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What is Red Tantra and White Tantra?

What is the diffrence betwee Red and White Tantra? The short answer is that Red Tantra is focused on sensuality and sexuality, while White Tantra is more oriented towards a spiritual approach. There is also Black Tantra which is obsessed with power and its permutations, e.g., siddhis, ...

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Qi Gong (Chinese Yoga) Clears Dampness and Stuck Energy

Chinese yoga or qi gong (pronounced chi kung), is a powerful way to release the dampness and heat that summer time brings. Dampness and heat are states that can lead to health issues such as excessive weight, chronic fatigue, aggravation of inflammatory conditions, depression, anxiety, and digestive challenges. What causes dampness and heat? Cold and iced beverages stagnates the energy of the spleen, creating dampness.

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Using Qigong Breathing Exercises to Relieve Hypertension, an Enlarged Prostate and Arrhythmias

Using Qigong Breathing Exercises to Relieve Hypertension, an Enlarged Prostate and Arrhythmias High blood pressure is frequently difficult to treat in a short time by acupuncture or herbs. Patients become discouraged and turn to western medicine. Some forms of Qigong can help lower blood pressure. However, most of these forms must be taught to the patient and are not simple to learn. Most of these Qigong methods have a common factor. The rate of respiration is slowed down.

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Taiji (Tai Chi) vs. Qigong

This is an oft-discussed subject, with a lot of misinformation being passed around. First of all, Taijiquan (this is the current official pinyin spelling) is a martial art, developed about 450 years ago by General Chen WanTing of Chen village. Chen village is near the northern Xiaolin temple. ...

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Daoist Zuowang Meditation

The following article is a shortened version of my original article on Daoist meditation. Contact me for a free full version of this article. Daoist Zuowang Meditation Just watch out thatr Above the concentrated mindr Everything is free and open and coverless, Beneath the concentrated mindr Everything is wide and spacious and bottomless.

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Liver Release Qi Gong

In the Chinese medicine system, the liver is associated with conditions involving hypertension, anemia, headaches at the top of the head, and the emotions of anger or compassion. This simple qi gong liver release will empower you to begin cultivating an inte al calmness within the liver ...

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Primordial Wuji Qigong

One of my favorite qigong forms is Primordial Wuji Qigong. The form I practice is technically mine in origins, but the philosophy behind it belongs to a long tradition of qigong cultivation. I became interested in it during the early 2000’s. At that time, I was studying the writings of a variety of qigong teachers: Roger Jahnke, Jerry Alan Johnson, Michael Winn, Daniel Reid, Solala Towler, and Ken Cohen. Several of them had written extensively or produced videos on the Primordial qigong.

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Detox the Liver with Qi Gong Massage, Meditation and Herbs

During the spring time, the organ of the liver can manifest imbalances more profoundly. The liver is associated with the wood element and spring time on an energy level. Imbalances of the liver include: Challenges with the eyes including foggy vision, high pressure, tumors or other eye irregularities. Headaches in a band pattern or at the top of the head. Dizziness. Migraines. High blood pressure. Joint, tendon and ligament pain. Insomnia. Increased anger or frustration. Challenges with finding compassion.

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Quickly and Easily Balance Your Energy Using Simple Meridian Tapping Qigong

Traditional Chinese Medicine has been developed over a period of 3000 plus years. It is based on the BALANCE, ABUNDANCE, and FLOW of Qi through the meridians and organs of the body. To maintain a smooth flow of Qi and thus vibrant health and abundant energy it is necessary to balance your Qi and in the process remove blockages and stagnation that has occurred due to the excesses and neglect of life and living.

