I love hearing from you!  Email: info.healingtaousa@earthlink.net • Did Jesus really die on the cross at age 33? • Was Jesus a “closet Taoist”, teaching that Divine Love’s greatest gift to Humanity is spiritual immortality? vs. negative focus on guilt and shame, avoiding sin? • See book review below for a different story: Pontius Pilate …

Essay on Royal Jelly as #1 Longevity Super Food below • The Queen Bee Story is Amazing. She eats Royal Jelly only, lives 40x longer than other bees! • Buy most potent grade in bulk, 25 cents a day! Save hundreds of dollars vs. Amazon price. ———————————— Scroll Down: • Plan Now: 5 Fabulous Tao …

Don’t miss this Video!     Amazing feedback from 1st send. Stories of meeting loved ones who died, deep healing & spiritual awakening: • “Thank you Super Galactic Angel Friend!! My Heart has more space… I feel a new openness and joy!” • “Watching your video triggered an infusion of light. I felt my kundalini …

Essay on Water Dragons, climate change, benefits of cave life (ancient & modern Taoists), how elemental beings shape our life. I used hurricane Helene’s super-natural force to crack open the mystery of the deeply  hidden  human ability to focus wuji’s Original Will in the physical plane. After the essay are revised work shop dates, replacing …

To download PDF of this article AND spring-summer Tao Events in Asheville: Are Dragons Real Beings? YES! Do Chinese Descend from Dragons? ———- Jade dragon ornament, Warring States (403–221 b.c.).      

May 25 – 26, 2024: Sat/Sun,  $144. Psychic  Alchemy • Open Macro Orbit: 8 Extraordinary Vessels  = Soul in harmony with Cosmos. Pre-Req:  Micro-Cosmic Orbit.  Register: info.HealingTaoUSA@earthlink.net • 5 Summer Retreats – see below   ——— ] ———————————- Dear Lovers of Living in an Enlightened NOW, a super-healthy body, in Unity with the Great Beyond: I …

————————————- If you missed last Qi Flows Naturally: I got a huge response from readers. It touched the heart-strings of many navigating the tricky “sex-soulmate maze”. This very esoteric essay is now a PDF, download it from Tao Articles: Tao of Finding a SOUL MATE I love hearing from you!   Just hit “reply” to email. …

Soul Mates is a  hot topic, Where do Souls come from? What’s their purpose? Why mate with other souls? It’s my best essay on this topic. Lengthy, for serious Soul explorers. [br] I LOVE hearing from you! Just hit REPLY (to emailed newsletter), or if reading on website: winn999@earthlink.net Welcome to share your feelings. I …

Alert!  Fusion 1 EMOTIONAL ALCHEMY Mar. 5-6.  Still has space. LIVE is best to transform Deep Feelings!   [br] [br]       Part 1 Video Yang (Male) Black Water Year of the Tiger 2022 Astrology – Cosmology – Inner Alchemy – Sexology Webinar with Michael Winn Part 1 is first 60 minutes of a …

                  “Love Dragons” drawing by Emerald Winn [br]       Love Poem           for my Pink Love Dragon      by Emerald Winn Written at age 7. He read it at Winter Solstice Dragon Ceremony 2021            —————– Hot mist rises from my my Love Dragon’s nose. It is …

                When I asked my 7 year son Emerald what he wanted for Xmas, I already had a long list of toys he’d given to his mother. But which toys were more desirable – the robot that could dance,  or the saber-wand with flashing lights and noisy bleeps? …

[br] [br]     Michael Winn doing Primordial Tai Chi atop Golden Peak on Mt. Wudang in 2005, where this “spiritual tai chi” form was invented by Chang Sanfeng in the 13th century. This previously secret lineage form is also known as wuji gong, “Skill at Entering the Supreme Mystery”. • See the list of …

  [br] [br]       Poem recited live at White Dragon Fall Equinox Ceremony, Sept. 21, 2021: [br] The Beauty of Yin & Yang by Emerald Winn, age 7 [br] Day and night, Black and white, Yin and Yang are not a fright. Under water, in the air, Yin and Yang are every where. …

  The Way Yang spirals out, Yin spirals in. All returns to center, Yuan still Origin. Rinse Good and Evil Qi in the ocean of Pure Love. Repeat. Flow…Harmony…Peace.   September 2021 Virtual Event             [br] September 17, 18, 19 – on zoom 1. National Qigong Association 25th Annual Conference • …

  Kundalini is often symbolized as a Serpent Rising around 7 chakras.  For Taoists this could be seen as alchemy process of activating a spiral of Dragon Qi to accelerate Change. In Tao numerology, 7 is the Number of Humanity. Highlights 1.New video “How I awakened my Kundalini” using a Tantric breathing method. 2. A …

    Where does our brain get its psychic powers from? According to Tao inner alchemy, the majority of brain information comes from “gut intuition”, i.e. the 12 internal organ and bowel spirits. The brain is classified as a “Curious Organ” with special functions to interpret and manage the Five Element  and Yin-Yang Qi  flow …

            L: Neutral center of this Yin-Yang symbol holds a key to the Tao deep “meaning of life”. R: Plasma spiral of galaxy mirrors Yin-Yang symbol. Both express flow of Nature as two equal polar forces spiraling around a neutral third center – the same principle as DNA double helix. …

            Lao Tzu is traditionally portrayed riding an Ox, facing  backwards. He TRUSTS the Ox to spontaneously (wu wei) guide him where he needs to go. Ox here is a symbol of the Earth element, our core essence. Ox assists our soul to embody its unique worldly destiny. Every human …

SIGN UP HERE Kick off the New Year by putting some extra Qi in your tank! 20th Annual Qigong – Tai Chi – TCM – Energy Healers World Congress. Dates Jan. 1 to Jan. 8, 2021. Its FREE,. This is an amazing gathering of Qi practitioners,30 presenters on Qigong, Tai Chi, Taoism, Energy Healing, Asian …

  WINTER SOLSTICE is a recurring celebration of Humanity’s power to rebirth itself. by harmonizing with Natural cycles and an abundance of Original Breath (Yuan Qi). We live in a realm of False Darkness characterized by a War on Nature, media- inflated FEAR, corruption in medicine, science, and politics, censorship, loss of individual freedom, and …

