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Master Soo’s books are currently in a reprint he had several in the 1970’s, honestly the older books were “so so”. Master Ni Hua Ching’s Book Website has a free Integral Nutrition guide on his website http://www.sevenstarcom.com look in top left hand corener of screen. It is not bad gives a brief overview.

I found the bottom book from…[Read more]

this might of be of interest to you:

Principles of Daoist Long Life Diet By Chee Soo

Daoism is at its heart a philosophy of nature. Millions of years of existence have shaped us to be what we are, and throughout this time we have evolved eating natural foods. It is only relatively recently that diet has changed so much to include so many…[Read more]

Is sydney austrailia close to you? I know a teacher there that is very good? When you don’t have anything else what are you doing is the next best bet.

Or Contact these people and see what they have to offer; a firend emailed their info, I personally don’t know them, chances are there style and approach is different from healing dao but,…[Read more]

Thanks Michael for elaborating on this, I agree with you on all of your points safe progression is the key to these practices. I re-balanced myself from life threatening ailments using Inner smile-fusion-Kan & Li practices. I have been practicing since I was in my mid teens and have never had any problems.

I love the new design I am able now…[Read more]

This post could be deleted..(james, webmaster) I found in the new improved archive process previous discussions 5/05..don’t want to waste space.. thanks snowlion

Hi Fajin,

For what is worth, you can contact Mantak Chia via Universal Tao website in Thailand. He should contact you back with questions you still might have after Michael responds. Below is the link for him, good luck to you
snowlion

http://www.universal-tao.com/http://www.universal-tao.com/

I agree Mantak Chia, in my view is the Great Pioneer of these arts; I personally don’t have an affinity with this Dr. Michael Saso. When I find a 1/2 way decent written articles on Daoist Alchemy I post it.

SnowLion

Sometimes partners feel threatened by their significant other is starting to grow & or, are in fear of having to try this new found view on life. I have dealt with this my whole life since 14 with my family, coworkers, girlfriends and wife.

Simply assure them why you are doing it, don’t try to force feed it; this will cause more…[Read more]

Thanks for the feedback …personally I agree with you; and I hope Qigong doesn’t turn into what the massage field has hours, hours of certfication…and surface taught students with a pretty certificate. From snapshot view of his Medical Qigong(which seems to be a politically correct way for red china to accept Qigong), is grasping for their…[Read more]

thanks for the info I will pass it along…

thanks for feedback….interesting also is now Jerry alan Johnson seems to be pursuing this sect of Daoism, & teaching it at a hefty rate again…I personally like the practice of “one cloud” aka healing Tao. I have been practicing since I 1984 and have seen many people and things come & go and here we all are still standing.

Very interesting… I had a vision in my meditation yesterday that something Computer wise went haywire with you; I found it odd since we never personally met.

It is excellent! Thanks for being open to share with us, I enjoy this practice daily and posted a few questions in the forum hopefully it is a fresh topic and not ..oh god not this again.

So many Tai Chi Styles…..So many view points…….. all are correct. I studied with a
a Dao Master in the Redwoods many years ago he called his Tai Chi: Wuji Dan Shi, also called “nine small heavens”. Practiced in a Rotating circle of Nine rounds had similar elements of Wuji Gong, Fang Song Gong, Yang Shen , Eight extraordinary wrapped in one…[Read more]

This is an interesting question, the only comment I have to say is that alot of the “13 froms that are attributed to Master Chan look more like another Yang style. I recently saw a Dragon style taoist tai chi that was completely different that anything I have seen in 20+ years of Tai Chi practice. Master Yuanming Zhang’s 13 posture form and styles…[Read more]

Excellent..I value this explanation, I had this article and I am glad I saved it ; and shared it. It has now brought more value than ever. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to you and your family!..Snowlion

Miso,

Generally I ask myself or advise people the following:

What is the theory and movement priniciples behind a given set? Is it for Martial Art or General Health or Stylized Qigong (forms). It’s always good to be clear of your objectives before investing in a certain style per say; If what you are doing is a couple different sets in…[Read more]

Miso,

Sorry to here about the expierences with “Qi practices”, just as a quick note I have
self balanced myself with these arts from a terminal path. I truly believe you will find a practice/group that would work for you. I will even go out on a limb and talk to you outside this forum via email contact. I have been in these practices since…[Read more]

Hi Miso,

These postures that Li HongZhi has taught are found in other schools of thought. I met a Chinese teacher that allegedly knew of him prior to Falun Gong and it came from a Xiou Lian (Spiritual Purification) Chan Mi Buddhist practice. The postures are ok and you don’t have to feel like you owe them anything except “Thank You for Sharing”…[Read more]

Master Ni comes from a long family lineage of Taoist masters. he has written many books and taught many back in the 1970’s and early 1980’s. If your looking for deep Alchemical formulas really doesn’t have anything for mainstream public. His movement set’s such as eight treasures, Dao-In, Harmony style Tai Chi are very good, & embrace “less is…[Read more]