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All you need to do to be a Daoist is to cultivate Jing, Qi and Shen. To adhere to Yin Yang law, the I-Ching and the five elements theories. To developed you mind, body, and energy. Ma Danyang came from wealth and in the early stages of practice still lived with money. It’s only at the later stages of practice where you move from working with Ming to Xing and need to be secluded from people to progress. Reality is most people don’t make it past laying the foundations.

Long before the stage of immortality( enlightenment) one starts to become happier. Balance and harmony can even be achieved from any decent Taiji practice. Any good system of post heaven qi work can bring persisting states of peace and general happiness. Usually problems with depression indicate problems with the heart (fire) and/or lungs (metal) system. When that’s coupled with anger, that indicates it’s an excess or weakness of the liver (wood) system. When one starts to work with pre-heaven qi, then states resembling those experienced in early childhood can manifest. The feeling of ease and euphoria when experiencing something for the first time.

Daode has schools in St. Petersburg and Moscow. I visited the St. Petersburg school back in 2019 and had some interesting experiences. Currently all classes are conducted online. Cheers

Thomas Cleary died at the age of 72. My alcoholic diabetic great uncle outlived him. My cigar smoking grandfather also outlived him. Doesn’t seem like these “Taoist” health practices did a whole lot for him 😏

Wu Liu Pai and Yu Xian Pai.

I was extremely lucky to have met my first teacher from Daode when I did. I was in and out of the hospital and at one point I nearly died during one hospital visit back in 2015. I owe my life to the practice. Likewise, most of the senior students from the school have told me “I wish I had this when I was your age”. One student said he trained for 14 years in another qigong system at a TCM institution and got barely any results. Such a long time to not progress :/ Thank you for the kind response 🙏

I've gotten some fantastic results, can't complain. People in my life have made comments that I look like I'm in my early twenties(I'm turning 30 in a few days). I've had hair regrowth, wirnkles disappearing, organ function restored where I previously had lab work showing abnormal enzymes and biomarkers indicating disease. No, I'm not a Xian but the results have far surpassed any Taiji or qigong I've learnt in the past. And I am not a southern school Disciple but I have learnt the first method of the southern void school. I primarily practice the ancient northern method along with the organ sets from YXP and a little sitting meditation as well.

What you are talking about is Jiu Yang Shen Gong, that is the method of using breath and intent to move Yuan Qi through the extraordinary channels. What it doesn't do is restore Yuan Jing, that is the stage of Zhushougong which is only being taught to a select few. Both of these practices fall under the southern void school of WLP. And for the others here who have some misunderstanding. There are both sitting, walking as well as standing methods in even the first level of WLP in the ancient Northern method. Source: Have studied YXP for 9 years and WLP for 1 year and 3 months.

Antares knows his shit and I second what he says. A teacher is crucial to get stable progress and avoid deviations and negative side effects. If you can't afford a 70$-80$/month for a teacher. These are your next best options: https://www.bigqifield.com/tab/152976 https://mailchi.mp/d6094bf1f7b0/taichitao As your health and energy improve... so should your capacities and abilities to manifest/generate material wealth.

I can't recommend learning from books and dvds as you need a teacher to steer you if you have too much energy rising to the head, bad posture, too much yang qi, too much yin qi, not enough yin qi, not enough yang qi etc. I also would avoid Wang Liping and Nathan Brine's teachings because they aren't officially recognized and as far as I know people who are doing too much sitting and thinking(nearly all modern people) shouldn't be starting out with Dazuo. If you're serious about learning Neidan, I can only recommend the Daode Center based out of Russia(which teaches Northern Wu Liu Pai and Northern Yu Xian Pai to westerners) OR Hidden Dragon Path([email protected]) which teaches Longmen Pai(Dragon Gate). Both of these schools are officially recognized by the Chinese Daoist Association and the masters of these schools have had extensive academic and practical mastery level training. These are complete systems with curriculums which provide powerful results in your day-to-day life as well as in spiritual development. Otherwise if you want to learn post-heaven Qigong methods, I second what @JohnC wrote and suggest Zhineng Qigong or SFQ or Emei Qigong. https://www.bigqifield.com/ ~ Teaches free daily Zoom classes in Zhineng Qigong and many of the instructors there have personally studied with Dr. Peng https://qigong-zhineng.com/about/ ~ Also teaches over Zoom and had personally studied under Dr. Peng If you're looking for the martial side of things and are based in Vancouver, Canada. I cannot recommend Shifu Calvin Gao from https://www.wujitang.ca/ enough. This man is the real deal when it comes to martial power, he has dim mak and this weird ability which made me feel nauseous and completely disoriented just by touching me. His specialty is in Yiquan, Bagua and Wu Tai Chi. Sources: Used to be a very sick person who was unable to work. I've been a student of Yu Xian Pai for 6 years and thanks to Daode Center I am able to work, make money and live a normal life again. I have also personally taken courses from all three previously mentioned schools.

Awaken, what is the "Golden Light"?? Thanks

It sounds really cool and looks awesome, although I wouldn't even know where to look for a FWC master

Thanks for the info KuroShiro! I was told by one of my other teachers that FWC is more compatible with the Neigong we practice. I've recently been interested in Wing Chun because of an encounter I had while using public transit. I was having trouble with opening the rear door of the bus, when this elderly man approached me. He said in a heavy chinese accent "You got to use Wing Chun". Then he did what looked like a Pak Sao with both hands and then pushed the door open. It was quite interesting to say the least. I probably should've followed but I was hungry and just wanted to go home and eat lol.

Hello eveyone, I have recently heard that Fujian White Crane is a very practical and effective internal martial art that also has some external aspects within it. I did some research into it and found out that Fujian White Crane is a progenitor art of Wing Chun . It was a video I saw of a FWC lineage holder talking about the history of the art. He mentioned that Wing Chun is only basically half of Fujian White Crane. Does anybody know about the accuracy of these claims? Also how effective is it truly?

Not tensing the butt, it's as though you are flexing upwards as Silent Answers and thelerner said. The way I was taught by SYL, was to slightly suck in the belly on the in-breath and then simultaneously flex the perineum. Then relax on the out breath as the belly goes back out. Do not do it forcefully, or you will pump too much energy into the LDT area. I actually wouldn't recommend doing this at all though, it is quite a dangerous(and imbalanced) technique in all honesty. Best regards