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T`ai Chi and meditation. I am a 30+ year student and teacher of T`ai Chi Ch`uan. My teacher was the late Grand Master Cheng Man-ching with whom I studied for seven years. I am knowledgeable about the principals, practices and the applications of Tai Chi as well as the many benefits and some of the pit falls of practice. I am also knowledgeable about Chi Kung and have developed my own `simple and easy` method. The benefits of T`ai chi Ch`uan and Chi Kung include health and wellness as well as self defense based on principles of yielding rather than resisting. Fascinating! As a life long spiritual seeker I am also knowledgeable about meditation and contemplation. My principle practice is Dzog Chen which I am learning from Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche. The benefits of Dzog Chen are the potential to discover your own mind stream and master it. The point is to enter into the non dualistic state of `no thought` and then learn to be aware of this state while entering into thought. Self liberation from samara and for the sake of all sentient beings is the purpose of Dzog Chen practice.
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| gheorghe | 11/28/11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | |
| Joanna | 10/07/11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thank you, Jonathan! I will try these ..... |
| Sanjeev | 08/31/11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |
| mo | 07/09/11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
| Priya | 07/11/10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Dear Mr. Gaines, Thank you so much ..... |
Recent Answers from Jonathan Gaines
2011-11-27 the chi:
Aloha, What is the purpose of developing your ki? A/ Chi, or Ki, is the energy that is basic to healthy life... practice is very useful to boost this energy. What are the aplications of it?
2011-10-06 breathing techniques:
Sitting upright with the spine straight is classic for yogi's and meditators in general. Slumping will eventually lead a dedicated practitioner to aquire a hunch back even when walking and sitting in
2011-07-04 sex&martial arts:
Hello Mo. Regarding your question if abstaining from sex is useful for your martial arts practice; I sent my answer to you the same day I received your question... somehow it seems not to have been
2011-06-21 Tibetan Medicine:
Q. May I ask you: what was the outcome of your efforts to start a Tibetan Medicine (& Oceania Health) school on Big Island in Hawaii back in 2002? Aloha Sean. Under the auspicious of Kohala Natural
2011-04-04 "presence" and "chi":
Malcolm, Excellent question showing you are going deep into the subject(s). Spiritual presence as well as ordinary presence rules the chi (prana). In the Atiyoga of Mahamudra and Dzogchen this
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