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The Articles section serves as the official and authoritative platform of the school, reflecting profound insights, specialized analyses, and foundational teachings in the fields of internal arts, yoga, Ayurveda, and traditional cultures. These writings, grounded in heritage yet forward-looking, explore core concepts, techniques, history, philosophy, and their practical applications in contemporary life.

Authored by senior instructors, researchers, and dedicated practitioners, the articles aim not merely to transmit knowledge, but to inspire personal growth, mental clarity, and steadfastness on the path of practice.

For serious students, committed instructors, and seekers of authenticity, this collection is essential reading.

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Governing Government - Maintain Dao

November 21, 2025•5 minutes

In order to have smooth and free qi circulation in your body, you must learn to keep your conscious mind calm. That means to regulate your emotional mind until no regulating is required.

Spiritual Breathing or Fifth Gate Breathing

November 9, 2025•6 minutes

Spiritual breathing is also called Fifth Gate Breathing (Di Wu Xin Hu Xi, 第五心呼吸), baihui breathing (baihui hu xi, 百會呼吸), or upper dan tian breathing (shang dan tian hu xi, 上丹田呼吸). It means to breathe through the third eye and is crucial in opening the third eye for enlightenment.

The Value of Simplicity

November 9, 2025•5 minutes

The more I practice simplicity, the better I feel, and my mind is clearer.

Enhancing Mind–Body–Spirit Function through the Integration of Qigong, Tai Chi Chuan, and Yoga

October 26, 2025•4 minutes

In recent decades, mind–body disciplines have entered a new era of cross-cultural and scientific integration. Yoga from India and Qigong and Tai Chi Chuan from China all arise from a common foundation — the dynamic relationship between breath, awareness, and vital energy. Each, however, cultivates a distinct dimension of that unity. When practiced together with intelligence and respect for their roots, these three systems lead not merely to health, but to wholeness of being — a heightened state of integration between body, mind, and spirit.

The Interpretation of the Reversal of Taiji’s Yin and Yang

October 13, 2025•5 minutes

Yang symbolizes Qian (in the trigrams), heaven, sun, fire, Li (in the trigrams), releasing, exiting, emitting, confronting, opening, subject, flesh, application, Qi, physical body, martial (i.e., activities to build up the physical life), square, exhalation, upward, advancing, and corners; Yin symbolizes Kun (in the trigrams), earth, moon, water, Kan (in the trigrams), rolling, entering, storing, relating, unifying, ruler, bones, core, rules, Xin (i.e., mind), scholarly (study)(i.e., to cultivate the human nature), round, inhalation, downward, retreating, and sides.

Purposes, Advantages and Disadvantages of Yìjīnjīng Qìgōng

August 21, 2025•5 minutes

I would like to discuss the purposes of Yìjīnjīng Qìgōng, as well as its advantages and disadvantages. If you have a clear understanding of this art, you will be more confident in your training, and better able to predict and expect results.

Qigong Meditation: Methods of Stopping Thought (Zhi Nian)

August 15, 2025•5 minutes

Before you start, you should understand that there are no techniques, which are absolutely effective for everybody. It depends on the individual. It may also depend on the situation and timing. Remember that the final goal of regulating your thoughts is to reach “the thought of no thought.”

What is Enlightenment Meditation?

August 15, 2025•6 minutes

The first step towards enlightenment is to establish a strong will, without which you will not finish the training.

Yoga and the Roots of Modern Somatics: Bridging Eastern Inner Traditions with Contemporary Mind-Body Sciences

August 14, 2025•3 minutes

In contemporary science, Somatics is recognized as a holistic approach to body and mind, emphasizing inner awareness, lived bodily experience, and nervous system regulation. Although the term emerged in the West during the 20th century, many of its core principles are rooted in ancient traditions, particularly Yoga and other Eastern inner systems. This article explores the historical and philosophical connection between Yoga and modern Somatics, the role of Yoga in redefining therapeutic approaches, and its influence on today’s scientific models.

Martial Ethics: The Pillars of Traditional Martial Arts’ Endurance

August 12, 2025•4 minutes

In the authentic schools of martial arts, techniques and physical skills are only part of the path. The true foundation of martial arts lies in ethics and character—the “Wu De” (武德 – Martial Morality), which in Chinese, Japanese, Iranian, and many other civilizations is recognized as the bridge between power and responsibility. Great masters have always emphasized: “One who relies only on the strength of the arm shortens the life of their art; but one who centers on morality will pass on their legacy for generations.”