To make use of movement practices as a means to reflect upon, experience, and apply Daoist philosophical thought is so much more meaningful and deeper than restricting them to fitness or health exercises on a merely physical level.

To make use of movement practices as a means to reflect upon, experience, and apply Daoist philosophical thought is so much more meaningful and deeper than restricting them to fitness or health exercises on a merely physical level.
Body and mind 自化: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – Wing Chun YouTubes internal aspects – general 道家內功#01
„Practicing the Dao, you let go every day. You let go and let go, to get to non-action.“ (Daodejing, chapter 48)
In my last blog post I was talking about ziran in the context of internal practices. However, following movements, observing them and allowing them to simply be sounds far easier than it actually is.
READ MOREMany of my students are in the slightly older category with a variety of physical problems, hypertension being one of them. So, recently, I was asked by a student what to do when you have back and neck pain after practicing the Yin Yang method.
READ MOREIm alten China war es hochangesehen, wenn jemand in (gehobener) militärischer Funktion nicht allein die Kriegskunst ausgezeichnet beherrschte, sondern auch in der Literatur, in den Künsten allgemein und der Philosophie sehr bewandert war (文武雙全).
Weiterlesen»Wer nach dem Dao handelt, lässt Tag für Tag los. Man lässt mehr und mehr los, um schließlich das Nicht-Handeln zu erreichen.« (Daodejing, Kapitel 48)
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