Water Method Blog

This autumn, I'm teaching Tai Chi Tiger Stepping and Bagua Circle Walking in Andalusia, Spain at Finca La Lola. See complete details and book you place on this residential retreat at https://fincalalola.com/moving-with-the-tao/.

Internal resistance to training and self-care is one of the primary reasons why people do not reach their dreams and potential. Watch the 1-hr talk on my YouTube Channel @PaulCavel.

"Be like water, my friend", that was Bruce Lee's advice. This is a snippet from my talk with Morgan from the Freedude Podcast on the philosophy of the Water Method. See the full talk on my YouTube Channel @PaulCavel.

In acupuncture, most often acupuncturists use needles to stimulate qi flow in either the yang or yin meridians, moving out from and in towards the core of the body, respectively.

However, qi is not physical and is constantly moving in both directions at the same time. Qigong, one of the branches ...

Yin and yang, or all opposites, is a philosophical concept from Taoism. True Taoist studies always start with body, specifically with qigong. In this video, I cover the primary areas of focus for balancing the body, all yin-yang combinations, in the physical body according to internal neigong p...

Virtually no other health system takes the Water approach to life, but this millennia-old strategy allows you to establish and maintain a personal/spiritual practice, rest, relax and let go — even as you work towards your greatest and most challenging of goals.

 

 

 

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Wu Style Tai Chi Long Form taught by Wu & Yang Style Lineage Holder Bruce Frantzis (disciple of Grandmaster Liu Hung Chieh of Beijing, China) demonstrated by The Tai Chi Space and Energy Arts Senior Instructors Paul Cavel and Jackie Smith. Learn more and see our lineage...

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Ageing doesn't have to mean decline. Tai chi has been practised for three hundred years to keep the body and mind healthy into old age.

Registration is now open for my Wu Style Tai Chi Long Form online course:

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In the beginning, tai chi is all about relaxing, softening and releasing open the body. Through ongoing training, the adept practitioner can penetrate their flesh -- their body, qi and mind -- to discover who they are at their core.

The Five Elements are studied in many different ways. In the Water Method, the Transformative Cycle dictates: Water, Fire, Wood, Metal and then the Earth, where all elements can be integrated into one whole. The Chinese compass helps us understand their positions.

Contacting and feeling the Five Elements of the manifest realm and merging with nature is a focus of Taoist practices. Here's how you start.

The spleen is the internal organ responsible for integrating the body's systems as well as the experiences of your life -- in body, qi & mind.

In the Water Method, the Principle of Separate and Combine is used to build skills in the lifelong practices of Five Element neigong, medical qigong, tai chi, bagua and even Taoist Meditation. However this skill-building strategy can be applied to grow and improve skills of any kind.

The Water Element governs the kidneys. Water Element qigong can help boost qi and support healthy living well into old age.

In the Taoist model followed by the Water School, yin & yang regulate the flow of all things here in the manifest realm.

In this video, I sit down with Sarah Lim-Murray to discuss how Heaven & Earth Qigong uses opening-and-closing neigong and lengthening of the yin-yang tissues of the body to open, power up and connect the body. This is just one of the reasons why qigong has an edge modern exercise systems.

This is an excerpt from my book, Taoism: A Journey Towards Unity, where I discuss the Five Elements of Manifestation. Heaven & Earth Qigong is the classic Wood Element neigong practised in the Water Method.

The I Ching, Book of Changes, known as the Taoist bible, dictates that energy governs matter. Qigong, tai chi and bagua target the qi of the body.

According to Taoist philosophy, balancing yin and yang in the physical body is the first step in creating space for healing in body, mind and qi.

The Five Elements of Chinese medicine are Water, Fire, Wood, Metal and Earth. These energies govern the manifest realm and indeed the whole body-mind-qi matrix.