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		<title>Drilling for Qi</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Song (sung) is a term used in taijiquan that is often translated as ‘relax’. Yet it is much more. When I relax to go to sleep at night, I try to let go of all form and trust my bed to provide all the support I need. Sure, I maintain my basic bodily shape, but I try to let go as much as I can. How successful I am at that is a big factor in how restful my night’s sleep is. If I am holding unnecessary tension in my muscles then I am at odds with my mission. When&#x2026;&#160;<a class="more-link" href="http://www.taichialchemy.com/drilling-for-qi" rel="nofollow">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Connective Tissue Trust</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 03:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; Trust &#160; I received the following from energy healer Daniel Kalatsky after reading Taijiquan: Through the Western Gate. I appreciate his insights and want to share: Your book has been amazing.  Deepest gratitude to you. You have opened new doorways of awareness that are breathtaking. The awareness of the connective tissue and its function physically as well as its energetic mirror  are invaluable to any bodyworker. It also conveys a deep universal truth of Trust. The connective tissue represents physical unity. It cradles every aspect of our bodies. When we enter&#x2026;&#160;<a class="more-link" href="http://www.taichialchemy.com/connective-tissue-trust" rel="nofollow">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Ins and Outs of Presence</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 14:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As in all things, there is an insubstantial as well as a substantial aspect to engaging persons and things. We engage when we consciously enter into relationship. We can co-exist unawares with others, and do so all the time, but that&#8217;s not engagement. Engagement requires conscious choice. Before we can engage a person or thing freely and consciously, an important choice must be made. It is the decision to be Present, to consciously assume a position in space and time. That means to bring your attention to the moment you are actually in, not on the story of some other&#x2026;&#160;<a class="more-link" href="http://www.taichialchemy.com/the-ins-and-outs-of-presence" rel="nofollow">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Forgiveness</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;As long as you don&#8217;t forgive, who and whatever it is will occupy rent-free space in your mind.&#8221; &#8212; Isabelle Holland Forgiveness is one of those heavily charged words. Somebody done you wrong, hurt you bad, and your mind just can&#8217;t move past it. &#8220;I feel so betrayed/disappointed/let down!&#8221; You feel perfectly justified in tarring everything with that particular brush, even if it makes you feel terrible.For some people, of course, this is a tried and true strategy for controlling others. The classic &#8220;guilt trip.&#8221; &#8220;It&#8217;s ok. You two go along and have fun. I&#8217;ll just sit here in a&#x2026;&#160;<a class="more-link" href="http://www.taichialchemy.com/forgiveness" rel="nofollow">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Coherence and Resonance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coherence and resonance are two related terms that sometimes are confused. Coherence refers to the degree of unity within a particular system, like a car or a human body. How much wholeness is present? Resonance is the degree that one system vibrates with another. Do they cooperate or fight? Both are terms that are helpful in describing whether things are coming together or splitting apart. Any living creature can be said to be coherent just because it is alive. It has wholeness, existence as itself. None have absolute coherence. They are more or less coherent moment-by-moment. When highly coherent there&#x2026;&#160;<a class="more-link" href="http://www.taichialchemy.com/coherence-and-resonance" rel="nofollow">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wu Wei</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The You confronts me. But I enter into a direct relationship to it. Thus the relationship is at once being chosen and choosing, passive and active. For an action of the whole being does away with all partial actions and thus also with all sensations of action (which depend entirely on the limited nature of actions)&#8211;and hence it comes to resemble passivity. This is the activity of the human being who has become whole: it has been called not-doing, for nothing particular, nothing partial is at work in man and thus nothing of him intrudes into the world. It is&#x2026;&#160;<a class="more-link" href="http://www.taichialchemy.com/wu-wei" rel="nofollow">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>What is Ting Jin?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Make your will one! Don&#8217;t listen with your ears, listen with your mind. No, don&#8217;t listen with your mind, but listen with your spirit. Listening stops with the ears, the mind stops with recognition, but spirit is empty and waits on all things. The Way gathers in emptiness alone. Emptiness is the fasting of the mind. Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu) trans. Burton Watson Ting jin is &#8220;listening energy&#8221;&#8211;sensing the insubstantial as well as the substantial. Knowing that is not entirely depending on the outward appearance of things. It&#8217;s the sixth sense that tells you Little Jimmy had a bad day at&#x2026;&#160;<a class="more-link" href="http://www.taichialchemy.com/what-is-ting-jin" rel="nofollow">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Strange Meetings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In last week&#8217;s post I talked about how to get authentic power from your Wardoff. The secret lies in &#8220;meeting&#8221; the incoming force rather than resisting it. The implications of this are huge, and they go far beyond just having badass gongfu. Once you have met the force without resisting, any increase in the incoming force only weakens the attacker. That&#8217;s right, the harder they push you the weaker they get. What do I mean by meeting? I remember being told in hitting a baseball or golf ball to &#8220;meet&#8221; the ball, don&#8217;t try to &#8220;kill&#8221; it. I never got&#x2026;&#160;<a class="more-link" href="http://www.taichialchemy.com/strange-meetings" rel="nofollow">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Paradox of Wardoff</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Through experience of the touch one can gradually comprehend and understand jin. Through understanding jin one can reach divine-like clarity. Wang Zongyue, Taijiquan Lun The &#8220;Wardoff&#8221; posture in taijiquan is an expression of peng jin, an expanding (yang) &#8220;up and out&#8221; type of internal power. Like all jins, peng is dependent on a whole-body energetic connection. Energetic coherence. Without that, your Wardoff will suck. In Wardoff With Left Arm, the substantial arm (left) is curved in front of the chest to create space. This is a really weak muscular connection. Try it. Have someone push on your forearm, starting slow&#x2026;&#160;<a class="more-link" href="http://www.taichialchemy.com/the-paradox-of-wardoff" rel="nofollow">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Seeking the Sweet Spot</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By first seeking to develop conscious movement in yourself and realizing it in your own body, you will naturally be able to know it in others. If you seek it first in others, it is likely that you will miss it in yourself. It is essential that you understand this principle, and the ability to interpret energy follows from this.       Yang Family Forty Chapters We never realize how little of our movement is &#8220;conscious&#8221; until we practice taijiquan. Superior athletes and dancers are humbled when they encounter these mysterious movements. &#8220;Good&#8221; taiji is so different from the way we&#8217;ve learned&#x2026;&#160;<a class="more-link" href="http://www.taichialchemy.com/seeking-the-sweet-spot" rel="nofollow">Read More</a>]]></description>
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