NP-Taiji MayX 2018

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Congrats on the successful class, Keith. The spirit moves through you. 

> On May 31, 2018, at 11:21 AM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I’m sure the energy arts and martial arts are much more ancient than taiji, xingyi, bagua. I can only speak from my experience and knowledge received from my teachers.
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>> On May 31, 2018, at 11:42 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Tandava Yoga (as demonstrated by Daniel Odier in this video) is a *spontaneous* "dance" meditation in which one feels the flow patterns of prana/chi and lets that energy flow lead one into movement.  This form of meditation/yoga is very ancient.  Many think this kind of spontaneous dance, as well as Kundalini-generated Kriyas are actually precursors to modern yogas and martial arts.
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>> Tandava:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODAxxzkY9sQ
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>> Spandakarika:
>> https://www.amazon.com/Yoga-Spandakarika-Sacred-Origins-Tantra/dp/1594770514
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>> "The oldest masters of Spandakarika viewed everything in the universe, including matter, as consciousness and created a yoga practice in accordance with this realization. The sacred dance of Yoga Spandakarika, Tandava, is extremely subtle and difficult, requiring thousands of hours of practice to master, yet it surpasses any other physical practice, allowing the practitioner to touch the divine inner pulse."
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>> Kriya:
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriy%C4%81
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>> " Another meaning of Kriya is an outward physical manifestation of awakened kundalini, such as a spontaneous body movement related to Kundalini energy flow."
>> 
>> David Morris
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>>> On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 10:15 AM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Taiji can also be wushu, which implies that it is practiced as a movement art, like dance, without necessarily having strong basis in the martial arts aspects. There is a lot of this.
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>>>> On May 31, 2018, at 10:48 AM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
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>>>> One of the key teachers of Tai ji, particularly on the west coast, Chungliang Al Huang, who learned his practice in China and taught for decades at Esalen, always used key Chinese words and pictographic imagery as part of how he taught. He always insisted that the pronunciation of chee/Qi/chi/ ji  sounded most like Ji or jee, always spelling the word as Tai ji.   He had a very philosophical, open approach to the forms which drew on Taoist thought and practice. He emphasizes inspiration and mind body connection over formal precision. On the other hand his own forms are stunningly graceful and probably very precise expressions of his tradition. In his classes he encourages a movement from traditional forms to a dancelike free form exploration centered in how the forms have been integrated into individual mind body.  
>>>> 
>>>> In response to David Morris:  In Al Huang’s book Embrace Tiger Return to Mountain, he talks about the origin/inspirational source of the forms/movements. The word Ji Gong, or Qigong, means the discipline or study of Ji (maybe Mike could give a better translation), and in that sense Al Huang is in agreement with David that the formal movements came out of an exploration of the flow of ji in the body. When you think about it, where else could the formalized knowledge come from? This would also be the source of the Chinese medical maps of energy flow.  
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>>>> One can find Al Huang videos on line. He is very funny and lively.
>>>> 
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>>>>> On May 31, 2018, at 12:24 AM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>> Very cool! Also noticed the use of Pinyin ins.tead of the more traditional
>>>>> Wade–Giles spelling "T'ai chi".
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 12:15 AM Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Just finished teaching a three week Taiji course at Furman. 21 kids. They
>>>>>> dug it, and so did I! Here’s the class performing the form we learned. I’m
>>>>>> the bald one...haha
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/TStRiYTFP98hbb8U2
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