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10 Ultimate Ways to Manifest Happiness, Health and Well-Being in the New Year

Happiness, health and well-being are the “Ultimate Three Aspects of Life” that you need to manifest so that you can experience an awesome life, reality and world. I would like to share with you 10 WAYS, 10 AFFIRMATIONS and 10 MIND POWER QIGONG breathing exercises that I have done and continue to do and that you can use to set yourself on your road to happiness, health and well-being. 1. Make a grateful list 2. Define what happiness means to you 3. Make meaningful goals 4. De-clutter 5. Laugh out loud 6. Mind power qigong 7. Meditate 8. Let more fresh air inr

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Qigong And Leukemia

Qigong has proven an effective treatment for inhibiting or destroying leukemia cells in mice and certain other types of human cancer cells. The studies here fall into two broad classes: in vitro and in vivo studies. Typically, the in-vitro studies involved randomly dividing the laboratory-prepared cancer cell cultures into different groups, with one group being treated with exte al Qigong, plus one or more control groups that did not receive any Qigong treatment. Sometimes, one group was treated by sham Qigong for the same amount of time as the group receiving authentic Qigong treatment.

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Qi Gong (Chinese Yoga) Clears the Lymphatic System

Often times, the stress of life and exposure to toxins in the environment can stress our lymphatic system. In Chinese medicine, the lymphatic is most closely associated with the triple heaters or triple burners, which can be thought of as an irrigation system of energy that disperses qi to the inte al organs. When this irrigation system is clear and free flowing, disease does not exist. When the triple heaters are obstructed, we see challenges manifesting as swollen lymph glands, low energy, and low immunity.

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Taoism, Kundalini Yoga, and Tantra

Yoga and Taoist practices share many similar techniques and paradigms while also having both subtle and dramatic differences. Each is a master system for human evolution abundant with complex subtleties that have developed over millennia. To try to concisely compare these practices is difficult ...

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Conscious Breathing - The Key to Manifesting Your Reality

It is nearing the end of a week long journey to the beautiful Caribbean island of Trinidad. It was a journey to support a friend and colleague in the martial arts with his work with children and martial arts in the Trinidad primary and secondary schools. I am sitting, just beginning to take breakfast at "Alicia's Palace" a wonderful island hotel that is tucked away, in a deep cut tropical mountain valley, in northern Trinidad. To reach you have to drive three to four kilometers up a very narrow, twisting and winding, switch-backed road, up "Lady Chancellor Hill."

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Tantric Qigong, Taiji, Multiple Sclerosis and the Immune System

Tantric Qigong, Taiji, Multiple Sclerosis and the Immune System Multiple Sclerosis is a condition where one’s immune system dysfunctionally attacks the fatty sheath that insulates nerves. Just like an electrical wire that has been stripped of its insulation, one’s nerves start to short out. The nerve impulses never reach their terminus, which causes those afflicted to begin to lose coordination. There is still no conclusive etiology for Multiple Sclerosis, though statistically the group at greatest risk consists of Caucasian women born in the northern United States.

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How does Tantric Qigong™ work?

How does Tantric Qigong™ work? It can be said that Qigong works by uniting heavenly and earthly energies. While Western science does not yet have a full explanation of how Qigong does this, it most likely that it works by amplifying your personal Chi (Qi, life force, vitality, Ki) by drawing in earthly and atmospheric / solar ionic energy to supplement your existing vitality.

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Taoist Emission Control and The Seasons

“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, a time to die; A time to plant, a time to reap; A time to kill, a time to heal; A time to laugh, a time to weep… A time to build up, a time to break down; A time to dance, a time to mourn… A time you may embrace; A time to refrain from embracing.”rn–Ecclesiastes 3:1-5, adapted by Pete Seger “Everything in the universe is made of Yin and Yang. Yang will settle through Yin, and Yin will expand through Yang. Yin and Yang integrate and move together. So a man will become arouse

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Beat the Flu: Nutrition to Increase Your Immune Response

Nutrition to Increase Your Immune Response Garlicr Fresh garlic contains allicin, a sulfur-bearing substance that acts as a natural antibiotic in addition to being a potent antioxidant. You can use garlic in cooked vegetables, sauces, soups, and stews. The trick is not to cook the garlic, which lessens its potency. Cook your food and then add one or more crushed fresh garlic cloves for maximum effect.

