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 In this video, I meet with my friend and fellow Water Method teacher Jason Roberts to discuss how to practise to cultivate qi and manifest the energies of the Five Elements. We discuss: Where to put your focus and strategies for practising the Water Method as it is comprised of five neig...
 Audio from a recording in California, March 2024 on how to make practice effortless with a video of an evening tai chi practice in California, May 2024. Javi Martinez teaches tai chi and qigong in London
 In this talk, I sit down again with Javi Martinez to discuss the three integrated streams of Taoist arts training: health/healing, martial arts and personal/spiritual development. Let us know in the comments which is your path... We can centre future discussions on the levels of practice you w...
 By Paul Cavel In Part 1, we looked at how Circle Walking is the minimalist’s paradise. Once you have some understanding of and become proficient in Circle Walking, you can progress to the Single Palm Change, the core of both the monastic bagua and bagua zhang taditions.  The Single Palm ...
 If you really want to be healthy, to feel freer, to become a better human being, you must first create balance. Taoist energy arts have been practised for millennia for these reasons, and many more. Most popular is qigong (and younger tai chi), but in the Water Method, the focus is on neigong...
 In this video, I discuss bending-and-stretching neigong and lengthening neigong, and how they become one.
  By Paul Cavel Most internal arts have a specific learning progression, which begins with a set of six or more movements in qigong, and up to 108 moves in tai chi. Then, as you practise the form over weeks, months and years, you sink into your body, mind and qi by adding layers of internal ...
 By Paul Cavel In previous posts, I covered exercises for creating space in body, mind and qi to increase relaxation and release deeply bound tension. Now we’ll explore foundational breathing techniques to lull the nerves into a state of letting go and gently massage the internal organs to inc...
  The kwa is essential to internal arts training as it powers all forms. In the this video, I’ll take you through the basic kwa squat to make sure you’re practising it correctly. In my Taoist Neigong online classes, core Water Method training, we cover many layers of the kwa squat to help yo...
 In this video I discuss how to develop your awareness.
