This list of terms is for my students, and is updated regularly as new vocabulary is introduced during class. Note:…
Taoist Poetry on Breathing
Taoist poetry on breathing! What’s not to like. Here is a stanza of poetry written by Lü Dongbin. 觀浪止息聞水聲退潮靜心聽沙響Observing the…
Heart Stabilizes and Spirit Returns
To have our heart/mind stabilize and our spirit return, xin ding shen gui, describes a result of Taoist practice. Let’s…
Hear our Father Recall our Mother
An important stage of internal alchemy practice is finding our True Self (Zhenwo 真我). When we form the Sacred Embryo…
Taoist Perspective on Health
For the Taoist there are two types of illness: 1. sickness of body (shenbing 身病) 2. sickness of mind (xinbing…
The Seven Emotions and Six Desires
Notes on The Seven Emotions and Six Desires 七情六欲 By: BK Wee (This article was put together by Wang Liping's…
Stillness in Neidan Practice
Stillness is the foundation of the alchemical project. To form the elixir we need stillness. Stillness is what allows the…
Reincarnation Energy
Reincarnation energy 轉世能量 is found in our chest cavities. It is energy associated with our past, accumulated through the choices…
Purify the Furnace
(Not a how-to guide. Complimentary material for students of Wang Liping) Qīng lú 清爐 －Purify the furnace To purify the furnace…
Precelestial and Postcelestial
Practice of internal alchemy requires us to move between two perspectives: precelestial and postcelestial. Precelestial - xiantian 先天 (earlier heaven,…
Furnace and Cauldron
(Note: this is not a how-to guide. It is complimentary material for Course One of the DGI Internal Alchemy Program.)…
Si and Wang: Taoist perspective on death
The modern Chinese word for death is siwang (死亡). This word is actually made up of two classical Chinese words:…
Xiu and Lian: Cultivation and Practice
Cultivation and practice are two different things. Cultivation is the big picture of returning to the Way. Practice are tools…
The Taoist Way
1) Tao is source. 2) Tao can be experienced. 3) Taoist practice comprises tools to help us experience it.