There is so much to say about Grandmaster Rene J. Navarro, that a biography should be written to document his adventures, study, contributions to Philippine culture, healing traditions, and martial arts. Until then, we have this truly inspiring and insightful memoir hidden within the essays of his encounters with extraordinary teachers the world over. The […]
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Meditative practices were developed thousands of years ago, in countries like Tibet, China, and India. The various practices made their way West and eventually grabbed the interest of mind-body enthusiasts and psychologists. Today, meditation is gaining ground as perhaps the best overall non-medical practice for self-development and promotion of well-being. Recent research from Harvard shows
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By Dr. Mark Wiley Meditative practices were developed thousands of years ago, in countries like Tibet, China, and India. The various practices made their way West and eventually grabbed the interest of mind-body enthusiasts and psychologists. Today, there are enough people practicing meditation, and enough researchers and big institutions doing trials, that meditation is gaining
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By Lauren Golen I have meditated and I have, even at times, maintained my practice for a few weeks consistently. But, overall, I have also spent many weeks and months not practicing at all. I’ve learned many techniques and even attended a few retreats where I learned a specific technique of meditation. I would go
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Meditation is one of the great boons to personal health and well-being. When people meditate, they come to terms with themselves, alone, free from the overt distractions of the outside world. It is through the act and process of meditation that you can examine your health, your pain, your symptoms, your mind, yourself. I am
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Daoism has a core concept which is based around how to cultivate the energy field of the universe in one’s own body. As previously mentioned, dantian is used as a concept to illustrate how energy exists and moves in the body. The dantian are split into upper, middle, and lower, and in order to practice
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One of the biggest intellectual aspects associated with Daoism is the theory of yin and yang. This concept is discussed in detail and in context with other alchemical concepts, in Robert James Coons’s new book, Internal Elixir Cultivation: The Nature of Daoist Meditation. This post is an excerpt from that book. Although yin and yang—as
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