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Qi Gong: Activating The Kidneys, Water Element

This qi gong can help to relieve lower back pain, strengthen the kidneys and reproductive organs, and help to release the emotion of fear and build will. Start this qi gong session in either a sitting or standing position. Place hands on the lower back with palms facing the lower back. Step ...

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The 3 Core Skills of Qigong That No Body Knows...

Give me 3 minutes and I'll explain why 98% of Qigong practitioners are wasting their time... Remember, Qigong is the art of deliberately managing your vital energy or Chi/Qi. Vital energy is the 'juice' that keeps you alive and allows you to do everything you do. Qigong is similar to Yoga, but less strenuousr It's like Tai Chi, but easier and quicker to lea It offers proven health benefits and requires zero athleticism. There are 5 main aims that people practicing Chi Kung/Qigong exercises want to achieve: Improve Health and Increase Vitalityr Longevityr

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The 3rd Chakra, Romance, Eros, and Agape

The 3rd Chakra, Romance, Eros, and Agape If material acquisition, pleasure, and power cannot fully sate our most secret yearning what can? Romantic love comes closer to assuaging this questing of the soul. It is of a higher vibrational level than the mere competition for survival, status, and advantage inherent in the money and material chase.

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The Third Chakra and The Mystery of the Solar Plexus

The Mystery of the Solar Plexus For many years I have seen various charts and books written on the subject of the chakras. There seems to be some general confusion as to the location and spiritual function of the solar plexus. I have seen some charts put its location as low in the body as the navel, or as high as the heart. Its actual physical center is near the end of the ste um. Like its physical location, the energetic character of the solar plexus also seems a little confusing to many authors and teachers.

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Tantric Qigong, Mindfulness, and Flow

Tantric Qigong, Mindfulness, and Flow Mindfulness, which is often thought of as a Buddhist concept, is really about being Present. Presencing is one form of self-inquiry (which can be done as a meditation or as coaching) as is Tantric Qigong. These art forms are about getting out of your head, your mental analysis, comparison and judgment, and becoming present to what really IS. It sounds simple, and it is. However, this is not very easy for most people.

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Characteristics of the 3rd Chakra

Characteristics of the 3rd Chakra Characteristics of the animal third chakrar As an extension of the reptilian / mammalian fight or flight reaction, the third chakra manifests the energies of control, manipulation, stubbornness, anger, hatred and violence. These can be directed outwardly or inwardly on energetic or physical levels. We can see various mixes of these manifest in the world as intolerance, warfare, social prejudice, manipulative business practices, control agendas in interpersonal relationships of various types, etc.

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A Sigh of Relief – How to Reduce Stress Using Qigong Exercise

Qi is the Chinese word for the “Bio-Electric Energy” that flows to and through you, the Heavens, and the Earth. It is the “Energy of Life.” Qigong is the practice of breathing, movement, visualization and Affirmation that you can use to reduce your stress everyday. You can balance your qi, create an abundance of qi, and maintain a smooth flow of qi thus keeping stress at bay and increasing your health.

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The Microcosmic Orbit

This is a classic Taoist Qigong Meditation method, with it's roots in India, for circulating and refining Qi via the circuit formed by the 'Governing Channel' from perineum up to head and the Conception Channel from head back down to perineum. Practicing the Microcosmic Orbit is a key step that enables more advanced practices. The Practice of the Microcosmic Orbit. 1. The first steps are to still the body, calm the mind, and regulate the breath. Sit, stand in Zhan Zhuang (Post Standing) or lay on your back, in a quiet place, eyes closed lightly.

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Physics and Mysticism, Om and Aum

Mantra can be a very powerful tool to align the chakra system through the power of vibration. It puts the power of the body behind the intention of the mind. Om is the universal mantra, often described as the universal sound current. It is a "one size fits all" kind of mantra. Anyone can chant ...

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The Science of the Mind Body Connection related to the subtle body practice of Qigong!

