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In the Pursuit of Wu Wei: Part 2 bagua internal arts qigong tai chi taoist principles water method Mar 04, 2024

 By Paul Cavel

PART 2: What Is Wu Wei? 

Wu wei is often described as “doing without doing”, but what does that really mean? How can you do something without doing it? This misunderstanding is generally due to scholars outside the tradition translating Chinese characters into English, and studyin...

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Cultivate Internal Power and Vitality with the Lower Tantien bagua healing health internal power martial arts neigong qi qigong tai chi tantien water method wellness Feb 16, 2024

 

By Paul Cavel

Although people who train the internal arts of qigong, tai chi and bagua do so for a variety of reasons, all motivations can be classified into three general categories: health/healing, martial arts and spiritual development. In reality, everyone trains for health because, at the...

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You Are Being Bombarded By Noise! bagua grounding internal arts qigong reduce stress release tension tai chi water method wellness Feb 02, 2024

 

By Paul Cavel

You are being bombarded by noise – unrelenting distractions in the form of notifications, news and marketing – that diminish peace of mind. It’s no wonder why stress is the number one cause of disease with 90 percent of illnesses and diseases being linked to chronic stress (accor...

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The Best Time …and Place to Train bagua internal arts practice qi qigong tai chi taoism training water method Jan 09, 2024

 By Paul Cavel

In ancient times, internal arts training often started just before dawn and was usually done outside. Taoists found that morning practice not only warms up the body’s systems by circulating blood and chi, but also wakes up the intuitive aspects of the mind. Starting the day on soli...

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Opening to Let Go bagua internal space practice qigong reduce stress release tension tai chi training traumas water method wellness Dec 17, 2023

 

 By Paul Cavel

I began studying the Taoist Water tradition in the late 1980s and quickly dedicated myself to my training because of life-debilitating injuries I needed to address to maintain any decent quality of life. At that time, I felt as though I had looked everywhere for answers, but nothi...

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