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3 Streams of Taoist Arts bagua martial arts spirtual development taoism video water method Jun 03, 2024

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 wish...

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Bagua: Pulling Up the Roots of Physical & Emotional Pain (Pt 2) bagua bagua zhang circle walking dissolving healing meditation palm changes qi taoism trauma May 23, 2024

 

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 Cha...

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Unifying Yin & Yang bagua fascia stretches fascial release internal arts neigong qigong tai chi training tips video May 09, 2024

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

 

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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 bagua zhang circle walking 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 tradition....

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