Early Encounters with Qi Gong
Early Encounters with Qi Gong My early encounters with Qi Gong and Classical Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan radically changed my relationship to my reasons for training — smoothing out…
Fasting the Mind
Fasting the Mind: A Taoist Path to Inner Stillness Chris Ray Chappell There's a particular kind of mental heaviness most of us know well. Thinking that circles back on itself,…
Your Body Is Trying to Tell You Something. Are You Listening?
Your Body Is Trying to Tell You Something. Are You Listening? Chris Ray Chappell · March 2025 Pain Going In vs Pain Going Out — Why Discomfort Might Be the…
You don’t have to know where your problems came from to let them go
Classically based Qi Gong can be an invaluable aid in breaking down habitual restrictions and mitigating other tensions without directly confronting them or finding out where they came from. The…
Letting Go into Emptiness
Remember, it is you who are responsible for yourself. Wuji practice is only a 5-minute affair, and I encourage you to drop into the potential of Wuji anywhere at any time within reason and not when crossing the road.
The Penetrating Mirror of the Interior in Eight Books
The Penetrating Mirror of the Interior in Eight Books Chinese woodcut: Circulation of Qi during Qigong practice. Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Making sense of Qi Gong
Making Sense of Qi Gong Traditional practices were being examined for their medical value — not out of cultural reverence, but out of desperation. The term "Qi Gong" emerged in…
Athleticism and the Core of a Musician
Over the years I've worked with a wide range of musicians — guitarists, cellists, double bass players, pianists, trumpeters, and even a highly successful opera singer. Today I had the…