L: Greek Ouroboros, snake (baby dragon) swallowing its tail is equivalent of Tao micro-cosmic orbit. (image: zarathus) R: calligraphy expresses the circularity of orbital Qi flow.
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Why is the Micro-cosmic Orbit so famous? I pose this question about the famous Taoist meditation because I’m guessing few readers know the full answer. The answer, like all things Chinese, is multi-layered.
I wrote this book – the first in the West on the Micro-cosmic Orbit — for Mantak Chia in 1982. Many Chinese were shocked and angry at their “secret” being put into print. It was the beginning of a Taoist revolution in the West.
1. HARMONIZE ABOVE & BELOW. it relates to Tao Cosmology, which holds as one of its primary principle the correspondence between Micro-cosm and Macro-cosm. There is a famous alchemical maxim that sums this up nicely: As Above, So Below.
This means that if we can get our Qi flowing in an orbit pattern locally – IN OUR BODY – that we will be in harmony with the flow of Qi in the larger BODY OF NATURE. Our body and nature’s body are mirror images of each other, micro-macro cosmic relationship.
One version of the Taoist orbital pattern flows from our navel down into the perineum, the Yin Gate of Earth. Then it flows up the spine to the crown of the head, the Yang Gate of Heaven. On its continuous pathway between Heaven and Earth, it flows through key points that nourish our human life – our sexual center, navel, solar plexus, heart, threat, third eye/pineal gland.
So the orbit is a model of INCLUSIVE-NESS within a process of continuous CHANGE. That is a pretty good summary of the essence of following the path of Tao.
2. CIRCULATE SEXUAL ENERG
Historically, scholars believe the orbit may have originated over 2000 years ago in a sexual practice described in ancient texts. This method was to bring sexual essence from below to nourish and enliven the brain above. If you do this method, at some point the “above” feels full and it spontaneousl overflows and intiates a downward flow. In Taoist alchemy, sexual energy is the secret alchemical agent that is needed to stimulate and raise our vibration to a higher level. So I find this theory plausible.
3. BALANCE YIN-YANG Qi FLOW.
The Orbit Meditation activates two primary deep channels in the body which help control the balance of yin and yang Qi flow. The yang fire channel in the spine is known in Chinese medicine as the Governor Vessel, and the yin water channel up the center line of the torso & chest is called the Conception Vessel. These are two of the Eight Extraordinary Vessels, which I call the “soul channels” that allow us to effortlessly shift from spirit into matter and back.
These “8 Extraordinary Vessels” control the yin-yang balance of the 12 meridians that regulate the 12 vital organs and bowels. So by opening and nourishing the flow in the orbit, we in effect leverage the harmony between the fire and water channels to influence simultaneously all 12 of the organ meridians that govern our health and personality. So instead of trying to “fix” things on the outer level, we balance the flow of yin-yang Qi on a deeper level.
4. UNIFIED CHAKRA MODEL. If you are a student of yoga, you might re-frame this to say that the Orbit is adjusting the flow of prana through all the chakras. So nstead of trying to “open” a particular chakra, you are opening the faucet so the the Qi (prana) pressure is increased and flows through ALL the chakras. The Orbit thus creates a Unified Chakra that integrates all the other chakras into a single dynamic flow.
5. FOUNDATION FOR CULTIVATING ORIGINAL BREATH.
Our deepest human instinct is to search for our Source. The orbit cultivates Yuan Qi (Original Breath) inside a stable yin-yang vessel.
A lot of students think that it’s enough to just balance out the flow of yin-yang Qi. This is generally the viewpoint of our personality, which is controlled by the tension between our left and right brain hemispheres.
They have not yet awakened to the reality of a third kind of Qi that is NOT yin-yang polarized. It more connected to our soul and over soul. It is known as Original Breath, or Yuan Qi. It is the energy of the Primordial Tao, the source of all creation’s many forms that we call Nature. The orbit flows along the center line of our body, exactly in between our left and right brains. In short, it grows our CENTER.
