by Admin | Oct 9, 2021 | musings
One of the primary ideas behind philosophical Taoism is that human suffering is caused by the layers of meaning, thinking, emotions, wants and desire that we add to the lived experience. What we should be doing instead is align ourselves with the true nature of the...
by Admin | Oct 9, 2021 | musings
I wanted to share something which happened to me as I think it illustrates the connection between mind and body. I recently suffered from acute back pain. The kind of pain that paralyses you, and in this case, made me pass out. It was the culmination of an...
by Admin | Oct 9, 2021 | musings, Tai Chi
There is something special about the vertical line that connects head to toes. The physical body is built around it. The bones and sinews of the body are arranged in order to counteract the force of gravity, in an alignment we recognize as proper posture. This...
by Admin | Oct 9, 2021 | musings
Jing – the Essence of the physical body. It is the sum of the physical processes in the body ( blood, bile, etc..) . It is also literally the physical energy available to you when performing physical acts. This energy comes from food and air, and is transformed...
by Admin | Oct 8, 2021 | history and philosophy, musings
Jing – the Essence of the physical body. It is the sum of the physical processes in the body ( blood, bile, etc..) . It is also literally the physical energy available to you when performing physical acts. This energy comes from food and air, and is transformed...
by Admin | Jun 28, 2016 | musings, Tai Chi
Before we can focus on the world around us, we must focus on the world within us. The Body is a collection of moving parts, held together by the interaction of bones, muscles, sinews, ligaments and fascia. As we move one part of the body we pull and tug at every...