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPh1wz0D2EM 23 min VIDEO: over views all aspects of GROUNDING. Interview covers 1. why LACK of  grounding isso pervasive in head-cenric Age of Information 2. Difference between PHYSICAL grounding and SPIRITUAL grounding. 3. Why men and women need different kinds of SEXUAL and EMOTIONAL grounding 4. How the INNER SMILE can be used to …

Sad State of DIS-harmony in U.S. politics. False Yin + False Yang = Poor Qi flow, weak worldly destiny. ————– Is There a “Tao of Voting”? Two ways to answer this question. 1. Historically. How did Taoist sages in China vote? Lao tzu, Chuang tzu, Chang Sanfeng? 2. What is most “authentic” or “high integrity” …

Is this dolphin radiating an Inner Smile to its fellow mammal, a smiling little girl?  Tao cosmology accepts everything is alive, that Great Oneness (taiyi) is radiating its Original Breath (yuan qi), which humans feel as Pure Love, into all natural bodies. But are YOU in touch with this smiling power flowing from Source into …

: Does Earth wobble cause Equinoxes? VIDEO: New Theory on Precession of Equinoxes – 26,000. year zodiac cycle Spectacular visuals! Is it worth 20 minutes of your time to more fully embrace our Cosmos? • New theory replaces   “earth wobble” theory as cause of precession, Vast star spirals centered around the Pleides and Arcturus …

LOVE DRAGONS. My six year old son says “I love Love!”. He tells me there is a Love Dragon hidden inside Everything and Everyone, even inside “bad people”. No surprise here. He was consciously conceived with our intent to call in a soul able to remember the Pure Love radiating from Origin. Many humans forget …

Site recently upgraded for easy smart phone navigation. New Interview with Michael Winn on Tao Sexology and Healing Love, based on 40 years practical experience. Conducted by one of my students for his mostly male students. Also has useful information for women, with discussion of how semen retention impacts male-female sexual relations. This in-depth, one …

Sat April 25:  VIRTUAL SUMMIT: World Tai Chi & Qigong Day 11 am PDT / 2 pm EDT –  Michael Winn talk 11:40 PDT / 2:40 pm EDT – Panel: Michael Winn, Roger Jahnke, Bill Douglas, Effie Chow FREE: Register HERE (on www.qigongmasters.com) Dear Lovers of Natural Health, I don’t usually do these mass online …

  Site recently upgraded for easy smart phone navigation. On my first trip to sacred Taoist Mt. Wudang in 2005, I studied 8 Immortals Sword form with sword master Chen Bing in his school next to Purple Cloud Temple.  METAL swords have long held mystical status in Taoist lore for their protective and magical power. …

Electron microcope: Yellow are invading Corona Virus, the pink are healthy human cells. In China, yellow was the color of Imperial Power…pink is considered by many to be the color of Un-conditional Love. Is this a power vs. love struggle? Read essay on Darwin & Tao Cosmoloogy. [br] Some readers had trouble viewing my recent …

  Corona-Virus image: healthy cell (left) disintegrates as virus  penetrates and takes control. This is Nature exploring the relationship between Order and Chaos. This is not about evil Qi. Viruses are one of Planet Earth’s most highly evolved and intelligent organisms, and are part of Humankind’s process of self-exploration. Why now? We are entering a …

Winter Solstice opens the portal for us to reach inside the Dark Heart of the Sun that is truly the “mother of all Light”. Taoist inner alchemy develops the skill to penetrate and make conscious what is hidden. – image by Brian Barth Anyone can feel the deep, silent power of the Inner Darkness at …

Yin-Yang Qi flow is an experience, not a concept. Fish don’t THINK about Qi; the two Coy here are energetically in a flowing dance. They FEEL the soft spiral of water and the magnetic presence of their dance partner. We can deepen our feeling of Qi flow with qigong & meditation.\ Get Out of Your …

Dragon spiraling inside a bagua (octagon). The 8 corners symbolize 8 cosmic “breaths” of Qi, which are stepped down into the seasons as  8 nodal points: 2 Equinoxes, 2 Solstices and 4 midpoints. The “Breath of Autumn Equinox” is when the White Dragon of the West descends its spiraling Qi into the earth. It’s the …

  Share: \ FREE EVENT: Summer Solstice: High Noon (12 pm), Friday June 21 RED FIRE DRAGON CEREMONY led by Michael Winn + Crystal Bowl Concert by Malana. [br]            Wear Red clothing. Prepare your INTENT: What you want to radiate to the world. [br]            What your soul need to fully flower its highest …

  Share: \ The TAO of LOVE: there are 3 heavens, each is ruled by a different frequency of Qi. These 3 types of Qi parallel Western values of love: [br] 1, Primordial (Original) Qi = Divine Love (cosmic, impersonal) [br] 2. Pre-natal Qi = Unconditional Love (soul as spark of the Divine) [br] 3. …

  Tao is a Way of Life. It helps us navigate complex Yin-Yang pathways. It’s a uniquely simple, whole-body natural philosophy, It’s a path of salvation that directly connects us to immortal Source, Its a daily energetic science to cultivate health and harmony. Tao evolved over thousands of years of practical testing. Tao is so …

        Stonehenge Equinox Ceremony. My Taoist inner alchemy retreat group did Primordial Tai Chi to re-aweken the sleeping stones and activate the Qi from ancient ceremonies performed here.   Spring 2019 Tao Events Register for spring 2019 workshops: info.healingtaousa@earthlink.net call (864) 419-4502  Zachary Fant, office manager                                             ——————————  FREE EVENT TONIGHT: Wed. …

                                      China Dream Trip May 10-28. Mt. Changbai (option to June 1) is root sacred mountain of the Healing Tao. Wandering Taoist One Cloud attained breatharian state here. He was well supported by its powerful alchemical Kan & Li (Water & Fire) Qi field. Heavenly Lake sits atop China’s most active volcano, generating a field …

    2500 years ago Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching was the first to name an unknowable darkness: wuji. In Tao cosmology, wuji is what mysteriously gives birth to the first light of this Cosmos. This primordial drama is micro-cosmically played out within our solar system every Winter Solstice. Some Taoists identify a dark watery …

