In a world defined by accelerating schedules, fractured attention, and the relentless pressure to accomplish more in less time, many people find themselves quietly asking the same question: Is there another way to live? This episode of Transformations with Mark V. Wiley offers a rare and timely answer. We are honored to welcome Dr. Livia Kohn, […]
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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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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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