Learn the traditional meditative practices associated with the Chinese philosophy of Taoism including concentration, mindfulness, contemplation, and visualization. These meditations will be focused on cultivating inner awareness of the self for health, happiness and harmony.

Zoom Link provided upon registration.

Within The Way, meditation gauges one’s progress. Meditation as a practice and a state of being holds the key to unlock one’s relationship to the ever-expanding, intertwined universe. Words cannot adequately describe its essence or its experience since words are partial constructs. That which is partial is unable to describe the whole. With that said, meditation enables us to awaken, connect, quiet, flow, expand, relinquish, grow, see, hear, feel and know. Through meditation the open door invites the practitioners into stillness of mind and openness of heart. Now you become one with the cosmos.

In this class, you will study, discuss and practice an eighth century A.D. classic, described as “one of the most important Taoist texts ever written” and considered “the definitive work on the method of Taoist meditation known as Nei Guan (internal observation).” Central to the practice will be consideration of the essence of trust, respect and virtue.

Students will order and use the book, Daoist Meditation, The Purification of the Heart Method of Meditation and Discourse on Sitting and Forgetting, by Wu Jyh Cherng (2014).

This course fulfills requirements for 1. 200 Hour Qigong Certification and 2. Level 1, The Way of the Tao. Students receive 10 contact hours.

Location: From your own location via Zoom

Many know of Lao Tzu and see him as the principal Taoist. Lao Tzu had contemporaries equal to his contribution. Chuang Tzu was among them. “Among the great books ever written about the nature of truth, Chuang Tzu’s is the highest,” (Ni, 2015, I Ching, p. 452). Part 3 will take us into the application for the present.

A weekly gathering for one-hour, we will read Attaining Unlimited Life: The Teachings of Chuang Tzu. This class will involve each participant sharing in the reading of the text and then participating in conversation. Roughly 70% reading with 30% discussion. Learning to listen and absorb, the experiences will draw you into the mind of Chuang Tzu and unveil a path for living fully, The Natural Way.

Students will use and read from the book, Attaining Unlimited Life: The Teachings of Chuang Tzu by Hua-Ching Ni.

This course fulfills a requirement for Level 1, The Way of the Tao.

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Book the series for $75 or each individual session for $25.

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