Autumn Living Tao Essential Tai Ji Series — Session Two
(October 2023)
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Master Huang’s teaching encourages a holistic approach to Body, Heart/Mind & Spirit 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 practice areas:
* Classics, Culture & Music: (Session One) Da Jia hao大家好and variations of one FAMILY of ALL;
(Session One) I Ching 易經 (Yi Jing): The Book of Change and Transformation;
(Session Two) Su Dong Po Xing Xiang Zi 行香子·述懷.
* Related Calligraphy & Metaphors (Session Two) Centering Spiraling from Heart Chakra Ding定; and
* Continued articulation & development of the Tai Ji Forms.
JOYFULLY PARTICIPATING IN THE SORROWS OF THE WORLD
Big Large Family Of Human—Da Jia 大家
CENTERING CHAKRAS
蘇東坡SU DONG PO’S Xing Xiang Zi 行香子·述懷
(pair of lyrics with straight forward word by word translations)
清夜無塵。月色如銀。酒斟時、須滿十分。浮名浮利，虛苦勞神。嘆隙中駒，石中火，夢中身。
Clear night no dust Moonlight silvery Filling your cup Must fill to the full Frothy fame bubble wealth Wasteful striving to exhaustion
Sigh! Time so fleeting A galloping horse through a chasm Sparks when crashing stones My body in a dream.
雖抱文章，開口誰親。且陶陶、樂盡天真。幾時歸去，作個閒人。對一張琴，一壺酒，一溪雲。
Although full of knowledge Open my mouth, who cares? Might as well be joyfully childlike When to go home be at leisure? Facing — a well-tuned lute — A jug of wine — A stream of cloud.
CENTERING SPIRALING FROM HEART CHAKRA (4TH) DING 定
Spiraling Chakra Sequence: 4th-3rd-5th-2nd-6th-1st-7th and Beyond
Ai / Love
Xin / Heart
DEEPENING PRACTICE
I give myself the possibility. . . the option of seeing something new and different to help me to grow as a human being. Maybe have a little more insight, looking OUT – maybe add a little more wisdom, ha-ha! ~ Chungliang Al Huang
1st Circle MOTIFS
揽雀尾Lan Que Wei / Grasping Swallows Tail
棚捋擠按Peng Lu Ji An
Bai He Liang Chi 白鹤亮翅 White Crane Spreads (flashes) Wings
Shou Hui Pi Pa 手揮琵琶 Hand Strumming or Plucking Pi Pa
抱虎 Bao Hu / Embrace Tiger, 歸 山 Gui Shan / Return to Mountain
2nd Circle MOTIFS
拳Quán / Fist掌Zhǎng / Palm
海底针 Hǎi Dǐ Zhēn / Needle at the bottom of the ocean
Chén 沉 Fú 浮 Tí 提 Piāo 飄 Fēi ⾶ Xiáng 翔
扇通背Shàn Tōng Bēi / Fan through back
3rd Circle Motifs
雲手Yún shǒu / Cloud Hands
高探马Gāo tàn mǎ / High Pat on Horse
SUPPLEMENTAL REFERENCES
Music
- Michael Fitzpatrick – Invocation for World Peace for Solo Cello
- Lei Pikake by HAPA
- AIR from J.S.Bach’s Orchestral Suite No.3 in D Major, BWV 1068 (Air)
- “Inner Boogie”— Music within each of us which makes us move spontaneously and joyfully without inhibition. To Each Our Own— Uniquely NEW moves every time
