Spring-Summer Living Tao Essential Tai Ji Series — Session Three
(July 2023)
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Master Huang’s teaching encourages a holistic approach to Body, Heart/Mind & Spirit practice and
study through the practice of Living Tao philosophy, metaphors, and forms.
Over the course of this Series, Master Huang will introduce new material in the following areas:
* Nature Bathing Meditations; (session two & Three) The Six Healing Sounds or Liù Zì Jué (六字訣);
* Classics, Culture & Music; (session one) “The Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence
和平共处五项原则 Hépíng gòngchǔ wǔ xiàng yuánzé; (session two) QingMing 清 明 (Pure Brightness) Ancestral Tomb Sweeping Festival; (session three) 陰陽Yin Yang, 八卦Ba Gua (Eight Trigrams),金花Jin Hua (Golden Flower), 外內Wai/Nei outward/ inward;
* Calligraphy & Metaphors; and
* Continued articulation & development of the Tai Ji Forms (session two & three) Balancing.
FOREST BATHING – MEDITATION
DEEPENING PRACTICE
“Practice is a way to extend into your daily living” ~ Chungliang Al Huang
運氣 Yun Qi – Qi (Chi) Flow
Inward and outward loops of motion to enhance CHI (QI) flow
八卦 Ba Gua (Eight Trigrams)
八卦 Ba Gua and 金花 Jin Hua
八卦 Ba Gua (Eight Trigrams) and 金花 Jin Hua (Golden Flower) for 8
circular inward/outward directions/inclusions/extensions of the human body’s architectural structure forms.
REMINDERS AND REVIEW
Three Levels of Consciousness
YANG Tai Ji Flow YIN
Balancing Practice – Six Movements
Chen 沉 (Sinking)
Fu 浮 (floating)
Ti 提 (lifting)
Piao 飄 (riding the wind)
Fei 飛 (take flight)
Xiang 翔 (soaring)
AUTUMN SERIES – YI JING (I CHING) STUDY
Hexagram 31 (Influence /Empathy) XIAN 咸 (Lake over Mountain)
SUPPLEMENTAL REFERENCES
Music
- George Gershwin’s “Summertime” sung by Ella Fitzgerald in “The Wonderful World of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong” (SPA CD RMB 75615 Made in Belgian by I.S.P.).
- BACH Cantata BMV 82, sung by Lorraine Hunt Lieberson — conductor Craig Smith, the Orchestra of Emmanuel Music.
- “SING, SING, SING” by Louis Prima with Benny Goodman—LIVE at Carnegie Hall, 1938—Columbia Jazz Masterpieces.
Downloadable PDF of study notes: Study_Materials_July_2023