Taoist organic alchemical movements Dragon Tai Ch'i Chuan

Dragon Tai Ch'i Chuan is an older version of Tai Ch'i practice that involves the usage of the spine in a serpentine motion. Its movements are compact and coiled. The Qi flows freely from the various meridian pathways with the breath and the motion.

It is said that the Dragon Tai Ch'i predates the Chan Style Tai Ch'i and it is directly transmitted from the Wudong Mountain.

For example the movement of the Wild Horse Parting Its Mane actually evolves from the movement of Dragon Soaring with the arms opening to the diagonal corners. Since Dragon moves in a zig zag pathway, this floor pattern of moving is still retained in most classical Tai Ch'i Chuan when one is performing the Wild Horse Parting its Mane.

With the practice of Dragon Tai Ch'i Chuan, one can trace the evolution of the early Taoist organic alchemical movements to it present state. The proto-alchemical movements focus on reversing the flow of the procreative fluid from the spinal column back up to the brain. This is called the gathering of the flowers to the crown. It is the reversal of the life force from creating one's own immortal fetus that the ancient Taoist want to master. To excel in one's ability to fight in doing the Dragon Tai Ch'i Chuan is only a side effect of the central concern of achieving immortality.

At present there are a handful of Dragon Style Taiji players with most of them residing in China.

very good spiritual buddhist youtube video 1 of 5. How to Meditate Yoga Meditation

very good spiritual buddhist youtube video 1 of 5. How to Meditate Yoga Meditation
very good spiritual buddhist youtube video 1 of 5. How to Meditate Yoga Meditation.

watch this video series to learn some meditation ideas, this starts how with the basics of meditation, the basics usually being the best or core to the importance as well, so the basics are very important.

ill post the youtube video description quite a big description but it has alot of usefull words in it:

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New Age meditations are often influenced by Eastern philosophy and mysticism such as Yoga, Hinduism and Buddhism, yet may contain some degree of Western influence. In the west meditation found its mainstream roots through the hippie- counterculture social revolution of the 1960s and 1970s when many of the youth of the day rebelled against traditional belief systems. [26]

[edit] Sikhism Main article: Nām Japō

In Sikhism, the practices of simran and Nām Japō encourage quiet meditation. This is focusing one's attention on the attributes of God. Sikhs believe that there are 10 'gates' to the body; 'gates' is another word for 'chakras' or energy centres. The top most energy level is the called the tenth gate or dasam dwar. It is said[attribution needed] that when one reaches this stage through continuous practice meditation becomes a habit that continues whilst walking, talking, eating, awake and even sleeping. There is a distinct taste or flavour when a meditator reaches this lofty stage of meditation, as one experiences absolute peace and tranquility inside and outside the body.

Followers of the Sikh religion also believe that love comes through meditation on the lord's name since meditation only conjures up positive emotions in oneself which are portrayed through our actions. The first Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Nanak Dev Ji preached the equality of all humankind and stressed the importance of living a householder's life instead of wandering around jungles meditating, the latter of which being a popular practice at the time. The Guru preached that we can obtain liberation from life and death by living a totally normal family life and by spreading love amongst every human being regardless of religion.

Taoism includes a number of meditative and contemplative traditions. Originally said to have their principles described in the I Ching, Tao Te Ching, Chuang Tzu and Tao Tsang among other texts; the multitude of schools relating to Qigong, Neigong, Daoyin and Zhan zhuang are a large, diverse array of breath training practises in aid of meditation with much influence from later Chinese Buddhism and with much influence on traditional Chinese medicine and the Chinese as well as some Japanese martial arts. The Chinese martial art T'ai Chi Ch'uan is named after the well-known focus for Taoist and Neo-Confucian meditation, the T'ai Chi T'u, and is often referred to as "meditation in motion".

Often Taoist Internal martial arts, especially Tai Chi Chuan are thought of as moving meditation. A common phrase being, "movement in stillness" referring to energetic movement in passive Qigong and seated Taoist meditation; with the converse being "stillness in movement", a state of mental calm and meditation in the tai chi form.
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so this video will give you some understanding into the art of meditation but also add learn your own ways as well.