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By Paul Cavel

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Dragon and Tiger, as a form of medical qigong, was originally designed to contact and develop the etheric field and the wei qi of the body. For this reason, it links very well with the meridian-line system used in acupuncture. The information covered in the last fou...

By Paul Cavel

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In Part 3, we looked at the two primary methods for mobilising and developing qi within Dragon and Tiger Medical Qigong. Now we’ll take a look at the three primary depths of developing qi to strengthen the etheric field and the physical body.

All the practices a...

Auteur : Paul Cavel 

Traduction : Xavier Benard

Beaucoup de gens méditent, mais, comme le fait remarquer mon professeur Bruce, cela ne vous dit pas vraiment ce qu'ils font. De même, la pratique du tai chi et du qi gong est en pleine croissance depuis un an, car l'accès aux enseignements n'a j...

By Paul Cavel

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With the first two phases of softness and precision embodied, at least to some degree, Dragon and Tiger Medical Qigong becomes an excellent vehicle for delving into the subtle layers of qi development. Before this, you can gain a general sense of the qi that powers ...

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Most people find it rather difficult to feel their energy, especially in the early years of practice. In this case, Dragon and Tiger Medical Qigong offers a straightforward and exceptionally easy methodology for learning how to feel your qi, and develo...

By Paul Cavel

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Dragon and Tiger Medical Qigong includes many layers and levels of energetic development, which can take a practitioner deep into the realms of qi. But in order to get the most out of your practice, there are three distinct phases that must be followed to allow you ...

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The two most popular questions I get asked by new students in a qigong class, hands down, are:

What do I do with my breathing?

What do I do with my qi? Or how do I get access to my qi?

I’d really like to answer these questions. After all, this is the s...

By Paul Cavel

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My teacher, Taoist Lineage Holder Bruce Frantzis, released a short video on how to strengthen the immune system. He demonstrates three basic exercises to achieve the goal, which received two general responses:

• Primarily positive - fro

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What's Holding You Back?

In this follow-on talk with TTCS Instructor Javi Martinez, we discuss healing with Taoist neigong. Topics include:

- The benefits of training, such as better sleep, increased flexibility and growing a younger body

- Healing physical, energetic, emotional, mental and...

By TTCS Senior Instructor Jackie Smith

When I first saw titles like this one, I thought, “Sign me up for some of that”! Now though, I can’t even remember how long I’ve been  attempting to wrap my brain cell around the concept and training to embody these simple yet profound words. There are in...

I’m pleased to have teamed up with MysticMag to discuss physical and mental well-being in this age of anxiety, depression and chronic pain. I hope you find the post useful: click here to read.

By Paul Cavel

In a previous post I offered exercises for opening up the musculoskeletal frame in a coordinated fashion to create space in your body. As you begin to feel a sense of more space, you want to transition your focus from the muscles to the nerves.

In order to target nerve flow, you w...

By Paul Cavel

When learning any internal energy art, such as qigong, tai chi or bagua, there is a major hurdle that must be over­come to create sustainable, long-term training results: feeling instead of visual­ising. I’ve watched how this has become more and more difficult for students over the ...

By Mir Ali, LicAc, MBAcC

I love qigong … so much so that I don’t think I could be a practising acupuncturist without it. Qigong helps me keep healthy, informs my diagnosis, helps my patients keep healthy, helps me treat patients!

When I started learning Shaolin Kung-fu in 1991, I began practi...

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 neigong

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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...

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

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 you r...

In this video I discuss how to develop your awareness.

The English version is available here.

Tigre et dragon est un système de qi gong médical en sept mouvements, originaire de Chine. Pratiqué depuis 1 500 ans par des millions de personnes, il utilise une méthodologie très simple pour ressentir, faire circuler, transformer et cultiver le qi (énergi...

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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,...

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...

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...