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Yes send an email to us with the contact us link and we can arrange that. Thank you for your kind comment! 😃🙏

There’s some limit to how much bigger and stronger they can be. Like the incredible hulk can probably still push me over even if the hulk is totally off balance ha ha. Beyond that though, fascia techniques begin purely physically but move into a realm that is more than physical, into the realm of intention. We will explore that in the next video! When you sink your mass with Song, you can sink it to either foot. There’s no rule you must follow. And you’ll probably notice one or the other in the situation is easier or more ready for it! Good questions and thoughts! 😃🙏

Thank you for your kind comment! 😃🙌

Haha at A+B+D. You’re totally right though, the true measure of success is the students’ success! That’s why I say with every one of our online courses: this course is for you. 😃🙏

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Thank you for the kind comment! To the extent you would love to explore these skills, check out our online courses, from free qigong courses that benefit your health, to internal art fundamentals that fully explore the skills I share here! Thank you again for the comment and welcome to our community. 😃🙏

May I answer this please Shifu Chester, and correct me if I’m wrong please. Many of us want to cut corners, but this doesn’t work with Internal Taiji. Dear friend, if you haven’t mastered the tangible (what you can touch and feel) then how can you understand, let alone master, the invisible?

Yes! They are: Rose bud, snow chrysanthemum, goji berries, beet root powder. Equal parts. Steep 1-3 minutes or to your taste preference. I’ll list the ingredients and teas discussed each episode in the video description. 😃 Tea Master Moe returns from his tea expedition today from Asia so we’ll have more episodes soon! 🍵

@@phoenixmountaintaichi oh thank you. You mixed the 4 together? I did not see these on the website.

@@anamarie8Yes you mix them together. Moe premixed it before I sat down. You might not see those four ingredients on the Healing Tree website yet because they haven’t put all the herbal ingredients up yet. But you can call them if you want to get it from there! 😃🙏

@@phoenixmountaintaichi thank you 🙏

Ooo what kind of tea do you like? And what kind of experience would you like to have when you find and enjoy the tea?

@@phoenixmountaintaichi I love Jasmine but have not been able to find a good one. Also green tea. I've always felt food energy. Where it's grown and how and sense when something is off. Like additives or unnatural "natural flavorings" which are in alot of teas now .I want to try Oolong after hearing you talk about it. I want to feel the connection to the good energy of clean earth when I drink tea. Like Im in the mountains surrounded by nature or a meadow of flowers ..or in a fruit grove.

⁠​⁠​⁠@@anamarie8Ooo you might like Osmanthus Oolong! Oolong is lighter in body than green tea, yet fragrant, which maybe adds to that mountain air feel. And then the Osmanthus adds that fruity flora meadow fragrance. It’s really good iced too. Moe is similar to you about sensing the energy of the teas that’s why he likes to visit where they are from. I think to the extent that our body benefits from good nutrition when we eat, our spirit benefits from good energy when we eat. And that energy comes in 3 major forms, the energy of the food’s life, the energy and intention of the food preparer, and the intention of the food eater. Made with mama’s love is a real thing. 😃🙏

@@phoenixmountaintaichi yeah☺

@@phoenixmountaintaichi I don't see Osmanthus Oolong on the website. Can you recommend a good one? thank you

Great questions! Yes while your awareness is outside of your body, you are not necessarily losing your awareness of your body, it’s just that your awareness gets bigger to include more things. Like you see a bigger picture. You know how when you are training, and afterwards you are tired, and maybe next day you are even sore. But beyond the negativity of feeling sore or tired, you are also aware that these are signs you are going to improve, to become stronger, and that makes you feel fine about it all and that makes you keep your focus on your goals and keep going, does it not? So while your awareness gets bigger than your body, you can still feel pressure and pain while more than that you can do what you really realize is best. You’re right to realize that Zhongding can be focused on negative things. One example is you may have experienced how you were really worried about something happening, like you filled a glass with too much beverage and you are worried about spilling it. You can’t stop worrying about it so you keep thinking about it. In other words your Zhongding is on the spilling of it or not. And then, you spill it. But outside of that incident, how capable are you of holding a glass still and steady when you have Zhongding, on something positive? Have you ever spilled a drink for no reason while holding it and listening intently to a friend? Probably not so much right? So where the attention goes, the energy goes. When someone Zhongding on greed, they can sometimes achieve that in dramatic ways. But at what cost? And when your Zhongding is on wellbeing, of yourself and your loved ones and maybe even on the whole world, that wellbeing would include prosperity, would it not? And how much more prosperity for so many more people, in a totally positive way, can be achieved when your Zhongding is on wellbeing for all, than on just greed for oneself? Something worth realizing, is it not? Thanks for the really great questions! Very worth discussing. 😃🙏

@@phoenixmountaintaichi thank you for your answers. with that example of negative trait, i can kind of understand what zhongding means in that sense. pretty unfortunate but succesful people in my surrounding mostly come from negativity, but well, they do gain achievements and in the process they do help people around them.