  Our ancestors invisibly circle, embrace and shape our lives and destiny. We get tremendous power and skills from them. We also get endless problems and challenges  that either overwhelm us or force us to grow.    Taoists have many methods for managing Ancestral Qi to prevent chronic illness, and use them as a tap …

TESTk   Spiritual Tai Chi is designed to help you cross the bridge between the personal and the cosmic. Read the 50 page introduction (45 illustrations)to my forthcoming book Primordial Tai Chi: The Way of Enlightened Self-Love. https://healingtaousa.com/articles/primordial-tai-chi-book-one-introduction/ —————————————————————— ALERT – Major Technology Upgrade! You can now DOWNLOAD my DVDs and Audio courses. Download DVDs: …

Are You a FAKE or AUTHENTIC Taoist? Book review: Dream Trippers Why Louis Komjathy’s Fundamentalist Daoism Will Fail in the West Dream Trippers: Global Daoism and the Predicament of Modern Spirituality by David Palmer and Elijah Siegler, Univ. Chicago Press, 2017 This 50 page essay will be published in late Oct. or early Nov. 2018 …

  Dear Lover of the Authentic Way (Tao), [br] Tao is about Change. I’ve made 3 changes.  [br] 1. I moved this newsletter to a new service. It’s fancy, I’m still figuring it out. It links to fb with a simple click. All the buttons work (including un-subscribe at the bottom). Deep thanks to Steven …

China Dream Trip August 2016 Return to Root of Tao in Sacred MountainsLed by Michael Winn Mt. Changbai is the “crown chakra”  of China’s sacred mountain landscape. Revered for thousands of years, it embodies the energy of Taoist Water & Fire Alchemy. The deep pure waters of Heavenly Lake rest atop the most active volcano …

HealingTaoRetreats.com    •    HealingTaoUsa.com    •    864-419-4502 September 2018 China Dream Trip May 10-28, 2019: Beauty of the South, Power of Flower Mountain 5-Day Mt. Changbai Option May 28-June 1 I love the adventure and change that travel brings to one’s life. Tao is about change, inner and outer. As a Wandering Taoist, I …

HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773 •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 May 21, 2018                                          There are many levels and kinds of love in this world: personal, divine, platonic, romantic, parental, conditional, unconditional, etc. Self-Love is the jewel hidden in the center of life’s labyrinth, the LOVE behind all the different forms of love. Qi cultivation can assist …

HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 April 1, 2018                                          Tai Chi and Qigong is about aligning our body-mind-soul with the 8 cosmic forces. When Spring Madness takes over, we dance our whole life in spontaneous joy — until the Qi within us is exhausted (which is never!  🙂  photo: Jesse Lee …

by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Feb.. 17,, 2018                   Giant Redwood Tree. Taoists believe trees can become immortals. Trees silently hold great teachings. If we learn their Qi language, we can gain strength and wisdom. See Article Below. WINTER-SPRING 2018 …

HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Jan. 20, 2018 Chinese honor (or parody?) Donald Trump, born in Dog Year, with a statue. It starts Feb. 4 (solar calendar) or Feb. 15 (lunar calendar). The burning political question: Is his bark worse than his bite? WINTER-SPRING 2018 TAO SCHEDULE 1. Feb. 24 -25, …

HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555                                                                                                                                              BREATHING and ROOTING are the Tree of Life. Tree trunks are …

by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Nov. 1, 2017   Primordial Tai Chi is a bridge between the cosmic infinite Self and our physical finite self. This form is a magical, powerful 800 year old lineage ceremony. Integrates the magic square of feng shui, the dynamic inner water & …

by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Sept. 6, 2017 This fabulous new book takes you inside the experience of ordinary Chinese folk as they seek to re-grow their spirituality after the challenges of communist suppression. The battle between traditional spiritual beliefs and modern economic-scientific belief is a universal theme …

HealingTaoRetreats.com /  828 713 2996   •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555       VIDEO LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdd2oNRGAb0 Don’t miss this great new video: Joys of Sharing the Healing Tao. This 6 min. vid is a jewel – Healing Tao instructors talking about what changed in their life as a result of sharing skills like Qigong and …

by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 May 15, 2017     Tao is the cosmic process or “Way” of self-arising, infinite flow of Qi (= subtle breath). Qi takes form as Cosmic Self-love (= wholeness), and creative free will (= dance of Yin-Yang energies). Qigong includes the art and …

by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773 HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 May 8, 2017 Tao is the cosmic process or “Way” of self-arising and self-organizing infinite flow of Qi (= subtle breath) as love and creative free will. All suffering arises from mis-use of Free Will and inability to receive Pure Love Qi flowing from source. Inside …

HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555                                       EGG is archetypal – perhaps the world’s most potent Fertility symbol. We know human embryos develop from an egg, but it’s so tiny we can’t see it. So the lowly chicken egg gets to hold the honor of Fertility Power. Chinese myths of …

HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    • HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 March 18, 2017 Chinese dragons are beneficial beings that transmit ruling power. They rise up from the Earth in the East at Spring Equinox and return underground at Fall Equinox. They guard or chase after a Pearl (= alchemical elixir of our soul essence). Spring Equinox is …

by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Feb. 24, 2017 Spring is half sprung….Fire Rooster Year 2017 is crowing. It’s a great time to in-FUSE the explosion of FEELING ENERGY rising like sap into your vital organ spirits. Reserve your spot: Fusion of 5 Elements Emotional Alchemy — Mar. 4 …

View this message in web browser. HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 April 28, 2013 1. Please send in your experience of how Qigong or Taoist meditation influenced your Creativity. It may go into a book on Qi and Creativity. 2. Thanks for “LIKE-ing” my new Healing Tao USA fb page (it …

  by Michael Winn Feb. 19, 2014     L: FISSION nuclear explosion, typical Atomic bomb, splits an atom in half, creates radioactive pollution.  R: FUSION nuclear reaction unites polar elelments into one and radiates clean infinite energy. Image from Livermore Laboratory in Calif. Is one of these nuclear processes happening inside your own body?                                          …

HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Mar. 13, 2014                                         Can you create an Inner Pot of Gold? This is the cauldron of the dantian, where the Golden Elxiir congeals when body and …

HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555                                                                                        Is achievement driven by ego, the soul, or both? 1. Featured Special: Taoist Dream Practice Audio CD + Lucid Dreaming …

Inside Chi Flows Naturally: 1. Essay on a secret Way to Heaven….while still living on Earth. It’s a neat trick, “going” someplace new, more formless – without leaving your old body. It boils down to a practical question: how to best allow higher vibration chi to flow through your “OLD” SPOT on planet earth… It’s …

Inside Chi Flows Naturally: 1. Reports from our first summer retreats at Heavenly Mountain. We’re more than half way through the eight weeks, and its not too late to sign up for the last three weeks. Short letter on the challenges of integrating Tao into a TM meditation field. Testimonials from those who journeyed into …

   One Cloud?s 9 Tao Alchemy Formulas                  To Cultivate the True Immortal Self   A Guide to the Healing Tao System    Note: A short introductory essay by Michael Winn precedes a detailed description of the Healing Tao?s 9 Tao Alchemy Formulas. This is followed by a list of the 8 Branches of the …

Inside: 1. How to Cultivate Original Breath (Yuan Chi) during Winter Solstice 2. Tune into Asheville Solstice meditation Sat. Dec. 20, 7-12 pm 3. A brief history of Winter Solstice as source of Christmas, etc. 4. Instruction for downloading free Inner Smile Ebook (this may duplicate letter sent to private lists) Dear Lovers of the …

  by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Dec. 21, 2008 Winter Solstice Inside Chi Flows Naturally: A Winter Solstice bedtime read. Snuggle up under the covers.with your laptop…….. 1. To read about the history and energetics of Winter Solstice, and how to construct your own Winter Solstice ceremony to …

From a 2009 Qi Flows Naturally newsletter> The question that few ask: is full sexual completion achievable, through either a romantic sexual love relationship OR an internal spiritual practice? Another way to ask: is it possible to embody an integrated male-female state (divine androgyny) while still living in a male or female sexed physical body? …

Inside Chi Flows Naturally: Contents: » China Dream Trip Narrowly Escapes Earthquake » Summer Retreats – Get High Naturally! » New Journal of Daoist Studies » Daoist Alchemy: Lineage & Secrecy Challenges for Western Adepts China Dream Trip Narrowly Escapes Earthquake The 2008 China Dream Trip was in the words of one traveller “a fantastic, …

Summer – Fall 2010 Michael Winn’s Teaching Schedule Asheville, U.S. & Overseas Workshops Summer 2010 Autumn 2010 Asheville Workshop General Info: Time: all 2 day Asheville workshops: Sat 9-6; Sun 9:30-5:30 pm. Location: at Lighten Up Yoga. 60 Biltmore Ave., Asheville (unless specified) Downtown, 2nd fl, above City bakery. Cost: still only $144. (not increased …

A Taoist Alchemical Wedding + China Trip Bonus $250 (Sent to Elist) Jan. 16, 2009 IInside Chi Flows Naturally: 1. WEDDING. Lead article is a description of a Taoist alchemical wedding ceremony which I conducted this last Winter Solstice. If you like it you could easily duplicate it for yourself or friends. 2. CHINA. The …

Inside Chi Flows Naturally: The theme of this letter is LOVE. Real life love stories…. 1.Lead Love Story: A Stroke of Love. Allegra Wint, one of the adepts at my Greatest Kan & Li Planetary & Soul Alchemy retreat near Stonehenge this past September, sent me an amazing story. It’s an account of a stroke …

Dec. 8, 2008 Inside Chi Flows Naturally: Thoughts on the Way of Giving and Receiving 9 Tao Gifts that Heal and Transform Contents: ? The Way of Giving, Receiving & Thanking ? 1. The Ultimate Dream Gift – a Trip to China ? 2. A Fabulous Tao Summer Retreat at Heavenly Mountain ? 3. Michael’s …

by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 feb. 5, 2009 Inside Chi Flows Naturally: 1. My Rat Year predictions on the possible collapse of the financial system in 2008 proved true. (see www.healingdao.com/ratyear.html).  That means some of you will pay more attention to this letter. I celebrate those Rat changes as …

Inside Chi Flows Naturally: 1. As a school child, I loved Valentine’s Day. For starters, I ate a lot of cinnamon Red Hot heart candies. It seemed to feed my red hot romantic impulses. I started kissing girls at age 6. Thereafter I was in a perpertual state of having a crush on various girls. …

by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 June 10, 2010 To unsubcribe, see below. To change your address, signup with new address on my homepage. Please set emal preferences to “html”, not “plain text”, in order to see photos. For archives of Tao News, visit: https://healingtaousa.com/cgi-bin/articles.pl#7 (may need to sign …

View this message in web browser. by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    ?    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Feb. 20, 2009 Note: 1. I’m told my last email got tagged as spam on some servers because of its racy title: Taoist Love Secrets: Sexercises for St. Valentin. Please check your spam file for Feb. 15, it …

View this message in web browser. by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Feb. 20, 2009 Note: 1. I’m told my last email got tagged as spam on some servers because of its racy title: Taoist Love Secrets: Sexercises for St. Valentin. Please check your spam file for Feb. 15, it …

View this message in web browser. by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    ?    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 March 21, 2009 Inside Chi Flows Naturally: 1. My essay Daoist Methods of Dissolving the Heart-Mind (about 3 pages) from the latest Journal of Daoist Studies (vol. 2, 2009) is posted below. It is a short but thorough summary of …

Prefatory Note: This is an essay on the question that few seem to be asking: is full sexual completion achievable, through either a sexual love relationship or spiritual practice? Another way to ask it: is it possible to embody an integrated male-female state (divine androgyny) while still living in a male or female sexed physical …

View this message in web browser. by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    ?    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 April 12, 2009 Inside Chi Flows Naturally: Hope you are enjoying the Easter vibe: chocolate easter eggs (potent love aphrodisiac), estrogen and Esther (female fertility names related to Easter), bunny rabbits (symbol of sexual copulation), and Jesus’s Resurrection – …

View this message in web browser. by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 June 9, 2009 Note:if you are not seeing photos in this email, go to mail program preferences and reset it to “html” insead of “plain text”. Inside Chi Flows Naturally: 1. There is some part of me …

