Tai Chi Standing Zhan Zhuang – Standing Still for Powerful Health. Zhan Zhuang is a powerful internal practice where a fixed posture is held for a period of time. It is also known as standing pole, stake standing and standing practice. It is the foundation of Tai Chi and Qi Gong training, and is rooted in traditional…
Taoist Six Healing Sounds Further to the article on the meditation of the inner smile, we can extend the practice into the Taoist Six Healing Sounds. This ancient practice helps expel negative emotions from the organs, cleanse the organs and transforms them into positive emotions. This can be a stand-alone meditation or done at the…
Tai Chi for Fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia is a non curable medical condition/syndrome that causes chronic musculoskeletal pain and fatigue in the muscles, tendons and ligaments. It is often misunderstood by the health service here in the UK, and effective treatment outside of long term pain relief medication is lacking. There is a natural approach to try,…
Microcosmic Orbit Meditation This article explores the modernised new-age version of the microcosmic orbit. This is something I no longer teach as I explore the traditional practice with my teacher Dr Michael Smith over the coming years.  I encourage you to take care with this practice as it does not have roots in traditional Taoism and can…
Inner Smile Meditation Part 2 Taoist wisdom for wellbeing. The inner smile is a meditation practice using the five transformational energies: wood, fire, earth, water and metal, known as the five elements from the theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine. This second part of the blog series looks at the mid line and back line stages…
Meditation of the Inner Smile The meditation of the inner smile is a preparatory meditation that cleanses the organs and internal body. Using the human smile as a connection to inner healing for health, happiness and longevity. The smile is the gateway to relaxation. By focusing our smiling energy into the physical and emotional body…
Help Reduce Stress Do you have a spare 5, 10 or 15 minutes today? What are you doing whilst the kettle is boiling? Can you grab 15 minutes of privacy? Whilst the dinner is in the oven can you take 10 minutes ‘me time’? You don’t always have to dedicate 1 hour to your daily…