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16 Methods for Developing neigong qigong water method May 20, 2024

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 an...

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Unifying Yin & Yang bagua internal arts neigong qigong tai chi May 09, 2024

In this video, I discuss bending-and-stretching neigong and lengthening neigong, and how they become one.

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In the Pursuit of Wu Wei tai chi taoism taoist principles water method May 09, 2024

Wu wei is often translated literally, based on the Chinese characters. But Water Method practitioners have a much different understanding of the Taoist concept of wu wei. Following the principles of water, it starts with the physical body and goes through the Three Treasures, the Taoist path of a...

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Circle Walking: Making Your Body Conscious (Part 1 of 2) bagua circle walking internal space qi taoism May 08, 2024

 By Paul Cavel

Bagua is a pure energy art derived from Taoist philosophy and the I Ching (Book of Changes). It has been practised for millennia to embody the universal energies of change and, at advanced levels, can become a vehicle for spiritual development.

For more mundane yet meaningful purs...

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Bagua for Meditation: To Advance, First Retreat bagua meditation taoism May 06, 2024

 

 By Paul Cavel

With my new bagua online course starting today, I’ve had a handful of people who’ve asked about bagua for meditation. I suspect there are more of you out there who might want to train bagua as a form of moving meditation, as classically trained for millennia in the monastic tradit...

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