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Taoist Breathing: The Diaphragm Is the Engine belly breathing breathing energy guided practice reduce stress training tips Aug 11, 2024

 

By Paul Cavel

Breathing is one of the most direct and simple ways to gain access to your internal landscape, and encourage a calm, relaxed state in body and mind. The ability to breathe well can dramatically affect your health and well-being—not just because you do it all day, but also because...

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A Gift from the Ancients: Why Train Taoist Arts? neigong taoism training cycles training tips trauma video water method Aug 07, 2024

This is Part Three of the Water Method series with Mir Ali.

Start with Part One:
• What Defines Water Method Training

In this third video, Mir and I drill down into the question: What is the point of training? We also discuss the training progression as you develop skill with fundamental neigong...

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Origins of the Water Method & Liu Hong Jie bagua bruce frantzis i ching liu hung chieh origins taoism training tips water method Jul 22, 2024

This is Part Two of the Water Method series with Paul Cavel and Mir Ali.

Much of the documentation on Daoism has been destroyed, but the oral tradition has been preserved with the teachings being transmitted from master to student for millennia, to us in the present day.

In this video, Mir and ...

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An Exercise for Releasing the Nerves to Increase Relaxation belly breathing breathing eye exercises guided practice letting go qigong reduce stress relaxation relaxation exercise stress-relief tai chi training tips Jul 10, 2024

 

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...

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Indirect versus Direct Movement of Qi letting go mindset qi relaxation taoism training tips water method Jun 27, 2024

By Paul Cavel

Two Methods for Growing Your Life-force Energy

There are two primary methods of moving energy in the body, which can be broadly classified as beginning and advanced phases. Many qigong systems are designed according to the principles of the beginning phase and remain within this re...

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