Spring/Summer Living Tao Essential Tai Ji Series — Session Two
(June 2023)
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JI
TAI
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) 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;
* Calligraphy & Metaphors; and
* Continued articulation & development of the Tai Ji Forms.
FOREST BATHING – MEDITATION
The Six Healing Sounds or Liù Zì Jué (六字訣)
治病的六字訣氣功
噓 xū – ‘deep sigh’ or ‘hiss’ – Level the Liver /Gall Qi [Yang]
肝臟:發「噓」音(需,XU),(治肝與膽的疾病)
呵 hē /ah- ‘yawn’ or open throat AH – Supplement the Heart and small intestine Qi [Yin]
心臟:發「呵」音(喝,AH/HE),(治心與小腸的疾病)
呼 hū – ‘to sigh,’ ‘to exhale,’ or ‘to call’ – Cultivate [or Shore Up] the Stomach, Spleen, Pancreas Qi [Yang]
脾臟:發「呼」音(忽,HU),(治脾與胃的疾病)
嘶 sī – ‘to rest’ – Supplement the Lung/Large Intestine Qi [Yang]
肺臟:發「呬」音(四,SI),(治肺與大腸的疾病)
吹 chuī – ‘to blow out,’ ‘to blast,’ or ‘to puff’ – Supplement the Kidney/Bladder Qi [Yin]
腎臟:發「吹」音(炊,CHUI),(治腎與膀胱的疾病)
嘻 xī – ‘mirthful’ – Regulate the Triple Burner/Triple Regulators and / Pericardium Qi [Yin]
三焦:發「嘻」音(西,XI ),(治三焦與心包的疾病)
DEEPENING PRACTICE
New variation of combined Centering/Balancing movement practice
GUI SHAN
BAO HU
Embrace Tiger 抱虎 (Bao Hu)—
Chen 沉(Sinking) Fu 浮(floating)
Ti 提(lifting) Piao 飄(riding the wind)
Fei 飛(take flight) Xiang 翔(soaring)
—Return To Mountain 歸 山(Gui Shan)
QingMing 清 明 (Clear & Bright/Pure Brightness)
Ancestral Tomb Sweeping Festival
Image from “Quantum Soup” by Chungliang Al Huang
Han Suyin: The subject of the movie “Love is a Many Splendored Thing”
Brother David, Han Suyin, Chungliang
SUPPLEMENTAL REFERENCES
Music
- Luciano Pavarotti: Nessun Dorma from Turandot by Puccini
- Maria Callas: La mamma morta from Andrea Chenier by Giodanno
- S. Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor (Double Violin Corcerto): Largo ma non tanto, used in the movie “Children of a Lesser God”
- Nat King Cole: “Let There Be Love” ❤️愛❤️
- Nat King Cole: “Love is A Many Splendored Thing” , Oscar winning title song from the 1955 movie based on Han Suyin’s novel, “A Many Splendored Thing”