Once we have balanced the yin-yang or fire/water Qi flowing around our micro-orbit, we can take the next step and begin to cultivate and grow our Yuan Qi in the core channel. This is called the chongmai, or Penetrating Vessel. This Qi flows in the center of our body, running from perineum to crown. It’s also known as the taiji pole, the spiralling axis between heaven and earth.
The outer path of the micro-orbit around our torso creates the shape of an egg. When we cultivate our Yuan Qi, it’s like we are nourishing the yolk of the egg deep inside us. That is what Taoists call the Immortal Embryo. When we shift from the outer orbit pathway to the core channel, we graduate to a deeper level of internal alchemy, the science of re-birthing our soul and making it tangible.
5. WU DANG SPINNING PEARL METHOD.
I first learned a very basic orbit method in1980 from Mantak Chia. It worked, but not perfectly. I have since tested on myself and my students dozens of different methods to open and sustain the micro-cosmic orbit. I’ve concluded the Wudang Mountain Red Dragon Spinning Pearl method is the most effective. I’ve been working with it for over 18 years, and have further evolved it, including how to invite spinning Dragon Qi into it to make it more effortless.
I’ve also integrated it into the One Cloud’s system of water & fire internal alchemy. It kicks the alchemical process into super-high frequencies and speeds up one’s progress. It is like graduating from “dial-up” to “broad band” computing – easier, faster, and more fun.
I invite you to come to participate in a live transmission of this practice in Asheville this Oct. 21, 22, and 23. The week end is the same price – $144.- that I charged back in 1997, nineteen years ago.
If you cannot make it, consider getting my Medical and Spiritual Qigong Fundamentals 1 & 2 home study course so you can practice at your own speed at home. Discount offer is below.
Even if you’ve learned other versions of the orbit from other teachers, I encourage you to study this version live or by home study. It will change the trajectory of your Qi cultivation pathway, which is just “energy-talk” way of saying it will change your life.
Register for Oct. 21-23 workshop on Orbit: 828 505 1444. info.healingtaousa@earthlink.net
Oct. 21-23: Medical & Spiritual Qigong Fundamentals 1 & 2 SPECIAL OFFER
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Our most popular package is the Medical & Spiritual Qigong Fundamentals 1 & 2. For those who cannot attend the course live, the 1 & 2 package online is already half-price as an introductory gift.
• UNTIL Nov. 15, 2016 midnight you can get this $240. full retail price package for only $99. plus s/h. It has two DVDs and two days audio recording of live workshop. Call 828 505 1444. to order before the deadline passes.
Friday evening no reservation needed – just show up!
Inner Smile is a universal image in art.
This fun evening is part of a weekend workshop, but is open to the public and can be taken separately. We will mostly smile together silently, relax from the “heart-mind” (xin) level of smiling in the body until the deeper “inner heart” or soul (ling) level of smiling spontaneously arises. I will facilitate this with a transmission of that frequency of unconditional acceptance at the soul level. This is one of the most important and simplest self-cultivation practices you can learn and apply simply to daily life. Increased peace, self-love, and acceptance of others are the reward, with secondary benefits of healing all kinds of illness that is stress-caused.
Location: We’ve returned to our old location – lots of free parking. Asheville Training Center, 261 Ashland Ave., Asheville NC. 2 long blocks south of downtown. Enter alley behind Town & Mountain Realty.
• Oct. 22-23, 2016 (Sat/Sun): Asheville, N.C. Sat 9-6; Sun 9:30 am – 6 pm.
MEDICAL & SPIRITUAL QIGONG FUNDAMENTALS 1 & 2 with Michael Winn
Taoist Micro-Cosmic Orbit trains us to crystallize an Inner Pearl – that matures into our Inner Sage and a reliable spiritual guide.
To reserve: info.healingtaousa@earthlink.net or call 828 505 1444
Cost: $144 for weekend. $90. for one day. Reviewers: $90.
