Understanding Taoist Classics


Interpreting the Ancient Codes

Interpreting the ancient codes shrouding the esoteric Chinese arts is one of the great challenges facing any serious student or teacher of Taoism. Download the free paper now.

China 2010: Xizhou Chinese Medicine

Day 8, Friday, April 23 (Xizhou)

          Today, before breakfast, Shawn continued teaching us the old Chen Style Tai Chi.  He does the original form, the one that dates back several hundred years.  He told us that we will notice a difference in the form when we watch videos of other Masters as most of them [...]

Behind the Scenes Tour of a TCM Pharmacy in China

On our recent China adventure, we took a group behind the scenes in a real traditional Chinese medicine pharmacy in China. They got to see exactly how the herbal prescriptions were filled and were introduced to a bewildering array of traditional Chinese medicine herbs.

This short video gives you an idea of what it is like [...]

Returning

Our Healing Journey to China has been fantastic. The adventure began in Beijing on April 16, 2010. Our traveling companions for this trip were a great joy. We saw the China the tourists see and quite of bit of “hidden China.” We took some back roads and detours. We learned about Chinese culture, traditional Chinese [...]

R&R in Shanghai’s Pudong District

Today was a day to rest and relax after the leading the healing journey. We truly enjoyed the company of our students during this trip. It was a great honor to introduce them to Qigong, Tai Chi and Chinese culture in China!

We were invited to visit and tour a brand new hospital in the Pudong [...]

TCM Diagnosis and Treatment in China

This morning we practiced Tai Chi and Qigong before our morning medical Qigong and certification lecture.

The main activity today was a TCM diagnosis and treatment by professors from the local TCM University in Dali, China. They used traditional pulse, tongue and facial reading to diagnose everyone in the group. Afterwards, those who wished received acupuncture [...]

Five Elements, Tea and Qigong in the Mountains

Today we started the formal classroom part of our program. We are teaching our group Qigong and Tai Chi every day and they are experiencing various traditional Chinese medicine treatments. But this trip is special in that we are also teaching them the theory behind the practices. We started with a lecture on the five [...]