Taoist Healing Arts began in ancient China over 5,000 years ago and are the origin of Qi Gong, Tai Chi Chuan and Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Taoist Healing Arts were first practiced by mountain hermits who lived in health and harmony with the natural world and the consciousness that guided it. Through their deep understanding of the cycles and energy patterns of the earth and sky, they discovered the healing power of nature and developed a self-renewing method that attuned and integrated body, breath, and mind for daily practice.
The basic concepts of Taoist Healing Arts include:
NATURAL WAY (TAO)
Tao is the natural way of living in harmony with the wisdom of nature and the laws of the universe. It is a physical and spiritual path that draws from nature to balance body and mind. The Taoist journey of personal transformation celebrates each moment as an opportunity to honor all of life, to appreciate the beauty and power of the universe, and to accept all that comes to us with an open and loving heart.
The Tao can only be experienced through personal practice, not through words or intellect.
The Tao (Te) of Virtue
Virtuous Path - Virtues and latent powers acquired or inherited by one living in harmony with the Tao, including naturalness, health, longevity, happiness, humility, compassion, wisdom, healing, and psychic abilities - accumulated experience leads to a better quality of life and a deep sense of belonging to the world.
The Tao of Energy (Qi)
Energetic Path - the vital life force energy found in all beings in the universe including the sun, moon, stars, oceans, rivers. Rocks, plants, animals and humans have internal life force energy and nature provides abundance and energy flow through environmental life force energy. Disease is the interruption in the energy flow between humans and nature.
Tao of Change ( Yin Yang )
The Changing Path - There are interconnected energies in nature that are in a constant state of change. They adapt to change by understanding complementary opposites and create change through energetic reversal through mutual cooperation.
The Tao of Effortlessness ( Wu Wei )
The Effortless Way - It is to go with the flow of nature without forcing. It is to allow events to happen in their natural time, without resistance.
Tao of Simplicity (Water)
The Simple Way - A simple life without complications. It is conformity with human nature and essence, free from desires and egoism.
The Tao of Spontaneity (Zifa)
Spontaneous way - Living in the moment, free from memories, associations and expectations, without being limited by dogma and rules.
The Tao of Moderation (Zhong Yong)
The Middle Way - Maintaining balance without going to excess or deprivation. Finding the middle way between opposites such as movement and inactivity, sound and silence, socialization and solitude, nature and technology.
Tao of Peace (Ningjing)
Peaceful Path - Observing nature with a calm mind, free from preoccupations and worries, neutralizing uncontrolled emotions by forgiving and forgetting the past, opening yourself to the beauty of nature.