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The Soul of Taiji: Zhang Sanfeng-Wu Baolin Taijiquan

This tells the story of how Master Wu Baolin came to learn Daoist taijiquan from his teacher at the White Cloud Monastery in Beijing and introduces original taijiquan as preserved since the times of. Zhang Sanfeng. Dr. Wu is a senior master of Daoist taijiquan, Chinese medicine, and qi cultivation. Born in China, he now practices and teaches in Santa Monica. The book consists of seven chapters that cover Master Wu’s basic training experience, the life and work of Zhang Sanfeng, the importance of working with animal models, relevant theories and concepts as well as pertinent stories of a martial life. It concludes with a detailed illustrated outline of the form.

Author: Baolin Wu and Michael McBride2020240 PagesISBN: 978-1-931483-43-8Cite

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—Protect Your Life with Nine Palaces Daoist Qigong—

Qigong Journey brings students of Asian culture, Daoist philosophy, and the mind/body wellness connection directly into the mind of a master. Through the unparalleled knowledge and openness of Dr. Baolin Wu, take a journey through the many layers of the Daoist qigong experience. In this expansive volume, filled with personal anecdotes of life in the White Cloud Monastery, lies an in-depth exploration of the holistic and lyrical Daoist worldview, a shamanic experience both pragmatic and poetic. Discover the connection between the history and traditions of ancient understanding and the daily life we all lead today. The book is a practical manual detailing a complete, eight hundred year old protective qigong practice from the founder of the White Cloud Monastery itself, preserved in silence by the members of the White Cloud Monastery community until today. With painstaking, step-by-step instructions and beautiful illustrations by Oliver Benson, our beloved Qigong for Total Wellness artist, the goal of this book is to present the next level of Nine Palaces Daoist Qigong. Using a guided series of breath, visualization and internal isometric strengthening exercises, it is a life-changing physical training, focused on securing one’s body and consciousness in the midst of the very real health challenges, hardships and volatility of today’s world.

Author: Baolin Wu, Jessica Eckstein, Di Wu2021190 PagesISBN: 978-1-931483-47-6Cite

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Internal Alchemy for Everyone

This book makes the self-cultivation of Daoist internal alchemy available to everyone. Avoiding predetermined academic categories, it provides an outline of basic concepts in conjunction with evolutionary theory as well as easily accessible practice instructions. Done correctly, the practice provides numerous benefits, including freedom from disease, an extended life expectancy, increased wisdom, and more. This helps everyone! The work opens the powerful esoteric system of internal alchemy to a wide, general audience, lifting it out of obscurity and mystification while yet retaining a strong hold in historical sources. A must-read for anyone interested in traditional Chinese cosmology, Daoist practice, and the active pursuit of a healthier and longer life!

Author: Chungtao Ho2018160 PagesISBN: 978-1-931483-38-4Cite

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Daoist Internal Mastery

This book translates Master Wang’s original practice instructions and discourses given during training seminars. His system of internal alchemy goes back to two ancient Daoist texts: the 13^th-century Lingbao bifa, linked to the immortals Zhongli Quan and Lü Dongbin;and the 17^th-century Taiyi jinhua zongzhi (Secret of the Golden Flower), also connected to Lü. Together they are known as the Lingbao tong zhineng neigong shu (Arts of Internal Mastery, Wisdom, and Potential, Based on Numinous Treasure). The texts outline the concoction of a golden elixir through the dual cultivation of inner nature and life-destiny. This book follows the classics and presents all different kinds of techniques—including walking, pacing, sleeping, circulating the five phases, absorbing tree energy, and capturing planetary essences—in a systematic format and with a great amount of instructional detail. It contains a wealth of information invaluable to anyone interested in genuine Daoist cultivation and elucidates numerous rather obscure concepts to contextualize each practice.

Author: Liping Wang and Mark Bartosh2019420 PagesISBN: 978-1-931483-39-1Cite

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Tao of Sustainability: Cultivate Yourself to Heal the Earth

At the crux of our current environmental crisis lies humanity’s perceived separation from nature. We simply will not take care of the natural world if we do not believe we are an integral part of it. In Tao of Sustainability the author presents the traditional Daoist path of self-cultivation as a framework for bringing humans back into a sustainable relationship with the Earth. Tao of Sustainability also explores how our health, both mental and physical, is impacted by nature, drawing on research in the fields of Green Exercise, Nature and Forest Medicine, and Ecopsycology. Part philosophy, part meditation manual, part nature awareness guide, The Tao of Sustainability offers numerous pathways towards reconnecting with nature and the Dao through mind, body, and spirit. Drawing from a variety of disciplines and traditions, from Daoism to Stoicism, Ecopsychology to Buddhist mind training, the visual arts to movement (tai chi, qigong)—this book provides numerous ways to reconnect with the natural world.

Author: Gregory Ripley2016220 PagesISBN: 978-1-931483-31-5Cite

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