Day 1: Inner Smile, Five Animals Qigong, Six Healing Sounds, Taoist qigong & alchemy theory.
Fundamentals 1 page with full benefits & description of practices, testimonials, etc.:
http://www.healingdao.com/ckf1.html#top
Day 2: Guided Micro-Cosmic Orbit. This famous Tao meditation unifies all energy centers/chakras into a flowing whole. Process is made simple and physically tangible with the powerful “Open Qi (Chi) Flow in the Orbit” movement qigong. Chi transmission is given to help you open chi flow spiraling in an orbit around your torso.
Includes oral transmission of the powerful Wudang Mountain “Red Dragon” internal method of circulating the orbit (NOT taught in standard Healing Tao curriculum).
THIS IS THE MOST POWERFUL & EFFECTIVE ORBIT METHOD I’VE FOUND – during my 30 years search. Included is my method of invoking spiralling Dragon power into the orbit meditation to amplify its power and effortless Qi (chi) flow.
Good for self healing, spiritual centering and balance of all yin-yang meridians of body, and balancing blood and chi. The orbit is also the main pathway used for cultivating spiritualized sexual energy as you progress in your practice.
More info on Fundamentals 2: http://www.healingdao.com/ckf2.html
These two days are packed with powerful practices that can make major shifts in your health and energy level. They are Lifetime Treasures, simple enough to easily share with family and friends.
Open to everyone. This course is THE main pre-requisite to Fusion, Healing Love, Kan & Li. This is the best course to begin with, but also suitable for advanced adepts or people from other traditions wishing to go deeper.
Location: We’ve returned to our old location – lots of free parking. Asheville Training Center, 261 Ashland Ave., Asheville NC. 2 long blocks south of downtown. Enter alley behind Town & Mountain Realty.
Monkey is one of the top 3 power animals (out of 12) in Chinese astrology. This Fire Monkey sits atop one of China’s most powerful mountains – Mt. Changbai, in Chinese Siberia. This is China most active volcano – the water in this deep lake is 82 degrees F, despite the -42 degrees winter temperatures!
I am very excited to share with you the brilliant artistic creation of Kevin Bewersdorf. Kev had the original idea, arising from his excitement about going to China and Mt. Changbai, the lineage root of the Healing Tao where Mantak Chia’s teacher One Cloud achieved himself. Kev is a serious adept of inner alchemy and Primordial Tai Chi, which we practiced in China’s sacred mountains on the 2016 China Dream Trip (returned Aug. 30 to USA).
I loved Kev’s idea, and worked closely with him to refine the Taoist symbols: alchemical trigrams for fire below and water above, sun & moon, three forces or Tao trinity above an Early Heaven bagua, and 5-elements star in the dantian center of the monkey’s belly. This is one very ESOTERIC T-Shirt!!!!!
But at the same time it is simple and playful, visually tied into the image of the Fire Monkey standing atop Mt. Changbai’s volcanic Heavenly Lake.
Master Ju Xi, Tao philospher and ardent advocate of inner alchemy via Path of Mt. Changbai. Here he explains the alchemical meaning of the I Ching symbols found on Kev’s T-shirt.
Kev gave a T-shirt to Tao master Ju Xi, who has a Taoist school at the base of Mt. Changbai.
Ju Xi loved the T-shirt – and so will you!
From Kev: The vision for this drawing first started coming through to me during practice of the Primordial Tai Chi form. With guidance from Michael the drawing came to completion on the Summer Solstice. It is my intention for this shirt to spread good energy to all in the Taoist community, to represent our Dream Trip group to the Chinese; to delight, excite, and unify us as Tai Chi practitioners and to welcome the good fortune of the Fire Monkey!
Get this classic super cool T-shirt and charge it up by wearing it during this Fire Monkey Year. All profits go to the artist.
Fire Monkey T-shirt is for adventurous souls.Atop Flower Mountain in China.
