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Do Not Believe

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It requires some bravery and stability to question, more bravery and stability to let go of…those comforting beliefs. After all, they’ve kept our minds safe and secure. Wondering and questioning our early coping mechanisms can be terrifying. And risky. For some people: it’s inconceivable!


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Deep Wells and Delight

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Many who don’t stock their wells, are eventually forced to do so because their silent spirit, deep inside, whispers the answers and hints at ways to connect more fully to life, to living, to love.


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Yellow Rock Old Man

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This time, the old man was impressed with Zhang’s fortitude and humility, that he presented Zhang with a book…


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Montana World Tai Chi and Qigong Day 2011

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World Tai chi and Qigong Day kicks off the local Real Taiji Community at our humble Farmstead. Stop over and socialize with great Taiji practitioners.


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Self-Defense: Flowing Fun Beats Sour Seriousness

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It’s true. And if you’ve experience Flow, you know. However you discovered it, do it more because it provokes a deeper kind of awareness…an awe of the energies and mysteries that surround us. It’s likely that, partly as a response to the great terrors that lurk deep inside the truth of being human and partly [...]


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