Chapter 6. Michael Winn: Transforming Sexual Energy with Water-and-Fire Alchemy My contribution to this volume is a 30 page chapter on transforming sexual energy that I consider the most comprehensive essay on the topic I’ve yet written. I’ve excepted it below, including my personal experience of “soul sex” or the “valley orgasm”, or what Lao …

Four Pillars (Zi Ping) Chinese Astrology Chart This report is prepared for Fff Fff on Jul 28 2010. Birth date: Year:1914, Month:Jan, Day:01, Hour:00; Gender : Male. I Astrology Chart Four Pillars chart is an authentic Chinese Astrology birth chart, it is comprised of the Taoist energetic patterns of Yin-Yang and Five Phases, each hour, …

Healing Tao USA Home The Dream Trip to China is for people who believe that life is a spiritual adventure. It is for souls that hunger for the riches of ancient wisdom in faraway lands, and seek to merge them into the present moment. “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,but …

Healing Tao USA Home The Dream Trip to China is for people who believe that life is a spiritual adventure. It is for souls that hunger for the riches of ancient wisdom in faraway lands, and seek to merge them into the present moment. “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,but …

Note: to view photos in newsletter, set email preferences to “HTML” (instead of Plain Text). Inside Chi Flows Naturally: Photo: Autumn Equinox light at Stonehenge, Michael Winn 2007. I’ve been doing Taoist qigong ceremonies inside Stonehenge for the past 8 years. In the past, they have only been open to adepts training in the Kan …

Michael Winn Asheville Healing Tao Center Member Healing Tao Instructor’s Association Box 601, Asheville, North Carolina 28802 www.HealingDao.com or www.HealingTaoUSA.com Email: winn@healingdao.com tel. 828-296-1930 (rarely home — use as last resort)   ALL product (video/audio) questions: info@healingdao.com or 888-999-0555   ALL summer retreat questions: retreats@healingdao.com or 888-750-1773 Frequently Asked Questions on Qigong & Tao Winn …

View this message in web browser. by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Sept. 11, 2009 Inside Chi Flows Naturally: 1. I recently flew to the Big Island of Hawaii on an impulse. I wanted to feel the physical alchemy of “fire and water” mixing, hot lava and cold ocean. …

by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Oct. 1, 2009 To subscribe, go to homepage of www.healingtaousa.com. Privacy Protected.  Unsubcribe below. To see photos, change mail preferences from “plain text” to “html”. Inside Chi Flows Naturally:    Photo: Michael Winn doing Primordial Tai Chi atop Mt. Wudang in 2005. This lineage form dates back 800 …

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Michael Winn Asheville Workshops & Summer Retreats 2017   Asheville workshops – Registration & Lodging Info  Autumn 2016  (scroll down for full description)    • Dec. 21 (Wed. 7 pm): Winter Solstice Black Dragon Ceremony (Free)                     (changed from Tues. Dec. 20)   Spring 2017 1. …

  HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Dec. 18, 2016         Winter Solstice is like the peak of a super slow-motion solar eclipse. At its darkest moment, a burst of light emerges, as if combusting from within. Energetically, the Yin half of Earth’s annual cycle – June 21 to Dec. 21 …

  HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555       Nov. 27, 2016                                                                    Tree trunks are about Rooting; their leaves are about Breathing. Together, the Tree of Life. photo: Michael Winn in Joyce Kilmer Forest, North Carolina. 1. Dec. 3- 4, 2016 (Sat/Sun): Medical …

View this message in web browser. by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Feb. 22, 2010 Inside Chi Flows Naturally: On Feb. 4, 2010, we leapt into the Year of the Yang (Male) Golden Tiger. February  4 is the beginning of the Tiger Month in their solar calendar, and the …

Dear Lovers of the Way, Welcome, Cycle of Summer. We had a powerful summer solstice ceremony at Heavenly Mountain, my bone marrow is stil vibrating from it. I hope each of you are enjoying the magnificence of summer’s flowering. I’m starting to see fruit from 14 trees planted nearly 3 years ago, my last garden …

by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 March 19, 2010 Inside Chi Flows Naturally: image: Easter eggs and Chinese silk carpet mandala   Dear Seekers of the Natural Fountain of Life,    The springtime sap is beginning to run in the veins of trees, and birds are magically singing a …

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by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Nov. 5, 2010       Immortal Stone Sage views sunset at 3 Pure Ones Taoist Sacred Mountain. The most spectacular rock formations and high Qi in East China.   Dear “Dreaming of China” Adventurers,    The next China Dream Trip May 13-27, …

View this message in web browser. by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    ?    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Dec. 25, 2010 Inside Chi Flows Naturally: photo: Is this a Chinese version of Santa Claus? No, it’s a cheery Lao Tzu delivering the Peach of Immortality. Taoists were cultivating their Immortal Child  500 years before Jesus …

  by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Dec. 20, 2011 To unsubcribe, see below. To change your address, signup with new address on my homepage. Set email preferences to “html”, not “plain text”, to see photos. For archives of Tao News, visit: https://healingtaousa.com/cgi-bin/articles.pl#7 (may need to sign in at …

  Inside Chi Flows Naturally: image: Each snowflake is a unique hexagonal crystal – an amazing fact of Nature’s diversity that is reflected in the uniqueness of 6 billion “human crystals”.   image: The correlation between the ancient I Ching hexagrams and the hexagonal nature of each snowflake has long fascinated me. Other versions of …

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View this message in web browser. by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 May 2, 2011   Inside Chi Flows Naturally: Nature feels sexy in Spring….as green wood element absorbs solar fire, it expands and dances. Are you dancing with it? Dear Lovers of that Sexy Spring Feeling, We passed …

  by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Nov. 3, 2011   Alison Downey, aka Dancing Goddess of Exuberant Fun. She’s my new China Dragon 2012 Dream Trip Co-Leader. She first introduced me and Jem Minor, my bride-to-be, at an ecstatic dance in Asheville. So we’re inviting her to help officiate at …

