Tag: TCM

  • Thoughts on Wuji

    Thoughts on Wuji

    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.

  • The Yin and Yang of Intent

    The Yin and Yang of Intent

    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.

  • San Jiao/Triple Burner in Theory and Practice

    San Jiao/Triple Burner in Theory and Practice

    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.

  • Playing with Clouds

    Playing with Clouds

    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.

  • Standing in Awareness

    Standing in Awareness

    When practising our Shibashi, we are seeking to get to a place where we are present in awareness. Awareness is beyond space, time and duality. It is a place of no thought where we simply observe.

  • Fragrant Qigong – Unlock The Power to Heal Your Body

    Fragrant Qigong – Unlock The Power to Heal Your Body

    15 minutes, 15 exercises that can and will change your life. These exercises bring enormous therapeutic effects and have helped people all over the world recover from illnesses and diseases, cope better with stress, and overcome anxiety and depression.