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Tag: Qigong
The Twitch of Anxiety
Here’s a thought on one of the reasons for our antsy behavior.
October Warning: Don’t Sweat the Negative
There’s an expression making the rounds lately among beginning Qigong practitioners. Some times you will hear, “Wow, he just like dumped his negative qi all over me.” …
Sensations
You may be one of the lucky ones. Or you may just be crazy.
Where is Consciousness?
Is there mind without consciousness? If you say yes you will be wrong. If you say no you will be wrong.
A Fast Four Hours
September 20, 2009: Santa Cruz, California:
A wide range of people and training came together to spend a few hours learning a very special approach to the practice of Qigong.
Qigong and the Moon
Lately I’ve been experimenting with ways to tune my daily qigong practice so that it reflects natural cycles, rather than sticking to a rigid plan.
Interview: Narrye Caldwell L.Ac.
Our whole site is built around the ancient Qigong method known as Blossoms in the Spring. We asked the co-author of the new book on Blossoms to share her experiences as an acupuncturist, her insights into Qigong and her view…
Qigong Physicality
What have I seen in Qigong classes? I’ve seen the wrinkled brows of the confused slowly smooth out with an internal experience of comprehension as though their mind’s eyes were seeing a code deciphered. I’ve seen shoulders slip off their…
The Yin and Yang of Yin and Yang: Part 1
For instance, you can use yin and yang to mean feminine and masculine but NOT good and bad.
Qigong Practice: #1
Don’t assume that Qigong starts with deep breathing or lightning bolts shooting out of your fingers. Start by just standing there for a minute. Qigong begins when you Tiao Shen (control your body). Start with your feet apart about shoulder…
What Happened to Chinese Medicine?
Is Chinese Medicine still what it purports to be or has it become something else?
The Most Radical Health Program
No one should feel bad that the Chinese did it first. After all, they’ve had 5000 years to noodle with these things. But before we go on we have to take a simple test. If you still believe that the…
Beneath the Personal
There are two great endeavors which require us to leave our personalities aside. By this I mean social endeavors, not individual efforts. In the West this is science which at least aims at an objective sense of the universe. In…
Stardust Qi
A very short digression to the land of the “real”.