THE OTHER INTERNAL ARTS: TAOIST MEDITATION, TUI NA WuChi ~ I-Chuan Meditation ~ Water Method Meditation ~ Tui Na

Internal Arts - as Wu Chi, Taoist Meditation, Tai Chi, Ba Gua and others - of which Taoist Water Method Chi Gung is the fundamental, are systems of meditation and movement that work with the core energy which flows in each person's body, emotions, mind and spirit. They allow us to observe how energy works inside ourselves and how correspondences of these patterns are present in nature and the cosmos. Without awareness of the balanced flow and formation of energy, one cannot be in harmony with oneself, other people, or nature. Disharmony and imbalance which manifest as illness and disease are the result of unnatural disturbances in the flow of energy. Whereas harmony at all levels within a person depends on a sustained balance in the flow of their life force energy. Internal Arts practice - as Wu Chi, Taoist Meditation, Tai Chi and Ba Gua - develops a refined, empowering and illuminating awareness which in time will coalesce at all levels of one's being and allow one to discover their true nature beyond the phenomenal self. Internal Arts so become a pathway of change and transformation which allow one to realize their inner essence and purpose and in time to recognize and understand that essence and purpose in other living things, because they develop one's most elevated physical, spiritual, esoteric capabilities. The Internal Arts we teach - Wu Chi and Meditation, Tai Chi, Ba Gua and others - the non-martial ones - as Taoist Meditation - as well as the martial ones - as Hsing-I, Tai Chi and Ba Gua - have a synergy effect on Chi Gung health benefits. Particularly, Tai Chi Wu Style Short Form is especially useful for healing injuries and back problems. Not Martial Internal Arts Wu Chi The empty and infinite space from which everything originates, the state of grace in which everything flows, from which life begins, the "Great Emptiness". Greatest artists, scientists, mystics, prophets, enlighted beings have beeing connected with the empty space to bring the Divine in this dimension, making real the dimension of infinite chances. Tai Chi arise from Wu Chi... that is not a thought, it is something that can be felt inside (and outside) ourselves. Taoist have beeing studing it for six thousands years and they have called it "Wu Chi". Their most powerful practices, maybe the less known in the West, nevertheless the most ancient ones, passed from master to disciple, teach how to awake it in each practitioner. Through Wu Chi practices our being finds a new armony, getting to its full potential. Wu Chi can be perceived and understood with practice of the Water Method. Any activity we eventually do after having worked with Wu Chi develops absolutely more powerfully than without it. For this reason all greatest Water Method Taoist masters dedicate 80% of their work to the Wu Chi practices and only the 20% to the rest. 1- I-Chuan Meditation This form of standing meditation includes several components, among which the 8 I-Ching postures to clear energy blockage in our 5 major internal organs -kidneys liver heart spleen lungs. Other postures help to energetically connect with the natural elements, such as trees, water, earth, sky. Some I-Chuan components, such as the outer Dissolving process, are already part of the Water Method Chi Gung exercises. 2- Chinese Tea Ceremony It is an easy to learn meditation technique that helps to balance the energy connected with the five major internal organs along with the five major senses related to them. We teach this technique upon request, during our retreats. It is best learnt with the previous knowledge of the Dissolving process, that is part of the Water Method Chi Gung (Opening the Energy Gates of Your Body exercise). 3- Taoist Meditation (Water Method) Taoist Meditation roots in the I-Ching or Classic Book of Changes. It includes the Fire and the Water Method, this last one passed by Lao Tzu, the author of the Tao Te Ching. The Water Method works with all the major organs, glands and energy points in the body. It is based on the inner Dissolving process to clear physical, emotional and spiritual blockages. It also uses shamanic and five element practices and can be practiced moving, sitting, lying down and during sex. Most of the meditation techniques well known in the West seek for "the emptiness of mind". Taoist Water Method Meditation looks at this as the starting point to effectively learn the energy transformation processes that eventually lead to the unification with the universal energy (Tao). It includes four stages, from Taoist Chi Gung to emptiness to internal alchemy to energetic immortality (at the level of Tao). 4- Tui Na Tui Na techniques combine Chi healing with Chinese body work. It enables one to project Chi using hands, voice and eyes to heal others and includes many techniques seldom taught in the West.

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