⁠​⁠@@outerlastYes and as they gain in some success or achievement, even if they are focused on negativity, maybe they will feel relieved or happier or more open minded in some way that allows them to evolve. There is a path that they are on and while none of us are always on an upward trajectory, in time we and they can all continue upwards. 🙏

Yes! Just as in meditative practice you learn to stop chasing the monkey mind, which was pretty much the opposite of Zhongding, and you learn to maintain focus on the present or on the higher spiritual elements to become directed towards, Tai Chi is a moving meditation, in which within your movements, you seek a sense of stillness. Sometimes people take that stillness to be a physical stillness, yet more than that as you learn to maintain your Zhongding, you experience a more profound stillness inside of your movements and outside of your body. I will address more of the 8 Energies of Neijin through this perspective of awareness beyond the body! You can also look at the 8 Combat Energies video, which describes the 8 methods. When you consider the descriptions given through the lens that your awareness is beyond your body, and it is as if you are floating in a sea of Qi that your Yi directs, what is it like to move your body without directing your body, but by directing waves of Qi that moves your floating body, what is this like that you had not realized before? And how does that make you want to explore and expand your Tai Chi practice? If you want the deepest dive of how to make this a part of your being, right now, there is the Neijin Mastery course that teaches exactly that, and more. Thanks for your keen observations and great thoughts! 😃🙏

Good point! Sometimes people can access their full capacity as an physical animal by turning off their conscious involvement in our intention. That can indeed be powerful, but not well controlled. The good thing is that we are also capable of learning to master Yi in such a way that we disengage that which blocks us from our full and highest nature, while remaining consciously guiding our life and life experience. That is very much what Yi Mastery is about. We definitely want to stay consciously in control of the machine, while operating powerful machinery. 😃🙏

Very well said! The student in this video truly noticed and appreciated his growth after that moment. He texted me later to express his joy as well as of course, his newfound curiosity of what is possible, and what is next. And we love to see that, do we not? Thank you for your wonderful comment! 😃🙏

Maybe learn the alphabet before criticizing literature...

It will be difficult to get to the state of maintaining your balance while moving without understanding how you got there. Hey but you are the expert and you are Right, and apparently the way you do it is working for you, but can you transmit it to people who don't know. Sifu Lin does a great job at making this digestible

Thank you for watching the video long enough to pick up so many of the terminology. Yes definitely maintain your balance while moving. And maintain your balance when still. And also, maintaining your mental balance, no matter what is being done to you, said to you, happening around you. This is the essence beyond the word salad. But salads can be healthy for us. And words can help create a frame work for some people to understand. You may not need it, you may know it intuitively and appreciate it naturally. For others on a different stage of journey, as they read their guide book or text book, some terminology are helpful. Rockets go up. And beyond this essential truth, understanding of thrust, drag, gravity, orbits, thermal coefficients, this will help us succeed. It's good though, for someone, like yourself, to point out the essential, so that we don't get lost in the details. All of it, valuable in its own way. Thank you for the comment and contribution! 😃🙏

@@phoenixmountaintaichi well said, I’m trying to be more like you when it comes to responding to potentially negative posts.

That's the practice, isn't it? Nobody just says one day, oh hey, I've got absolute conscious awareness and control of all these concepts all at once, all the time, forever and ever, amen. You learn the concepts, you practice them. You start with being unable to do it, then you improve over time, with effort. Kung Fu.