For $20. this T-shirt is a bargain – be the first person in your local Tao cauldron to own one!
Be sure to mark your calendar for her summer retreat on Healing Love/Taoist Sexual Secrets (co-taught with Michael Winn) near Asheville, N.C. June 23 – 28, 2017 (Fri-Wed)
Minke de Vos has been teaching Healing Love with me for ten+ years at my summer retreats..
Over that time she has been refining her methods for women and polishing her masterpiece – which is now available on Amazon and elsewhere.
Don’t wait for her next summer (2017) retreat co-taught with me – get her book NOW!
Awaken sexual energy for radiant love and empowerment, healing of emotional trauma and chronic conditions, and celebration of each stage of a woman’s life
• Reveals how to channel sexual energy to experience the 3 kinds of female orgasm, clear trauma, and heal issues related to PMS, menopause, and libido
• Details how to perform breast self-massage, jade egg yoga, yoni articulation, and Universal Healing Tao work such as the Inner Smile and Ovarian Breathing
• Includes solo and partner practices for conscious energy exchange, intimacy building, unconditional love, and activating your multi-orgasmic potential
Through the Taoist tantric arts, women can experience the full flowering of their sexual energy. Rooted in Chinese energy medicine, Universal Healing Tao practices, and ancient Taoist traditions from the Yellow Emperor and his three female advisors, these practices honor and celebrate each stage of a woman’s life and allow women to awaken their genuine feminine sexuality–receptive, soft, sensitive, intuitive, and creative–rather than the masculine approach that focuses on strength, endurance, and control.
In this comprehensive guide to Taoist tantric arts for women, author Minke de Vos reveals how to channel natural sexual energy to evolve the Divine within and heal deep-rooted negative emotions and traumas related to sexuality. She explores techniques from the Universal Healing Tao system, such as the Inner Smile and Ovarian Breathing, to cleanse the uterus of negative emotions and fill your creative center with compassionate vibrations. She offers sexual energy practices to prevent chronic conditions like cancer, depression, and osteoporosis and heal issues related to PMS, menopause, and libido. She explains how to experience the three different kinds of female orgasm and provides detailed, illustrated instructions for exercises such as breast self-massage for emotional transformation and jade-egg yoni yoga to strengthen the pelvic floor and stimulate inner flexing and articulation. She offers evocative meditations to connect with the Goddess within and embrace the innate sexiness at each stage of life.
Including solo and partner practices for conscious energy exchange and intimacy building, Minke de Vos’s detailed guide to cultivating female sexual energy allows you to ease the passage through the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and menopause; harmonize your relationships; and merge your inner male and female energies into wholeness.
Reviews:
“Minke de Vos has written an inspiring masterpiece . . . offers essential keys to reclaim our feminine powers. A must-read.” (Margot Anand, author of The Art of Sexual Ecstasy)
“. . . loaded with inspiring and uplifting information that every woman should know!” (Christiane Northrup, M.D., author of Goddesses Never Age)
“This book is a treasure chest of practices that are difficult to find anywhere else. Minke guides you step by step through the arts of awakening sex, love, and spirit!” (Shashi Solluna, founder of Tao Tantric Arts)
About the Author
Minke de Vos, MMQ, is a senior Universal Healing Tao instructor and medical Qigong master therapist. Known internationally as one of the top teachers of self-healing and sacred sexuality, she has been practicing Qigong for over 30 years and is the founder of Silent Ground retreats, Feminine Treasures workshops, and Tao Tantric Arts classes. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Spiral of Yin-Yang woven into Nature
Loving the Qi orbiting in your body!
Michael Winn
“Who takes Heaven as his ancestor, Virtue as his home, the Tao as his door, and who becomes change — is a Sage.” — Chuang Tzu, Inner Chapters
“The Tao is very close, but everyone looks far away. Life is very simple, but everyone seeks difficulty.” — Taoist Sage, 200 B.C
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