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.
letting go
below above
mindfulness
The Tao Te Ching
human. plants.
rooted
polarities connected
unity
coping mechanisms
peace of mind
slow motion
the irrelevance of technique
harmonic rhythms
internal archaeology
concentration dissolving
mind games
floating
regeneration
spring
squeezed
gardening
education. practice.
gardening
passes
the reality of appearances
open communication
on the ground
absent presence
circumstances
up and down
sleeping positions
deep inside
tapping the soil
Taoist nei kung
food
masters. teachers.
heroes. saviors.
monitoring movements
permission structures
like me like us
being a part
unconscious presence
Taoist philosophy
wild gardens
caring presence
floating
pulses
living sculptures
creation
meetings
inner organs
permanent calibration
fostering contagiousness
spaces
sacred
substance
non-action
practices
decisions
Shaolin tendon method
memories
views
forms of consciousness
beginnings
contagious
environmental activism
masters
rhythms
nei kung
us
deformations
Taoist nei kung
details
parts
interaction
connecting
petrification
forces
earth