Taoist Light Wellness

06/30/2025

Dear Taoist Light Community,

We are excited to announce that we will now be offering Chan (Zen)/Tao Retreats every season—four times a year!
Our upcoming seasonal retreats are:

Summer Retreat: Sunday, July 27, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Fall Retreat: Saturday, October 18, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

These retreats have been deeply healing and nurturing, providing a sacred space to reconnect with the Tao, return to a state of pure ease, and be gently held in the embrace of heaven and earth.

If you have studied Taoist Light Qigong, you are warmly invited to continue your healing journey and deepen your practice with us.

For more information or to register, please visit:
https://www.taoistlightqigong.com/registration

With peace and light,
Chiyan Wang
Founder of Taoist Light Wellness
Lineage Holder of Taoist Light Qigong
(805) 699-6688

06/18/2025

Tao Te Ching -37 emphasizes the power of non-doing, showing that the Tao acts effortlessly yet achieves everything. When one aligns with it and avoids desiring for certain outcomes, peace arises naturally. Desire disrupts this natural flow, but returning to simplicity and stillness overcomes desire and restores peace.

The Tao always accomplishes without overdoing. If a ruler can hold to the Tao, All things will transform by themselves. When desire grows, Use sincerity and simplicity to overcome it. With no desire, there will be stillness, Then the world will be naturally at peace. Translated b

06/11/2025

Lao Tzu's timeless wisdom on force and weapons: A ruler is supported by the people, just as a fish is supported by deep water. Without water, a fish cannot survive. In the same way, it is not in alignment with the Tao to display or threaten people with sharp weapons—it only leads to greater imbalance and disturbance.

36 – Tao Te Ching*

If you want to close something,
You would first open it;
If you want to weaken something,
you would first strengthen it;
If you want to discard something,
you would first lift it;
If you want to take something,
you would first give it;
This is called the subtle perception:
The gentle and soft overcomes the tough and strong,
Fish can not live without deep water,
Nation's sharp weapons cannot be shown to its people.

Translated by Chiyan Wang and Noah Wang

This chapter teaches the principle of indirect action and hidden strength. To bring something down, you may first need to raise it up; to take, you must first give. True influence often works in subtle, paradoxical ways.
It emphasizes that softness and flexibility can overcome force and hardness, and warns that powerful tools and strategies should be kept hidden, just as fish belong in deep waters, not on display.
The wise leader acts with subtlety and restraint, understanding that real power often lies in concealment and patience.

05/14/2025

Taoist Light one-day retreat on May 10.
New comer training will start in June, 2025.

05/07/2025

We are reminded of a timeless truth: while it may seem simple to understand others, truly knowing oneself is far more challenging. Likewise, controlling others can appear straightforward, but mastering oneself demands deeper effort. Yet, this is the path to cultivating true wisdom and inner strength

04/30/2025

Have you ever felt this way—or maybe you feel it now? Moving through life with ease, compassion, and trust. Doing what’s needed—no more, no less. Not forcing, not resisting, not over-helping. Just flowing, accepting, and knowing when to pause—when your heart tells you.That’s what it means ...

04/16/2025

30 – Tao Te Ching*

Whoever trusts in the Tao to counsel the ruler,
Would not use military force to overpower the world,
As the force of arms brings forth its counter-force:
Where an army has marched,
Brambles of thorns grow.
In the wake of a great warfare,
comes years of famine,

Those who achieve results,
Do not flaunt their power:
victory without conceit;
victory without boasting;
victory without arrogance;
victory as last resort;
Victory without domination.

Becoming overbearing is to decline,
For that is not the Tao.
What is not the Tao ends suddenly.

Translated by Robert Smitheram and Chiyan Wang

This chapter cautions against the use of force, ego-driven leadership, and unchecked power. It reminds us that aligning with the Tao means embracing peace, humility, and natural balance—even in situations of conflict.

04/11/2025

Dear Trainees of Taoist Light Wellness,

Greetings — we send you much peace, joy, and healing energy from our hearts to yours.

We are delighted to invite you to a special One-Day In-Person Retreat on Saturday, May 10, 2025. This day will be devoted to profound healing, nourishing food, and deep connection through the gentle power of Taoist-Light Qigong and Chinese Chan meditation training.

Please see the attachment for full details.

Come as you are, and allow the healing light of the Tao to support you on your path.

Warm regards,

Taoist Light Team

04/02/2025

Tao Te Ching, Chapter 29—one of life’s most challenging yet liberating lessons: letting go of attachments—whether to people, past hurts, expectations, or control—and find freedom in the flow of the Tao.

Are you experiencing suffering? Much of it comes from trying to control what we cannot. Trust that what is meant for you will stay, and what is not will pass. Letting go is not giving up—it is setting yourself free, and you deserve peace.

29 – Tao Te Ching*

Desire to control the world and act upon it?
I think it cannot be done.
The world is a sacred place,
It cannot be forced;
It cannot be grasped.
Doing by force will fail;
Trying to cling will lose.
Thus cultivators act by non-doing,
Then you cannot fail or lose.
People can be leading or following,
Can be fast or slow;
Can be strong or vulnerable;
Can be secure or in peril.
Thus cultivators eliminate excessiveness, extravagance, and extremes.

Translated by Chiyan Wang
Edited by Robert H. Smitheram, Ph. D.

Chapter 29 of the Tao Te Ching warns against the illusion of control. It teaches that the world follows its own course and that forcing or clinging leads to suffering. Instead of imposing our will, we find peace by flowing with life and responding with wisdom, not force.

01/07/2025

Dear Taoist Light Cultivators, We’re stepping into the second week of practice in 2025! Time waits for no one, but we must rise to meet it. Let’s keep moving forward! The Tao Te Ching 22 highlights Taoist principles of resilience, humility, and balance. It teaches that flexibility brings renewal

01/01/2025

Happy New Year!

Key Dates to Keep in Mind:

January 2–6: Be mindful of potential conflicts.
January 13–14: Seek comfort and peace.
January 28–29: The best days of the month—enjoy them to the fullest!

The Wood Snake Year is approaching, bringing wisdom, creativity, and promising prosperity.

11/01/2024

When the great Tao is forgotten,
 Morality arises. When wisdom fades, Hypocrisy emerges. When the family falls into disorder, Filial piety (family devotion) begins.
 When a country falls into chaos,
 Patriots arrive.