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Three Exercises to Revitalise Your Liver Qi breathing five elements heaven & earth qigong liver qigong Feb 19, 2026

The liver unlocks the power to do, and generates the raw power needed for practice and riding this wild ride called life.

In the Water Method, the following three foundational practices include techniques that specifically target the liver to release stagnant and bound energy, and balance and rev...

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TTCS Water Method Training bagua circle walking gods qigong heaven & earth qigong medical qigong neigong qigong tai chi wu style tai chi yang style tai chi Oct 14, 2025

By Paul Cavel

 

This article covers:

  • How to start a personal practice
  • My five-year curriculum

 

How to Learn Taoist Energy Arts

Many people are surprised to learn that beginners learn almost exactly the same material as experienced practitioners. This may sound counterintuitive, but con...

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Weaving Neigong in Heaven & Earth Qigong breathing healing heaven & earth qigong neigong qigong qigong exercise Oct 07, 2025

By Paul Cavel

The many threads and layers of neigong that can be activated and integrated in the Marriage of Heaven and Earth Qigong give practitioners a taste of what is possible from ongoing study of Taoist arts — without the complex choreography associated with other qigong sets, tai chi or ba...

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Secrets of Taoism: Healing with Neigong heaven & earth qigong neigong taoism training video Sep 29, 2025

In this talk with Chris Cinnamon of Chicago Tai Chi, I discuss how to start a qigong and tai chi practice.

I discuss in-depth the 16 neigong and how Heaven and Earth Qigong bridges beginning to advanced training in the Water Method.

Start with Part 1

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Tapping Into Universal Energies healing heaven & earth qigong neigong qigong taoism video Jan 05, 2025

Heaven & Earth Qigong

In this video, I discuss how to tap into the energies of Heaven and Earth to cleanse and re-vitalise your body, mind and qi. See a demo of the macrocosmic and microcosmic orbits of energy used in Heaven & Earth Healing Qigong, a 3,000-year-old Taoist practice.

 

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Marrying the Energies of Heave & Earth five elements healing heaven & earth qigong liver neigong qi qigong release tension video wood element practice Jan 01, 2025

 

Heaven and Earth Healing Qigong has been practised by Taoists for 3,000 years to access the core channels of the body — the left, right and central channels of energy — to penetrate the body’s shell. Heaven and Earth Qigong practice:

  • Starts by targeting the soft tissues (fascia, muscles,

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Qigong for the Liver: Unlocking the Power to Do 5 elements bruce frantzis heaven & earth qigong liu hung chieh liver organ health qigong training cycles training tips wood element practice Dec 26, 2024

By Paul Cavel

Many people don't know that it’s possible to survive with a liver that is only half functioning. As the largest of the internal organs, it takes prominent position on the right side of the abdominal cavity, and performs a whopping 500+ metabolic and vital functions. Stress, the numb...

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Heaven and Earth Qigong: Heal Your Body And Awaken Your Qi amazon books healing heaven & earth qigong qi qigong taoism water method Nov 10, 2024

 

Heaven and Earth Qigong Book
(Volume One)

By Taoist Master Bruce Frantzis and Paul Cavel

Amazon #1 Best Seller!

Heaven and Earth is a classic Taoist qigong, which consists of a two-part exercise that engages and stretches all the muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints and fascia of the body. As la...

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How Internal Energy Arts Boost Immune Function dragon & tiger qigong healing heaven & earth qigong internal arts medical qigong qi qigong reduce stress Aug 30, 2024

By Paul Cavel

La version en Français est disponible ici.

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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Heaven & Earth Qigong Video healing heaven & earth qigong neigong qigong reduce stress relaxation video Mar 22, 2023

 

Heaven and Earth Qigong is a gift from the ancients, a self-healing practice that has a 3,000-year-old history. Traditionally being reserved only for disciples, this two-part exercise spans the first 12 of 16 internal (neigong) components.

Its many threads of internal (neigong) techniques are...

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