That which is looked upon by one generation as the apex of human knowledge is often considered an absurdity in the next, and what is regarded as a superstition in one century, may form the basis of science for the following one! Paracelsus, sixteenth-century European Alchemist I have created this article to talk about the latest info about the spectrum of equivalents for Qi in the Western View.

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3 Easy Qigong Meditations - Every Day You Can Feel Better and Better

What a wonderful weekend and what a beautiful day it is today. Sun, leaves and 60 degrees, an awesome autumn day in the North East of the USA. Stepping outside this morning on my front porch I took a deep breath of the leaf scented fall air and said to myself “This is what feeling better and qigong are all about, the ability and capability to be aware and enjoy the reality we have created for ourselves.”

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Qi Cultivation Part 2 – Qigong Tapping To Change Your Paradigm for Calmness of Mind, Joy of Heart and Peace of Spirit

IT IS A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY AND SNOWY DAY HERE! As I look outside I once again realize that my reality manifests from the future infinite field of possibilities through my words, my deeds, and my beliefs. I find increasingly that it only takes a simple positive adjustment of what I believe, what I do and what I say to create my awesome reality. As a being of spirit jou eying through this physical plane I see and experience this manifestation more everyday!

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Presencing™: Growth, Meditation, Manifestation

Presencing™: Growth, Meditation, Manifestation Presencing™ is a method of self-inquiry that scans the body, mind, and emotions for what is Present at that time. What is present is often the tip of the iceberg, a barely recognizable “feeler” put out by your higher self to try and get your attention.

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Qigong for Drug Addiction

Let’s face it, the United States is a drug culture. 14 millio Americans use substances such as marijuana, PCP, and cocaine. 104 millio Americans drink alcohol, and 65.5 million use tobacco.* Almost everyone will be afforded the opportunity to use pharmaceutical drugs, many of which also have addictive or habituative characteristics. The usual therapeutic modalities for treating addiction are the “gradual-reduction” and “symptom-specific” methodologies.** In both of these therapies, pharmaceuticals are used to treat the patient.

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Qigong, Immunity, and Influenza

Qigong, Immunity, and Influenza With debate raging over the efficacy and side effects of the H1N1 flu vaccine, which contains mercury (as thimerosal) and may contain other adjuvants, perhaps it is appropriate to consider carefully some natural alte atives to increase one's immune response. It is well known to practitioners of T'ai Chi and Tantric Qigong that these arts demonstrably improve one's overall health and vitality in a gentle, non-stressful manner.

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Qi Gong Tree Meditation

This tree meditation can help calm the energy of the liver, lower blood pressure and promote restful sleep. The next time you are visiting a park or out in nature, you can perform this simple tree meditation. Breathe in deeply for a count of five. Exhale deeply for a count of five. Stand in ...

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Xin Huxi Qigong Part 1 - Breathing To Live? Or Living to Breathe?

Why do you breathe? Do you breathe to live? Or do you live to breathe? The masses would say that you must breathe so that you can live. But this is little more than just survival. As you breathe in an unconscious fashion you do nothing more than take in enough air so that the minimum amount of toxins can be removed from your body and the minimum amount of oxygen required is absorbed.

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Waterfall Qi Gong Visualization

This cooling qi gong visualization helps the body to achieve balance and promote healing of:nn*Issues involving struggle and resistance in our lives, said to create emotional heat in the Chinese medicine system. n*Health conditions that have a hot or inflammatory nature such as cancer, arthritis ...

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Are You Being Held Back? Qigong, Newton's Laws and Getting Rid of Procrastination

Do you ever say to yourself, “I just don't want to!,” “I'm just too tired!,” or “I can do that tomorrow!.” Does PROCRASTINATION creep into your life and you just don't seem to get things accomplished? There was a German philosopher, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, that said “Seize this very minute what you can do or dream you can do, and begin it. Boldness has genius, magic and power in it. Only engage, and the mind will grow heated. Begin, and the work will be completed.”

