Formosa Neijia

The more you think about it, the more interesting she becomes.
After I could see her spinning both clockwise and counterclockwise, I realized this: she isn’t spinning one way or the other, she’s spinning both ways at the same time. So what changes? Your mind changes.
If you go with that, it’ll blow you away with the […]

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This is making the rounds, it seems. So which way do you see her spinning? Clockwise or counter-clockwise?
Follow the link to the original story in the Australian Herald Sun. There is an interesting little right up there about which side of your brain is predominant based on the direction that you see.
Another interesting thing about […]

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For those of you who miss Tabby’s Yiquan blog about his month-long intensive yiquan course, you’ll be happy to know that he has another blog up here. The following excerpt from this post struck me as very useful and totally fits with what I’ve experienced lately:
I notice that the “qi” controversy rages on. Actually, The […]

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The following is a classic translated by the wonderful James Legge, a 19th century Christian missionary to Hong Kong. His translations are dated because he used his own transliteration scheme. But other than that shortcoming (he was a product of the time, afterall) I find his works to be very useful. He provides the Chinese […]

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This is Nan Huai-jin 南懷瑾, a famous Buddhism and Daoism teacher. I came across his material at Meditation Expert and I recently finished one of his books Tao and Longevity. Wow, it was the best book I’ve ever read for internal cultivation. Look for a long review soon. Nan is famous for his wide knowledge […]

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The following is a great story told by xingyiquan and kettlebell expert Steve Cotter over at his blog. It’s one of the clearest explanations of the roles of external exercise, qigong, and meditation in training that I’ve seen.
 

Master Kao began to expound on the proper relationship between external exercise, qi gong and meditation. […]

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This below is from the Meditation Expert blog. I highly recommend it along with his website! It has lots of great articles. This blog entry below is about shaking, something that often happens to me. IMO what is happening is that if you are shaking, you are likely progressing through to a new level of […]

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I found this over at Stuart Alve-Olson’s site. He does a good job of describing some basic meditation and gives time frames for practice. The best part of it is the sitting/walking model that he advises for beginning meditation. I find that very useful. I try to meditate for 15 minutes then stretch and do […]

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This is a great article with some little heard advice. Warning! This isn’t for the politically correct. Here’s the original. Below is just an excerpt of his excellent advice. He really doesn’t let you get away with excuses. His comment that if you’re too fat to sit correctly, you should lose weight is classic. Enjoy.
Zazen […]

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