Los Angeles River Tai Chi Qigong Internal Arts

ESTABLISHING AN OUTLOOK, Forming the Feminine Affairs flourish when ability comes into full play. The heroine takes her stand. The sage and wise will save the world,... The patterns they establish accord with the principals of Nature. From, Chapter 3 "Spirit Tokens of the Ling Qi Jing" by Ivan Kashiwa

GM Kai Ying Tung was my first Tai Chi Chuan instructor. Forever grateful of the personal time and effort to share and pass down an ancient and authentic practice. Pasadena and Los Angeles areas [email protected]

Dayan Qigong is an ancient Taoist practice offered by Michael Chavez a senior student of GM Madam We-Mei Yu, as a tool for recovering health and well being. As ...always, free to cancer survivors, veterans, people recovering from hip/ knee replacement and those suffering from loss or grief. Los Angeles & Pasadena. Available for workshops in surrounding areas as well. [email protected] See more

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)

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

"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-

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

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

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.

Taoist Wild Goose 1-64 Movements Dayan Qigong

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-

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

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