Thank you! In the courses we teach how these 5 engines work, how to build them, and open your eyes on how to apply them. And then here on UA-cam I like to share more ways, such as how Ray discovered how to apply the skills that he has developed, in fun and exciting ways that he hasn't realized yet! I like that you say "lens" because our progress up the mountain is very much one of gradually changing perspective, to access new and bigger pictures, that reveals more and more of the truth behind everything. Thanks for the insightful comment! 😃🙏

Thank you Swimming Dragon TJQ dude! Thank you for the praise, especially for the student! He has worked hard and it's awesome to see that and even better to see it recognized and celebrated by the extended Tai Chi family around the world! Pleased to meet you. 😃🙌

Not sleeping and eating and all of that can certainly be challenging to one's Zhongding. And that has created certain difficulties right? Aside from how that had made you feel, and before those things happened, when you developed Zhongding, where in your body, or mind, do you most feel that sense of Zhongding? And when you feel Zhongding like that, what is it like? And consider for a moment, what kind of things did you do, when you feel Zhongding like this? Really consider it, because you do still know what Zhongding is, do you not? What kind of experiences do you have, when Zhongding? And when you are aware of Zhongding, the experiences you have when Zhongding, the things you can do, as you can think of all of these things and hold on to this knowledge, let yourself consider yourself now, with all of that. What do you realize now that is more than before, that you hadn't realized before? Because who are you, that had discovered Zhongding? Who are you that is more than what happened to you? And who will you be being, as you rediscover Zhongding, that will be more than all of that? Something worth considering, is it not? Thank you for sharing your experiences, and I look forward to you sharing new positive experiences, as you reclaim the treasures that are yours, that can be misplaced, but never truly lost. 😃🙏

@@phoenixmountaintaichi Hi Sifu Chester, Thank you for your kind, generous and thoughtful words. Before that job: I felt Zhongding to begin with in my body mechanics after a year of daily post training, monkey qi gong, and Yifei Gong, but at the 3 year point I felt it in a general way in my spirit but in relation to material space (it's hard to explain - like being underwater). When I trained with palms on trees occasionally I would feel Zhongding energy rising from the earth out of the crown of my head - like many quantum tingling bells. During that job: I did practice Qi Gong breathing in bed for 10 minutes every morning as soon as I woke up before going to work. After that job: I am still entangled with Zhongding in my mind today and this helps me feel positive in relation to the world - this helps move forward with clarity and without dwelling on any negative/reactionary feelings I might encounter. I have left my toxic job and will find new a job soon (with some work life balance, hopefully). I will return to daily training in the morning. Stay well, peace, and thank you again, 🙏

Thank you for the kind words! I’m glad it’s clear for you! 😃🙌

In time to come, I believe history will record that 2024 was a very good time to learn Taiji.

Thank you for the kind words! I appreciate too the people who present the applications and we will do that down the line. And you’re right that there is something more to Tai Chi than that, which has made so many people enjoy their pursuit of Tai Chi, has it not? For everyone that loves Tai Chi and for everyone else who haven’t realized yet how much they’ll like Tai Chi ha ha, I want to lay down a path to real understanding so that when you take this journey, it will be clear, beneficial, and totally enjoyable. A well tread trail that people can enjoy for generations. And thank you for helping establish this trail! 😃🙏

@lightsonmultimediamindarts shh! Don't tell Sifu Lin @phoenixmountaintaichi he isn't charging enough, I haven't finished the courses yet!

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You may be right and to the extent that mastery makes our skill higher and beyond resistance, I still have some way to go because I definitely still get stopped sometimes! But I am improving and enjoying this journey. 😃🙏

That’s very true! You can see too how in BJJ competitions how many matches don’t end in a submission and are decided by points. Qinna can be quite useful in their own circumstances too though! 😃🙏

That would be awesome! What is your geographical area? 😃🙏

@@phoenixmountaintaichiLondon, UK.

Fantastic questions! In the Tai Chi context of defending joint locks, the person who better controls their Zhongding, and can seize their opponent's Zhongding, will prevail. That is to say, the person who can maintain their awareness and intention from being hijacked, will be able to control the flow of these exchanges. Does that make sense? My video posted today "Beyond Physical Balance" begins our series of videos exploring Zhongding! 😃🙏

@@phoenixmountaintaichi yes I do 100% agree with you: who is more relax and in self control has enormous advantage! 👍🙏

Thank you for your kind comment! 😃🙏

Good observations! Ji reflects back their force so to the extent his wrist was slightly twisted to begin the role, the force was twisting back into him causing some discomfort. Ji has an element of triangulating from the feet head and hands yes. Good point! I can show. video about neck lock. You're right to think you should avoid that position, because as it closes in and they are only squeezing, your options of defense decreases, but there are still options that we will explore later, particularly in Yi Mastery! 😃🙏

@@phoenixmountaintaichi Thanks Sifu. Your comments regarding the headlock and not getting into that vulnerable position in the first place reminds me when I first started doing taichi. Because I had this strange notion taichi is all about softness I thought maybe I just need to song or relax my neck as much as possible if I was ever in that unfortunate position. Suffice to say I learned never ever to relax your neck if ever in that position. It'd be akin to having a boa-constrictor around your neck!

