Mastodawn

Echo Canyon

The trail descended into a narrow gorge where red rock walls rose sheer on both sides, smooth and sculpted by ancient water. The path followed a dry streambed, sand and smooth stones underfoot, and the walls leaned inward, creating a roof of sky that seemed impossibly distant. Sound behaved strangely here – my footsteps echoed and re-echoed, bouncing between the walls until they became something other than footsteps, a rhythm that seemed to come from the canyon itself. I stopped walking...

read on: 🔗 https://brush-and-tale.com/the-wanderers-tales/echo-canyon/

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thewanderer 3d ago

Fang Song: The Taoist Art of Deep Relaxation in Motion

Fang Song (放鬆), often translated simply as “relaxation,” represents one of the most fundamental yet frequently misunderstood principles in Tai Chi Chuan, qigong, and all Nei Jia (internal martial arts) practices. The concept describes a state of relaxed openness that differs fundamentally from Western notions of either muscular tension or limp collapse, instead cultivating what practitioners call “relaxed structure” or “dynamic relaxation” where the body rema...

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Chloe G artist 6d ago

Kieran is my 4th t’ai chi master that I’ve trained with regularly (not counting all the other masters and grandmasters that Ive trained with over the years). He brings a different, energy and vibe and also slightly different techniques but I find that good, I can learn and ground out all those techniques from different angles. Combined with five animals play qigong and yiquan I feel like I’ve had good tuition.

I want to capture that spirit in my painting.

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Morgane 6d ago

Bonjour !
Est-ce que quelqu'un⋅e aurait un pantalon de ce type ? Ça se porte généralement en tai chi ou en wushu. Si oui, si tu voulais bien me dessiner un patron, ce serait vraiment très chouette ! Je peux expliquer comment dessiner un patron si besoin.
On m'a donné du tissu et j'aimerais bien faire un pantalon comme ça, mais comme je suis archi débutante en couture je n'ose pas trop me lancer à l'arrache.
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thewanderer Apr 10

The Beekeeper’s Dance

The apiary sat at the edge of an orchard, twenty white boxes arranged in neat rows among blooming apple trees. I’d come looking for honey but found something more interesting – a beekeeper working without gloves, veil, or any protection, her movements slow and deliberate as she lifted frames heavy with bees. She wore ordinary clothes, her grey hair pulled back in a braid, and the bees crawled over her hands, her arms, her shoul...

read on: 🔗 https://brush-and-tale.com/the-wanderers-tales/the-beekeepers-dance/

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TrekLongIsland Apr 7

Attention early risers! Join Musetta Vander for a morning of flowing movements, focused breathing and meditation as she shows you the way of Qigong to start your day off at Trek Long Island .
Register here for this class
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thewanderer Apr 4

The Egg Painter

I found the workshop by accident, following the sound of singing through a village I was passing through. The voice led me to a small studio with windows overlooking a garden just coming into bloom. Inside, an elderly woman sat at a table covered with eggs in various stages of decoration, her hand steady as she applied intricate patterns with a tool that looked like a tiny pen. Finished eggs hung on a drying rack...

read on: 🔗 https://brush-and-tale.com/the-wanderers-tales/the-egg-painter/

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QiHai TCM Köln Nicola Maureder Apr 3

Kaum eine Zeit ist so schön für einen Start mit Qigong wie der Frühling!
Gerade starten wir mit Übungen, die uns (in jeder Hinsicht) elastisch machen wie ein Bambus!
Und jetzt im April, ab 15 Grad u. trockenem Wetter, geht es RAUS INS OUTDOOR-TRAINING! Juhu!
Qigong im Freien zu üben ist einfach unvergleichlich und tut sooo gut!
Wir haben 2 Plätze frei!
Infos: https://qihai.de/qigong-kurse-in-koln/
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Love You More Mar 31

Come to Love You More and start your day with #qigong practice, 08:00—09:30 AM (Monday—Friday). Drop-in, donation-based. ☺️

And enjoy raw vegan #icecream or the Khao raa waterfall afterwards. 😜

thewanderer Mar 31

Pushing Hands (Tui Shou): The Art of Yielding and Listening Energy

Pushing Hands, known in Chinese as Tui Shou (推手), represents the essential bridge between solo Tai Chi form practice and practical martial application, serving as the primary method for developing sensitivity, responsiveness, and the subtle internal energies that distinguish internal martial arts from external styles. Developed in the 16th century from self-defense techniques that improved skills useful in close-quarter fighti...

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