Category Archives: taoism

Spirit in Taijiquan

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Qi Elements Taijiquan & Qigong

This week in Qi Elements’ Taijiquan classes we have been focusing on a combination of three of the Taiji Essentials—an intangible and lively energy lifts the head upward, match up inner and outer, and seek quiescence within movement. All three … Continue reading →

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Don’t outsource your emotional center

Posted on May 25, 2018 by Qi Elements Taijiquan & Qigong

One of the principles of the Taoist Qigong exercises Six Healing Sounds and Inner Smile that we started in our Wednesday evening Qigong classes two weeks ago is that persons should accept responsibility for their own emotional state. Whatever the … Continue reading →

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Regulating the Spirit

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Qi Elements Taijiquan & Qigong

If you wish to maintain a calm and steady spirit, you must embrace the fact that the world moves in cycles of growth and decay.  The cycles may last days, years, centuries or millennia, but they are inevitable and unavoidable. … Continue reading →

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Lessons from the Yin-Yang symbol and Taoist philosophy

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Qi Elements Taijiquan & Qigong

The Yin-Yang symbol tells us that nothing lasts forever.  The universe and human kind are in a constant state of change.  We can see this in nature every year as the seasons turn.  Things will sprout, flourish, wither and then … Continue reading →

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