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.
„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.
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»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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Ansgar Gerstner - Daoist philosophy in movement 