In the realm of practice, your thoughts—both their content and the way you process them—are never neutral. They either move you closer to reality or pull you away from it. Here’s why.

As "The Taichi & Qigong Podcast" has reached 1000 followers on Spotify and Apple Podcasts combined, we are happy to announce the creation of a new podcast, "My Meditation Podcast", accessible for free on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. There you will find already collected previous episodes related to meditation, previously recorded on "The Taichi & Qigong Podcast", as well as future episodes that will be recorded on the topic in the future. Enjoy!

My Meditation Podcast links:

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Mental clarity and moral quality are two of the traditional fruits that a correct practice should bring. While politics as a toxic topic is often wisely sidelined in Tai Chi, Qigong and Meditation communities, this does not mean that a good practitioner should also be "dumb 'n numb" when it comes to political views, assuming that he/she has interest in the topic, and thus has spent time and energies to gather correct informations and propel analytical tools, none of which, as a seasoned practitioner should know, comes for free. It has always been like this since ancient times, for we have been given the poetical picture of the sage as an isolated old man in the woods, while very often the creators of these arts were the very elite of their societies.

The Taichi, Qigong or Meditation class needs to be a hassle-free experience. But for who?

Upon the existence or not existence of the Self.

How much should we traini? What should we train? Can we only train at the training center? Is a 3 hours Meditation per se better than a 1 hour Meditation session? Is Standing Practice needed or not? And most importantly, where should the knee stay in a good Taichi Form?

In this episode of "The Taichi & Qigong Podcast," we explore the journey of becoming a Tai Chi teacher and delve into the often-overlooked political aspects of this ancient practice.

Asian traditions follows, without exceptions, the Three Body Problem path, which is, taming the Body to access the Energy in order to see the nature of the Mind. Some of the most modern meditation methods fails to see this correlation, developing de-stressing practices that are not, and should not be deemed as, traditional meditation practices.

We receive from the past wonderful traditions, and the reason this happens is that folks dedicated huge resources to these practices, to make space for the, and to dedicate time. Time is exactly what we discuss today, the need to find it, the need to add a little to be of stress at the beginning, to be repaid tomorrow.

In the previous episodes we went through the Dan Tian, Center of Mass, joints arrangement, muscles/tendons/ligaments and elastic force expression. All of this can be produce by your internal practice. In this episode we see how Pushing Hands (Tui Shou) and Fajing developed in very peculiar practices of the Taijiquan tradition.

And remember, big guys will always have the lead when it comes to pushing or being pushed. Let them have it, and mind your own development.