This video is excerpted from Li Qingyun’s Longevity Methods DVD, available at Valley Spirit Arts. The Six Qi Healing Sounds are restoration practices for healing dysfunctions of the internal organs. This video clip explains how to intone the six sounds and also the...
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Order now from the Sanctuary of Tao to receive the calendar before the lunar Chinese New Year, January 22nd, 2023. This calendar starts on that date and follows the lunar cycle for the Year of the Rabbit.
This one-of-a-kind calendar combines the various...
When putting together our Taoist calendar it became clear to me how interconnected Taoism and Chinese astrology really are, with the roots of both having developed long before Taoism existed.
The primary text on Taoism, the Scripture on the Way and Virtue [道德經, Dao De Jing) by...
When a person of high learning hears about the Dao, they practice it diligently.
When a person of mediocre learning hears about the Dao, they hear it but don’t really listen to it.
When a person of inferior learning hears about the Dao, they laugh about it loudly.
If the Dao was not...
This interview with Master T.T. Liang (1900 to 2002) was filmed when he was 93 years old. Master Liang was born during the 1st Moon, 23rd Day, and to celebrate his life and acknowledge his great influence, we recite his favorite text, the Tai Ji Quan Treatise, ...
This post presents the Conclusion section to Stuart Alve Olson’s introductory material in his book Refining the Elixir: The Internal Alchemy Teachings of Taoist Immortal Zhang Sanfeng © 2016 by Stuart Alve Olson.
Refining the Elixir
The whole process of...
Stuart Alve Olson is featured in this documentary on Taijiquan by Elysian Films.
竹 林 七 賢
Zhu Lin Qi Xian
The Seven Sages (or Worthies) of the Bamboo Grove were a group of third century CE Taoist scholars, writers, and musicians who opposed Confucianism, adhering to the philosophies of Lao Zi and Zhuang Zi. Their history and story is really well told in this remarkable...
Translated from An Authoritative and Genuine Record of a 250-Year Old Man (二 百 五 十 歲 人 瑞 實 記, Er Bai Wu Shi Sui Ren Rui Shi Ji), Compiled by Yang Sen and Wang Cheng Sheng.
© 2012 by Stuart Alve Olson. All rights reserved.
To speak about lengthening a...
Chart Your Chinese Animal Signs
Each hour, day, month, and year correlate to one of twelve animals in the Chinese Zodiac so that each person has an astrology chart made up of four animal signs, one for their hour, day, month, and year.
There are both lunar and solar-based Chinese calendar...
Kingsley Morse wrote an article on the life span of Li Qingyun and sent the Sanctuary of Tao a draft copy to post in our blog. Kingsley says he maintains the world’s biggest collection of results from scientific life span experiments and whenever scientists test how something affects the...
Scientists have discovered a new piece of human anatomy we never knew we had—a layer of connective tissue that exists all over the body. It sits below the skin’s surface, lining the digestive tract, the lungs, and even our blood vessels. Researchers say it could be the missing link...