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Top 7 Tips to Improve Your Health Quickly and Feel Good Using Qigong

Qi is the Chinese word for the “Bio-Electric Energy” that flows to and through you, the Heavens, and the Earth. It is the “Energy of Life.” Every day you can feel and sense the energy of the Universe, the Earth and yourself. Knowing how balance your qi, create an abundance of qi, and maintain a smooth flow of qi are crucial to feeling good and improving your health.

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Smiling Qigong - Mind Power To Create Your Health And Desires

Today I want to share with you a quote from Joe Vitale who is a self-help author, speaker and entrepreneur. Joe said, "You want to become aware of your thoughts, you want to choose your thoughts carefully, and you want to have fun with this, because you are the masterpiece of your own life." Let's read that again, "You want to become aware of your thoughts, you want to choose your thoughts carefully, and you want to have fun with this, because you are the masterpiece of your own life."

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6 Tips for Surviving an Economic Crisis with your Self Intact

6 Tips for Surviving an Economic Crisis with your Self Intact One Path Will Fragment Your Consciousness, The Other Will Set You Free. The unemployment rate has reached its highest levels in recent memory. Major US and international companies are restructuring, laying off employees, or just going bankrupt. Food prices are up, oil prices continue their slow rise after Obama's election, and the economy is giving itself a chunky swirlie. More importantly, my favorite el-cheapo movie theatre has permanently closed it doors.

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Qigong & Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is a rheumatologic disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain that leaves those afflicted with fatigue, painful ‘tender points,’ morning stiffness, and difficulties with sleep and the performance of routine activities of daily life.

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Heal Depression by Processing Feelings

Denying feelings can create stagnation emotionally and lead to states of depression. Use this handy checklist to assess if you are processing experiences in a way to avoid stagnation and depression. Checklist for Healthy Processing Are you acknowledging both the positive and negative aspects ...

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7 Breaths of Magic – How to Create Balance, Abundance and Flow Using Qigong

Knowing how to balance, create an abundance and maintain a smooth flow of qi are crucial to feeling good and maintaining your health. In “Traditional Chinese Medicine” you, as a human being, hold a special place in the grand scheme of things. You are an individual and unique manifestation of the one universal energy and you are in between the Heavens and the Earth.

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Being Present

The Art of Being Present The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mou for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly. –Buddha What moment do we have other than this? The past is an illusion long gone. The future is not yet made manifest. Each moment of our lives lands as a dew drop upon the lotus. Delicate, unique, irreplaceable. To look upon it with full attention and unfettered gaze reveals its precious and inimitable perfection.

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Qi Gong: Anti-Aging Tool

Qi gong is one of the most powerful tools for staying young and nourishing longevity. How does it work? Builds Inte al Strength and Suppleness Unlike other forms of traditional western exercise, qi gong trains the energy of the body to invigorate inte al organs to promote balanced health and ...

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Scientific Explanation of Chi Kung No. 10 - The Subtle Difference Between Tai Chi and Chi Kung

People with breathing problem should practice with Tai Chi, to start with, is recommended rather than with Chi Kung. Tai Chi is a form of Chi Kung, but Chi Kung is not necessary Tai Chi. However, they both have something in common, the slow movements and deep breathing. Tai Chi has more complicated movements tha Chi Kung. Chi Kung always concentrate on breathing more than the movements.

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A series on breathing techniques to help you relax

How Do You Breathe? Put your hand on your chest and a hand on your belly. Take a deep breath. Which hand moves more? The top hand or the bottom hand? When we are born we are belly breathers. Watch a baby breathe and you will see that his whole body moves, butespecially his belly. In kindergarten we are still belly breathers. By fifth grade we have converted almost 100% to upper chest breathers. This learned breathing pattern is an unconsciously modeled for us by our parents and community. We change to match our high stress society. Belly Breathing is our natural way of breathing.

