Los Angeles River Tai Chi Qigong Internal Arts

11/02/2022

Monkey & Longevity Peach-
Yang Shan Shen

The time now seems to move slowly
If into this moment we give
All the attention to only
A reason to love and to live

One Small Token

11/01/2022

When first we bring the outside in
We hear the morning dove
Our hearts will open windows
To the wonders from above

What better place for solitude
No matter where you roam
Than to carry as much of nature
Back inside your home

-a friend along the path-

10/24/2017

Grand Master Chen Chuan Gang demonstrates Da Yan Wild Goose Qigong - the First 64 Movements and the Second 64 Movements with Simon Blow. Simon Blow Qigong We...

10/11/2017

Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu - chapter 16

Empty yourself of everything.
Let the mind rest at peace.
The ten thousand things rise and fall while the Self watches their return.
They grow and flourish and then return to the source.
Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature.
The way of nature is unchanging.
Knowing constancy is insight.
Not knowing constancy leads to disaster.
Knowing constancy, the mind is open.
With an open mind, you will be openhearted.
Being openhearted, you will act royally.
Being royal, you will attain the divine.
Being divine, you will be at one with the Tao.
Being at one with the Tao is eternal.
And though the body dies, the Tao will never pass away.

(translation by Gia-fu Feng and Jane English)

09/28/2017

Can you nurture your souls by holding them in unity with the One?
Can you focus your ch'i -your energy and become as supple, as a yielding baby?
Can you clear your mind of all its dross without throwing out the Tao with it?
Can you do it without self interest so you shine like a diamond?
Can you love the people of your nation without being pulled into action?
Can you turn yourself around and let Her rise up over you?
The world spans out in four directions- and can you be embracing?

Birthing, nurturing and sustaining: the Tao does this unceasingly...
It gives without holding on to what is made,
It gives everything essence, without reward
It knows without flaunting it
It is serene beyond desiring - and this is its Virtue and its Source.

Tao Te Ching - Chapter Ten
Translations by - Man-Ho Kwok - Martin Palmer - Jay Ramsay
Art- Taoist Immortal Magu - with Crane & Basket of Flowers

09/12/2017

"We cannot see our reflection in running water
It is only in still water that we can see." Taoist Proverb

The window much like a looking glass
Is filled with light and wonder
As our foot steps onto the mysterious pass
We may consider the sky we are under

Image - Yuangshuo
Words - a friend along the path-

08/27/2017

At first there is a stillness found
Which then gives birth to movement
True movement will let itself be bound
Again to this gentle stillness
At noon and then again at midnight
I distinguish host from guest
Considering the dark as well the light
Truest essence neath my breast.

Art-Basso
Words- One Small Token

07/17/2017

The Five Energies Returning to The Origin

The five energies are true energies of five fundamental forces.
When they are correctly aligned they congeal into one.
When your body is not agitated, your vitality is stable,
and its energy returns to the origin.
When your mind is not agitated, your breath is stable
and its energy returns to its origin.
When your nature is always tranquil, the higher soul is stored,
and its energy returns to the origin.
When the physical elements are in harmony, the will is stable,
and its energy returns to the origin.
Then these five forces are in their proper place and at peace,
they revert to their reality, which is the source of religion.

Lu Yen - Records Of The Source Teaching of The Pure Clarity of the Spiritual Jewel

05/11/2017

The sky becomes one with its clouds,
the waves with the mist.
In Heaven’s starry river, a thousand sails dance.
As if dreaming, I return to the place
where the Highest lives,
and hear a voice from the heavens:
Where am I going?
I answer, “The road is long,”
and sigh; soon the sun will be setting.
Hard to find words in poems to carry amazement:
on its ninety-thousand-mile wind,
the huge inner bird is soaring.
O wind, do not stop --
My little boat of raspberry wood
has not yet reached the Immortal Islands.

Li Qingzhao Taoist Woman Poet
Kenneth Rexroth - Trans.

04/28/2017

Taoist Wild Goose 1-64 Movements Dayan Qigong

04/28/2017

Let me walk the earth again
And tread this hallowed ground
Let me help my soul to mend
Among the branches in the trees abound

Allow my head and heart to wander
Deep in Nature's hold
So I might give thanks and ponder
That my pockets now are filled with gold.

Art- Ma Yuan- On A Mountain Path In Spring

Words - a friend along the path-

04/12/2017

Spirit is master of the body, just as lord is master of his kingdom,
A restless spirit cannot take care of the body, which, when not
guided by spirit, wanders down the path to death. However, a
tranquil spirit which calmly guides the body is the guardian of
health and longevity. -Chin Kang, On Cultivating Life

04/08/2017

Cultivation & Sleep

Cutting down on sleep is really not removing the demon of sleep;
Forgetting to eat, neglecting to sleep, you cut through entanglements. When entanglements are swept away and the mind is clear and calm,
You may sleep throughout the day and night- what is there to fear?

Fifty Verses To Resolve Doubts #2 Liu I-Ming- Trans. T. Cleary
The Inner Teachings Of Taoism Chang Po-Tuan
Art by Rafael Anteby- Sleeing Monk Under The Moonlight

03/24/2017

"That which seems most alien to me is still me." Alan Watts

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02/20/2017

The practice of infusing movement with our own genuine intent brings authentic results.

TY Pang demonstrates Sun Xikun style Baguazhang (Six Harmonies style) - first three Inner Palms followed by the 8 Mother Palms.

02/06/2017

Master Lao tzu said, "In comparison with heaven and earth, man is like a mayfly. But compared to the great Way, heaven and earth, too, are like a bubble and a shadow. Only the primal spirit and the true nature overcome time and space"

02/03/2017

To know Tao
meditate
and still the mind.
Knowledge comes with perseverance.
The Way is neither full nor empty;.. a modest and quiet nature understands this.
The empty vessel, the uncarved block;
nothing is more mysterious.
When enlightenment arrives
don't talk too much about it;
just live it in your own way.
With humility and depth, rewards come naturally.
The fragrance of blossoms soon passes;
the ripeness of fruit is gone in a twinkling.
Our time in this world is so short,
better to avoid regret:
Miss no opportunity to savor the ineffable.
Like a golden beacon signaling on a moonless night,
Tao guides our passage through this transitory realm.
In moments of darkness and pain
remember all is cyclical.
Sit quietly behind your wooden door:
Spring will come again.
Loy Ching-Yuen