culture, everywhere celebrates the Winter Solstice around this time as the hopeful sign of the end of the cooling seasons (Full Yin) and the beginning of the warming seasons ( Commencing Yang). This season reveals the Tai Chi of our Solar experience. — Jesus, Son of […]
Working with Dr Benson in DC
Following many years of enthusiastic advocacy for the power of Mind-Body Practice, Integrative medicine and Holism, I have the great honor of having been selected to give the co-keynote address for Mind-Body Week in Washington DC with Herbert Benson, MD — widely revered as the Father of Mind-Body Medicine. […]
Beautiful article-training of Qigong & Tai Chi Teachers/Instructors
The National Examiner, online news that often reports on Qigong and Tai Chi, has published a very supportive article pointing to the IIQTC Teacher Training Program. See http://t.co/xVcMXAl1 National need for teachers/instructors is growing!