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Abdominal Breathing: Fire Up Your Immune System

You’re in a convenience store, examining a can of Spam in one of the aisles. Suddenly a hooded man bursts through the door, pulls out a .45, and waves it in the cashier’s face demanding the contents of the cash register. You begin breathing shallowly, from the chest, as fear for you own life pervades you. Thoughts pinball through your mind: Will he shoot the cashier—and then me? Am I to die in a convenience store of all places? Where are the police? The cashier complies; the robber bolts through the door. Your breathing slows and deepens and the thoughts in your mind slow.

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Xin Huxi Qigong Part 4 - 3 Easy Chang Bao Qi Exercises to Warm the Body and Energize the Spirit

Xin Huxi Qigong has as its central concept that of "Center Breathing." Center Breathing is breathing in a fashion such that the Dan Tian - Elixir Field - is balanced, abundant and flowing with Qi. As with any system of exercise whether it be Qigong, Tai Chi or Kung Fu it is always recommended that you warm-up prior to the major portion of the training or practice. In Xin Huxi Qigong the first and easiest forms to learn are the stationary warm-up exercises.

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The 3rd Chakra: The Tower of Ego & The Fall

The 3rd Chakra: The Tower of Ego & The Fall The Tower of Egor The over compensation for survival challenges and the perception of lack in the material or emotional realms leads to the quest for dominance. This makes sense on the animal level as the best hunters or providers will ensure their own survival and pass on their genetic material. If you are say, a wolf, this can benefit others in your pack because the alpha male really can only eat so much of a kill; the rest is shared by the pack. In the human realm this is often not so.

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One-Sided Love Relationships: How to Spot and Exit Them

You begin a process of dating and discover the wonders of another person. You find yourself excited and happy to take that risk to allow yourself to trust being vulnerable and open. You find yourself selflessly creating more and more space in your life for the person and doing more to demonstrate a growing admiration and love for this person.

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The 3rd Chakra and The Spiritual Function of Yearning

The Spiritual Function of Yearning The first three chakras compose a unit; a triad of our animal drives. At this stage in our evolution, it is easy to observe that, as a species, humans are still controlled by these animal motivations. There are certainly many enlightened buddhas, saints, and prophets that have appeared over the millennia, but the vast majority of people are still centered within their animal heritage, though we can see that humans have certainly invented many complex variations of the basic animal instincts.

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Invest in Your Body, Mind and Spirit Connection for Success in Business and at Home

In these times of economic challenge, people often wonder about how to effectively invest their financial resources. Yet, people often overlook the value of investing in their body, mind and spirit integration as a way of building prosperity. When we nourish and integrate these three integral parts of self, body, mind and spirit, it magnifies our ability to align ourselves with God’s blessings and abundance. These three strategies can help you invest in yourself each hour of the day. Body

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Balance Hormones Naturally

With the increase of environmental pollutants, stress, and poor diets, both men and women can face hormonal balances that can lead to health challenges. Some of these challenges may include:nn * Infertility and lack of virility or sex drive.n * Perimenopausal, menopausal, and post ...

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Strength that Comes not from Muscularity, but Tendon Power and Virtue.

An article from Rodale Press which was copied to a Yahoo Group I subscribe to, is available for you to read via the following link: http://www.rodale.com/doing-good-deeds?cm_mmc=DailyNewsNL-_-2010_05_12-_-Top5-_-NA - Please read it and then follow my response about its conclusion. The article draws a conclusion that is based on our society's over-reliance upon muscular strength. It proves to me that there is a real value in educating the public upon a little know Ancient understand that tendons need to be trained to better help us hold up an object than through muscularity.

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Qi Gong: Illuminate Your Heart Energy

This qi gong color visualization helps you to strengthen the energy of the pericardium and heart. The pericardium energy is associated spiritually with our intimate relationships. Thus, when our pericardium energy is low, we find ourselves more challenged to engage intimate relationships ...

