Category: Blog English
My focus in practicing and teaching 詠春拳 Wing Chun, the 少林易筋經 Shaolin tendon method, the 陰陽五行功 Yin Yang and the Five Phases method as well as a 導引功 Taoyin method is clearly on the internal aspects of all of these practices.
Such an internal approach to movement traditions based on Taoist philosophy and spirituality cannot only enrich a movement practice, but it can also more generally support deeper transformation processes. With the material I present here, particularly with the text photo pieces on this blog, I want to offer additional inspiration to reflect on Taoist thought — a Tao Te Ching (Lao-tzu / Daodejing / Laozi) commentary in image-texts. With this, I want to contribute to a wider conversation.
The importance of small steps
Focus on flows and interaction
We the environment
Working with emptiness
Within
Inspiration from within – the natural environment
iWe schools
One, again
One
Shapes
On the other side of the valley
Crossing and supporting paths
Strength in Daoist movement practices
Landscaping
No center and no central control
The universe, the earth, human beings
Orientation
Sleeping beauty
Crossing
Tour guides
Hard and soft
Another path forward
Opening up
Interwoven
Downside up
Choosing options
The profane and the sacred
Points of reference
A path forward
It’s there
Surfacing
My teacher the water
Standing like a tree
The universe earth humans
Shepherding
Gardening
Synchronicity
Connecting planes
Permeability
Independence coordination
Symbiosis
Support and guidance
Sustainability
Yin Yang
Crossing
Every moment an act of creation
No clinging
Crossing boundaries
teacher leader not the highest authority
Nei-kung versus Qigong
Fingers toes
Coordinate systems
Conversations
Concentration
Becoming
Reciprocity
Dancing
Memory bridges
Unity
WYSIWYG
Up and down
The Laozi and Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass
Freedom
Elders
Enchanted
Beings – being
Windows into oneself
Selectiveness
Eyewitness
Eternal moments
Older siblings
Layers
Seeds of knowledge – seeding knowledge
Vibrations
Focus
Standing
Willow windows
Miniatures
Pairs