@@robertjordon1984good point! Be soft enough so that excess tension does not limit you. And maintain posture so that your body works in its optimal position. Some people do mistakenly think that Tai Chi is to yield to whatever they want. More than that though, you are being soft so that what you really are capable of can fully manifest from that fluid state of being. 😃🙏

Oh I more than 100% agree ha ha. When I see my students take my teachings too seriously, I remind them that everything we learn is really just a tool, a training wheel, an aide to help us to get to the next level. And at that level we may not need everything that got us here. When we were little we rode tricycles and then we let go of them to enjoy bicycles the go faster and with more agility. In our 5 stages of training Tai Chi internal mastery, each stage you master certain things to become aware of certain things. We keep our growth in awareness, and often times the applications we leave behind because at the next level you will be able to use more efficient and effective applications. When we arrive at the top of the mountain that is when we will really set up the picnic and have a party, play with all the applications in their fullest most enjoyable capacity. Thank you for sharing this fantastic discussion! 😃🙏

Very cool! Thank you for sharing the Aikido perspective. I love how you phrase it in "the more conscious person succeeds". Very well said! From the heart-mind. :)

Very interesting question! The question involves whether the intention and spirit of animals work the same way as humans do. I have playfully made friendly dogs and cats get up or sit down, but I don't have experience with attacking animals. I don't want to bring any discomfort or unpleasantness to innocent animals. I think if you get the opportunity to explore this safely and ethically, that would be interesting. And let's keep our intent positive and our plans safe for both ourselves and any animals involved. Beyond these precautions, my teacher told me that in horse riding cultures in China, he has seen and was told that the ability to make the horse obey you depends on more than just strength and determination, as sometimes it is the little old ladies of the village that can tame or control a resisting stallion. So that is an interesting illustration of some effect beyond exerting your own force, isn't it? 😃🙏

@phoenixmountaintaichi thank you for your response. The question has nothing to do with malicious intent towards animals but rather a query of the mechanisms on which these powers and skills rely. ❤️‍🔥🙏❤️‍🔥

@@illiJomusicOf course! I didn’t think you’d do that. 😃 also I don’t want you to get eaten by a bear due to something I haven’t fully tested out 😆🙏

@@phoenixmountaintaichi always start small haha

Good idea! As the hold becomes more locked in your options decrease. Before they fully get there you can redirect the approach and hold. Once they have the hold and they are only squeezing, you can Peng or An to destabilize so that you can move your body to a better position to initiate a counter. Also by seizing control of the Yi to squeeze and pin you, you can make it easier to separate their arms. Post a question to our online forum and I’ll discuss more with you! 😃🙏

@@phoenixmountaintaichi Ok

Ooo a totally winning moment! 😃🏆

Hmmm can you tell me more about how you are releasing and what you are feeling?

@phoenixmountaintaichi I try to release mentally but at the same time softening the intention, and I feel stretching I think 🤔 and I feel that more if I do one part like my throat.

@@mindfulness-3that might be right? Try with your stomach first by sucking in your stomach and back and then physically letting go and letting it all hang out. That sense of expansion that you’ll start to feel is what you are looking for. And maybe that’s what you’re calling stretching. And then replicate that feeling everywhere else. Let me know how that goes. It’s often easier to do it physically than to right away do it mentally. 😃🙏

Hooo one more thing it feels im releasing physically when i do it soo, i don't know...​@@phoenixmountaintaichi

@@mindfulness-3it sounds like you are on the right track. And how do you feel after you release, relax, after the sense of stretching and everything?

There isn’t any prerequisite! If you can stand and walk you can practice this. If you have limitations with that, you can still practice it sitting. 😃 This course is designed for beginners to immerse themselves in Tai Chi form and the essence of Tai Chi movements that are rooted in the awareness of our internal energy. And it just becomes more fun and beneficial as your awareness of the internals grow through practice of the form. 😃🙏

@@phoenixmountaintaichi sounds good, thank you for the answer :)