Tag: Blog
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Deeply Rooted: The 12 Routines of Yi Jin Jing
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Yi Jin Jing is rooted in the essential principles of TCM and Qigong. From the gentle opening moves through the more intense routines, in its entirety, Yi Jin Jing provides a complete and progressive stretching and strengthening workout.
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Cultivating the Three Treasures: Shen, Qi and Jing
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In Traditional Chinese medical theory there are three things that are essential to sustaining health and life: Shen, Qi and Jing. They are known as The Three Treasures, and each one contributes to the health and well-being of the body, mind and spirit.
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Thoughts on Wuji
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We start and end our Shibashi in Wuji, which can be translated as “utter formlessness.” It is likened to the moment before the Big Bang. In that moment nothing existed, there was just emptiness, but that emptiness was filled to the brim with potentiality.
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The Yin and Yang of Intent
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The many benefits of Qigong practice are enhanced when the mind is part of the process because Qigong is an exercise for mind and body together. When explaining the role of the mind, teachers talk about the power of intent. Intent means to intentionally orientate the mind in a direction.
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San Jiao/Triple Burner in Theory and Practice
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San Jiao (Triple Warmer, Triple Heater, Triple Burner) is extraordinary in that it does not correspond to a specific organ. Rather it helps to regulate all the organs and energy in the body by opening passageways and facilitating free and proper flow.
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Playing with Clouds
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Seeing a clear, blue sky invariably makes us feel at ease and expansive. We tend to feel lighter and brighter. In meditation, the blue sky is sometimes used as a metaphor for the true mind; the mind that is calm, clear and expansive.