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Yellow Emperor on the Tao of Sex: a fascinating book review. Healing Love Retreats described.   Inside Chi Flows Naturally: Nature can’t help but be sexy! And its not shy about it. Dear Lovers of Being Naturally-Sexy-Without-Trying, Why are humans so perpetually fascinated by everything sexual? Because it somehow touches the very deepest questions we …

by Michael Winn June 18, 2011   Inside Chi Flows Naturally: Medical Qigong: the art of allowing and science of guiding the inner light of the Tao to flow to heal self and others. Dear Lovers of the Healing Mysteries,      I learned over decades of working as an energy healer that there is a big …

Wild Dance of the Tao: within the apparent Chaos of Life lies a Hidden Order. Can you find it?     by Michael WinnJune 25, 2011       Inside Chi Flows Naturally: Wild Dance of the Tao: within the apparent Chaos of Life lies a Hidden Order. Can you find it?   Dear Lovers …

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    Mt. Changbai is the “crown chakra”  of China’s sacred mountain landscape. Revered for thousands of years, it embodies the energy of Taoist Water & Fire Alchemy. The deep pure waters of Heavenly Lake rest atop the most active volcano in China. It radiates a phenomenal energy field revered by China’s Emperors for its …

HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555                           Healing Tao Summer Retreats June 21 – July 23, 2014 are in one of the world’s most beautiful peaceful settings, perfect for self-cultivation. High Energy, great fun, low cost. Inside Chi Flows Naturally: 1. TAO SUMMER RETREAT. Reserve your space now with as little down …

Spinning Dragon Orbit: Effortless Alchemy. My new, powerful Tao meditation, from 39 years research…. register: info@healingtaousa.com  Oct. 14-16, only $144. Chinese dragons, unlike Western dragons, are a sign of Imperial power, and are often depicted either chasing or guarding a Pearl. Why? My theory: Chinese dragon spirits over the ages have learned to interact with …

  by Michael Winn   My bride, Jennifer “Jem” Minor, climbing in her native Alaska mountains. Her blood is Cherokee, Cheyenne, and Irish, which warms the Celtic cockles of my own heart (“Winn” is Welsh). One of her many tests of my worthiness as a possible husband was to see if I could keep up …

    How well rooted are you, energetically? Physical & spiritual health depends on it. This Banyan Tree, on Hawaii’s Big Island, is not shy about extending its roots.   Dear Lovers of Deep Earth Rooted-ness, It’s that time of the year again: the chi is moving down, into winter, into dark earth. For some …

  by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Jan. 23, 2012 Welcome Year of the Yang Water Dragon!                                    Me, in the Caribbean, tuning into the Water Dragon Year. The I Ching Sand Castle was built by Jem, my bride. I am SO happy to be marrying a woman …

Dec. 7, 2011 Excerpt from new book by Robert Peng and Rafael Nassar: Qigong Master: My Life and Secret Teachings. +Update on China Dream Trip, Full Moon-Winter Solstice conjunction. Tai Chi symbol can be seen as an aggregate of small yin-yang cycles within a larger cosmic yin-yang pulsation.The central premise of alchemy is that a …

  by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Dec. 22, 2011  Jem Minor (my bride!) on the synergy between qigong discipline, self-love, and finding a soul lover. Central Sun – my term for the primordial source of Pure Love at the center of this Cosmos – shines through all other …

by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Jan 1, 2012   Calendars are symbolic celestial patterns that define our Tao of Time & Space. Cool image from my friend Benjamin Bernstein’s site:  (great Shamanic-experiental astrology site www.itsallgoodastrology.com).   Benjamin got turned onto astrology after reading Under One Sky, book by Rafi Nasser about …

  by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    ?    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555                                Dragons are real masters of concentrating and directing chi flow, using the fluidity of water and internal spiral power. Humans can capture this same dragon power – IF they commit to a Natural Way of self-cultivation (Tao) that helps them unfold their true …

  by Michael Winn    Yang Water Dragon Spirit is Earth’s Way to purify its past and concentrate vast power of Creativity into the Present Moment every 60 years. Rooftop dragon detail and Calligraphy gives visual sense of Dragon’s Celestial ruling power. Its long tail is an ocean wave symbol of its far rulership. Dear …

by Michael Winn May 5, 2012 It’s hard to even find the “self” in the immensity of this cosmos, much less love it. But when we cultivate deep Self-love, it is our highest achievement. Dear Lovers of Self-Cultivation, “Love Thyself” is increasingly common spiritual advice, perhaps because “Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself” has proven to …

  by Michael Winn                     Has the Tao of love dared new heights? Marriage of Jem and Michael a few feet from a 3000 foot cliff. Jem picked the spot – as close to the edge as possible – atop China’s 7,000 ft. Mt. Hua…I love this adventurous woman!                                                      Dear Lovers of …

by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Sept. 18, 2012                  Rafting the Grand Canyon. I’m guiding the raft, my bride is the “hat” behind me, doing her best to not get washed out of the boat. The raft is 18 feet long, easily swallowed in the giant rapid. …

by Michael Winn   Taoists consider the shape of clouds above to reflect our feelings and thought forms on earth below. Are YOU grasping the inner pearl essence that illuminates your soul? Dear Lovers of Dragon Qi, It’s time to make an assessment. This is the Year of the Yang Black Water Dragon, which began …

by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Nov. 5, 2012 The Dragon’s Watery Lair: Iguacu Falls                          Iguacu Falls in Brazil.& Argentina may be the most powerful fresh water site on the planet – I consider it the Lair of the Black Water Dragon itself. I visited it recently to …

  by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Nov. 30, 2012 How GROUNDED Are You? +30% off Sale   Dear Lovers of Deep Earth Rooted-ness,   It’s been an intense Water Dragon Year for many. Now we enter the final phase. Winter began on Nov. 6 (Chinese energetic calendar): the …

  HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555         I conducted Taoist alchemy rituals at this Mayan temple in Tulum on the Gulf coast of Mexico for many years at Spring Equinox. Tulum is the only Mayan temple (out of thousands) on the sea, and the only one at which no …

HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Dec. 21, 2012 Solstice: How to Create a New Timeline? To unsubscribe, see below. To change your address, signup new address on my homepage.  To see photos, set email preferences to “html”. For archives of Tao News, visit: https://healingtaousa.com/cgi-bin/articles.pl#8 (may need to sign in at top …

HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 is Red Wall Cavern, Grand Canyon. My private raft trip group plays in the sublime depths of the deep earth chi field. (see link to Jem’s dance in this cavern below). Dear Lovers of the Natural Way of Change (Tao), The theme today is DANCING. Many …

HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Feb. 4, 2013   Creating a ritiual space concentrates our intention and our Chi. Did you do a Solstice 2012 ritual? Read below for others’ experiences. Dear Lovers of the Eternal Galactic Orgasm birthing our reality, Please don’t shy away from the word “orgasm”. I’m not …

  HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555  November 7, 2016                                   Does opening cosmic Qi flow within our body awaken Self-Love? Read the FREE PDF DOWNLOAD of the forthcoming Introduction to my book: Primordial Tai Chi: Way of Enlightened Self-Love. https://healingtaousa.com/pdf/217.pdf                                 33 Primordial …

View this message in web browser. HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 April 28, 2013 1. Please send in your experience of how Qigong or Taoist meditation influenced your Creativity. It may go into a book on Qi and Creativity. 2. Thanks for “LIKE-ing” my new Healing Tao USA fb page (it …

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by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 What’s Beyond Unconditional Love?   Soul Fire bursts forth, dissolving dark clouds of illusion that fool our ordinary personality. Dear Lovers of Pure Love Itself, What is beyond Unconditional Love? Every religion or path has its own answer to that question. But for …

——————————————————————– Healing Tao USA Home The Dream Trip to China is for people who believe that life is a spiritual adventure. It is for souls that hunger for the riches of ancient wisdom in faraway lands, and seek to merge them into the present moment. “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we …

  Qi Flows Naturally Newsletter Oct. 2013 by Michael Winn Michael Winn meditating on crater rim at 9,000 ft Mt. Changbai, overlooking the highest volcanic lake in the world.   The highest volcanic waterfall in the world flows down into the valley where I believe One Cloud lived and meditated. ——————— Dear Lovers of Deep …

by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Jan. 31, 2014 1. Horse Year is perfect time to travel! Don’t miss the spiritual adventure of a lifetime – still space left: China Dream Trip May 16- June 3, 2014. Next trip is 2.5 years away – 2016!  Extended payment available. Hit …

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  by Michael Winn Feb. 19, 2014     L: FISSION nuclear explosion, typical Atomic bomb, splits an atom in half, creates radioactive pollution.  R: FUSION nuclear reaction unites polar elelments into one and radiates clean infinite energy. Image from Livermore Laboratory in Calif. Is one of these nuclear processes happening inside your own body?                                          …

  by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555    On an elemental level, gold is the most highly evolved of all the metals.The vibration of gold is solar, and our soul responds to it. When we physically touch gold, it elevates, stimulates, and purifies us. It’s the ungrounded IDEA of …

HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Mar. 13, 2014                                         Can you create an Inner Pot of Gold? This is the cauldron of the dantian, where the Golden Elxiir congeals when body and …

  by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 April 5, 2014 Highest Destiny: How to Achieve it? Climbing impossibly difficult mountains is a physical metaphor for our personality’s quest to re-capture the original spiritual heights of our soul‘s vibration when it first emerged from Source. It’s why my China Dream …

  HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555                                  Temple of Heaven, the iconic 14th century Taoist temple every Chinese Emperor had to visit twice a year. I plan to build a full-scale replica in North Carolina for use as a retreat center. Its roundness is the shape of heaven; its trinity mirrors …

  by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    ?    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 June 18, 2014 My wife Jem and I are very happy to be parents of a healthy 5 month old boy named Emerald. This Tao of Conscious Conception story has dramatic twists that inspire commentary on the perennial Taoist “Immortal Child” theme. …

HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555                                    Emerald, age 10 months, believes the Tao is something you drum on with your hands. Since the Natural Way is unique to each being, why not a drum? Emerald‘s main teaching to me so far has been that the Tao is about PLAYING …

  HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555                                        My son in his Baby Hippo Halloween costume. Emerald is that fat – this costume was skin-tight… 🙂 The rings of fat are not faked, that is what a …

HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555                                     Taoist mandala (sewn fabric) commissioned for our child Emerald’s upcoming 1st birthday. We want to have Taoist color and pattern vibrations in his room as he grows up. Taoists cultivate Qi according to its cycle in Nature, here expressed as 5 Phases and 8 Trigram …

HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Sept. 6, 2015                                                                                                           My son Emerald plays with one of his many dragon friends – this one lives in our garden. He invites …

  HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555                                       A mother she-goat teaches her baby the Way of Sure-Footedness. 1. Watch a very funny 30 second video:my 1-year old son Emerald chasing a goat on all fours on Chinese New Year’s:  http://youtu.be/YVloS6nWQwA 2. Workshops this spring: mark your calendar! Full descriptions at: …

  HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555                                                                  Wild Energy of Spring! calligraphy expresses the Qi of Growth & Expansion that you will feel in your body at a Tao …

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HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 June 19, 2015 Love Yourself by Feeling the Qi!                                                                Morning qigong practice in a lush meadow in the Blue Ridge Mountains at Healing Tao …

HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555                                                                Stir up your life with the Wild Natural Energy of “the Way”! This calligraphy expresses the Qi of Growth & Expansion that you will …

  HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Dec. 20, 2015                                                                 A Saami shaman from Lappland, in northern Finland, above the arctic circle. This is where the modern myth of …

HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Oct.. 26, 2015 Primordial Tai Chi atop the Great Wall on the 2010 China Dream Trip. (Mantak Chia is at far left of photo). We first attuned to the dragon line, the ley line of the earth followed by the wall. We used the form to …

  HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Dec. 29, 2016 China Dream Trip 2016: Return to the Root in Sacred Tao Mountains Mt. Changbai is the “crown chakra”  of China’s sacred mountain landscape. Revered for thousands of years, it embodies the energy of Taoist Water & Fire Alchemy. The deep pure waters …

HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Nov. 30, 2015                                                     Tree trunks are about Rooting; their leaves are about Breathing. Together, the Tree of Life. photo: Michael Winn in Joyce Kilmer Forest, North Carolina. 1. …

HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 May 23, 2016                                        Did you accept my invite to attend a Cosmic Disco Dance? See below – with spectacular photos. The ancient Taoists might have called it …

  HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 June 20, 2016                                  Summer Solstice is the most Yang day of the year. It’s been 70 years since we’ve had a full moon on the same day….tune in and get your socks knocked off!            Satisfy your Soul desire for WHOLE-BODY ENLIGHTENMENT 1. …

by Michael Winn HealingTaoRetreats.com / 888-750-1773    •    HealingTaoUsa.com / 888-999-0555 Oct. 25, 2009 Inside Chi Flows Naturally: Photo: It seems everybody is getting into Qigong these days. I snapped this photo of my neighbor sneaking in a sunrise practice session…special Praying Mantis form I taught him. He got REALLY deep into it. Lost …

Inside Tao News/Chi Flows Naturally: 1. Essay: five reasons why qigong is better for our health than ordinary exercise for us humans struggling to “stay in shape”. How can qigong be better if it doesn’t build bulk muscle or tax the heart with an aerobic workout? Taken from my new Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) section, …

Inside Chi Flows Naturally: 1. Story of how Healing Tao summer retreats 2007 had to suddenly relocate, due to sale of its Catskill center. By grace of Tao and guidance from I Ching, we have a new (and better) site: Heavenly Mountain, a former luxurious spiritual center of Transcendental Meditation (TM). It’s nestled in the …

Inside Chi Flows Naturally: note: if your email changes, to update simply re-subscribe to “Tao News” on my homepage. Old emails will auto- delete. 1. Essay on whether its possible to achieve Enlightenment in one week. Hint: the answer is yes. In fact, it generally happens in less than a week. It all depends on …

Inside Chi Flows Naturally: 1. Year of the Fire Pig – what’s coming in the next spin of the earth around the sun. Energetic analysis and chinese astrology predictions that can affect your health, your wealth, and your spiritual practice. 2. Some top photos I took on China Dream Trips. This is just a small …

Inside Chi Flows Naturally: 1. Summary of “9 Essential Principles of Tao Self-Cultivation”. This is my personal short list of qualities that maximize the process of self-realization. This is another way of describing the Union of our Human self with the Way or Great Process of Nature. 2. Cultivate Qigong in Winter, Harvest in Summer. …

Inside Chi Flows Naturally: 1. Essay on why my inner alchemist felt inspired to install a copper roof on our humble log cabin. Why Copper? The mysteries of the sun, metallurgy, astrology, feng shui, inner and outer alchemy, artistic beauty and the practicality of solar heating – all fused into one copper roof. Are you …

Inside Chi Flows Naturally: Essay on the spiritual nature of tsunamis and a Tao perspective on how to relate to the new octave of earth Changes. The surprising usefulness of alchemical Taoist Kan and Li spiritual technology in embracing deep change gracefully. Heaven and Earth are impartial; they treat all of creation as straw dogs. …

Inside Chi iFlows naturally: essay on how we need to tap into the hidden intelligence of viruses to survive coming changes. If you previously “unsubscribed” to TaoNews, you may have to unsubscribe again due to a virus. See new unsubscribe link at end of letter. To subscribe, go to home page of www.healingdao.com, and you?ll …

Inside Chi Flows Naturally: 1. A few tales, and highlights of the adventurous souls on the 2006 China Dream Trip. Includes pre-trip research on Qigong for Diabetes and a new method from the “Path of the Female Immortals”. 2. Details on a summit of 30 Wudang Mountain Taoists in Boulder, July 6-9. Contact: aca_enrich@yahoo.com. (404) …

Inside Tao News: Article: What the ancient Celts and Taoists had in common: the Fundamentals of capturing the life force. Chi Kung Fundamentals 1 & 2 Oct. 23-24 in Asheville, North Carolina, $144. Just reply to this email to reserve your space. Fundamentals 1 & 2 will be available in CD FORMAT for ease of …

Inside Chi Flows Naturally: 1. Back from Getting Stoned in Scotland – diving into the heart of the 5,000. year old Callanish Stones. Plus tales of recent Taoist ceremonies in Stonehenge. Are these ancient timekeeping devices trying to tell us something? 2. Oct. 21-22 in Asheville. Primordial Qigong + Feldenkrais for Super-Learning the secrets of …

Inside Chi Flows Naturally: 1. Essay on tapping the hidden sexual forces in the Spring Equinox and eclipses. 2. Equinox Event at my Asheville, N.C. home Tuesday March 21. Can’t make it? Send your Energy Body, or host your own local event! Dear Lovers of Spring-is-here-at-last, Religions around the world observe Holy Days in March …

Inside Chi Flows Naturally: 1. Letter: Better to spend your chi valuing nature vs. chasing money to buy things that aren’t natural. 2. New workshop (new material) March 18-19 (sat-sun) at N.Y. Open Center (212-219-2527) : MEDICAL QIGONG Fundamentals of Safely Healing with ?Chi? Medical Qigong has been practiced in China for thousands of years …

Inside Chi Flows Naturally: 1. Story on the Rebirthing of Ron Diana into a new body. Ron is a Healing Tao Instructor who is bravely facing an aggressive asbestos-caused cancer using natural therapy – and can use our heart and belly-laughing assistance during this Summer Solstice to get him over the Death Hump. 2. Notes …

Inside Chi Flows Naturally: Life and death are one thread, the same flowing line seen from different sides. All things come into being, then return to their original state. Plants flourish, then return to their root. Returning to root is called tranquility; Tranquility may be called fulfilling one’s natural end. This fulfillment we may call …

Suggestions for an Equinox Ceremony The following is modified version of spring equinox directions, the intention is modified to reflect the direct infuence of the fire element. The Power of Physical Movement in Ritual I feel the most powerful ceremony includes a ritual chi kung (qigong) form. The movement of the physical body invokes your …

Michael Winn Asheville Workshops & Summer Retreats 2017 Asheville workshops – Registration & Lodging Info Spring 2017 1. Mar, 4-5, 2017   Emotional Alchemy: Fusion of Five Elements 1[br] 2. Mar. 19, 2017 (Sun 7 pm), Spring Equinox Green Dragon Ceremony (Free)[br] 3. April 15-16, 2017 Fusion of Five Elements 2 & 3 Psychic Alchemy: Open …