Category: Mindset

  • On Constant Purity and Tranquility

    The Wonderful Scripture on the Constant Purity and Tranquility, Spoken by the Ultra Supreme Elder Lord The Elder Lord said: The Great Tao, being formless, creates heavens and earths; The Great Tao, being emotionless, runs the sun and the moon; The Great Tao, being nameless, eternally nurtures all beings. I do not know its name,…

  • How to avoid impact and controll contact using movement and awareness

    Systema Israel youtube.com

  • Secret records of understanding the Way

    TRUE AND FALSE The Old Man of Clear Serenity said: There is nothing in the world that does not have both true and false versions. Practice of the Way may also be true or false, so students should first distinguish the difference clearly. True practice is total sincerity. It is not a matter of avoiding…

  • The 10 tenets of Qigong

    Tranquility Experiencing Nothingness Emptiness Rootedness Openness Oneness Compassion Harmony The Way Tranquillity “Take emptiness to the limit; maintain tranquillity in the center” — Lao Tzu In other words immerse oneself in a state of tranquillity. It is the basic of basics that one be able to keep a peaceful mind. To be able to remain…

  • Breathing Methods and Practice Tips of Health Qigong

    by Gong Lihui 2012 Breathing practice is one of the important exercises in practicing Health Qigong. Only when the exerciser is aware of the importance of breathing, using the correct breathing posture with right methods to make the most of breathing, can he learn Health Qigong well and reach the goal of dispelling diseases and…

  • Slowness, Pause, Flexibility, and Observation

    by Zhang Mingliang & Cheng Yunhua When people begin to learn Health Qigong?many people may wonder that why the movements of Health Qigong is always slower than other exercises. Many exercisers who have practiced for many years may come to realize that why they feel comfortable when they exercise slowly. In fact, Practicing Health Qigong…

  • Nourishing Your Qi

    with Robert Peng

  • Annotated Mysterious Pearly Mirror

    The Dao is nonaction, yet nothing is left undone. Purity of mind does not come from knowledge and wisdom. What is knowledge? What is purity? Knowlegde is to give up all wisdom. Purity is to be empty in going along. Going along, not following: this is pervasion of mind. Pervade the One and all affairs…

  • An Empty Valley Transmitting a Voice

    When a person shouts in an empty valley, there is a reverberation of sound. In folklore this is called the spirit. Because it has a voice but no form, it is called the spirit of the valley. What I realize as I observe this is the Tao of nurturing the spirit in emptiness. If people…

  • Song Kong Yuan Man

    Byron Zhang shows Tai Chi’s Song Kong Yuan Man (Relax, empty, full & rounded).

  • Commentary on the Mirror for Compounding the Medicine

    Precelestial breath, Postcelestial breath. Those who obtain them always seem to be drunk. The precelestial Breath is the original and initial Ancestral Breath.1 This Ancestral Breath is in the real center of Heaven and Earth within the human body. [Placed between] the Secret Door and the Gate of Life, hanging in the middle, it is…

  • The Natural Mechanism of Turning Attention Around to Gaze Within

    Bai Yuzhan said, “The path of inner refinement is extremely simple and easy; just get the fire of the heart to descend into the elixir field. The elixir field is the chamber of water, while the heart is fire. When fire enters water, then water and fire mix and true yang is produced. Therefore people…

  • Starting and Ending Forms of Basic Qigong Exercise Patterns

    Starting Form The Relaxed and Quiescent Form in Standing Position Pithy Formula Keep the spine upright and suspend the Baihui Point. Pull in the chin, shut the lips and touch the tongue tip to the teeth ridge. Drop the upper eyelids, permitting the eye to look forward. Tuck in the chest and relax the waist…

  • Hunyuanzhuang

    Jingang-Chan Posture Movements: 1) Stand with feet shoulder-width apart, toes sticking to the ground. Slightly bend knees and hang arms naturally by sides of body with elbows also slightly bent, palms facing backward, fingers apart and thumbs pointing to trouser seams. Relax shoulder, elbow, wrist, and finger joints. Hold head and neck erect, with chin…

  • How to Start Qi Movement

    Ding Qiubo How to start Qi movement or how to guide the physical body by Qi are the basic qualities and fundamental basis for the Health Qigong exerciser. Therefore, in Health Qigong·Liu Zi Jue, the exerciser is required to start Qi movement at the very beginning of the ready posture. The same requirement appears also…