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Martial Arts - The Beginner's Mind Is a State of Being

Martial Arts is for Everyone! I was thinking about someone beginning the martial arts - karate, kungfu, jujitsu, taichi, qigong, etc. and asked myself where to start? I realized that there is only one place to start and that is in you own mind. That there is only one place to start and that is at the BEGINNING. In Japan they have the phrase "SO SHIN" which means "Beginner's Mind." It was Shunryo Suzuki that said, "In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's mind, there are very few."

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QiSei - Qigong Exercise Tools

Do it yourself QiSei. They are actually ancient martial arts and Qigong tools. Parts needed: 1. 4' hardwood dowel cut in half. It should be between 1 inch and 1.5" in diameter, depending on what is comfortable for your hands. 2. Two 1 pound coffee cans (if you have been really working out two ...

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The ONLY Illness There Is...

The Only Illness There Is By Marcus Santer I’d like you to join me on a journey of understanding. The result of this journey will be a new understanding on what health is, how it works and why in theory there is no such thing as an incurable illness. By the end of the journey you will know that there is only one illness and you will know how to prevent it.

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The Art of Being Present

The Art of Being Present The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mou for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly. –Buddha What moment do we have other than this? The past is an illusion long gone. The future is not yet made manifest. Each moment of our lives lands as a dew drop upon the lotus. Delicate, unique, irreplaceable. To look upon it with full attention and unfettered gaze reveals its precious and inimitable perfection.

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From Ecstasy to Enlightenment

What is it with Americans and sex? We appear to crave it, are fascinated by it and simultaneously fear it with every fiber of our being. We use it in advertising to sell everything from automobiles to zucchini, yet often prohibit our children from learning about it, our teachers from teaching ...

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Reduce Stress with Healthy Dietary Practices and Energy Building Styles of Exercise

During stressful times, it is important to: Eat in a balanced way. To gain most energy, one should eat within 30 minutes to an hour of rising. That first meal should be a high protein meal with healthy carbs that digest slowly as opposed to a high sugar meal with low protein and lots of caffeine. Examples of this kind of meal is a bowl of lentils with a lean source of protein such as chicken, scrambled egg whites, and fresh vegetables.

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The 3rd Chakra: The Power, The Key, The Gate

The sense of yearning is a coded message that the soul is sending to our ego. Yearning takes on different characteristics depending on one’s state of evolution, one’s level of consciousness. To the individual awakening to higher consciousness, first the physical necessities must be met. Then desire drives us until the social / emotional domain is filled. Yet a yearning remains. It cannot be satiated by any quantity of money or sex, romance or power. We desire to attain these things, yet when we do we eventually remain unsatisfied.

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Move Like Water; The Power Of Yin

“Nothing in the worldnis as soft and yielding as water.nYet for dissolving the hard and inflexible,nnothing can surpass it.”n The Tao Te Ching: Chapter 78 - 6th Century B.C.E.nnThe TaiJi (or Tai Chi) symbol represents the interplay of yin and yang captured here, as if in a photograph, while in perfect balance or “right relationship.” TaiJi translates as “the Great Polarity”. The Chinese pictorgram for Yin depicts the “shady side of th

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Three Essential Principles of Qigong Meditation

Due to the advantages of Qigong meditation to our health and wellbeing, many are practicing this healing procedure. It is an old Chinese that calms the mind and spirit and improves a person’s health and lifestyle. This exercise is also a body activity that combines relaxation through meditating and power through movements. However, in order to get the most of this kind of meditation, there are some fundamental concepts that you should consider. Qigong is formulated to improve

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Natural Stance

Natural Stance, as the name implies, is the simplest way to standrnnaturally. A naturally balanced human body responds to the challenge ofrngravity by bringing itself to a stable position using its bone structure tornsupport its weight and prevent falling. The vertical alignment of the spinernallows the body to spend the least amount of energy to maintain a stable, upright stance. If you are one of the many people leading a sedentary lifestyle you mayrnnot know how to keep your body naturally balanced and aligned.

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