If you want to get more done, think not about doing. “Doing nothing and leaving nothing undone,” says Lao Tzu. This concept is known as non-doing, or wu wei. How is it possible? Many people find it perplexing, especially in the world where we are so used to constantly doing things. The idea of achieving…
Singing Bowls – Wu Wei Wisdom A man is on a quest to find a bowl of exquisite quality. It leads him to his venture into one of the most renowned porcelain shops in town. Equipped with a trick he has learned, he intends to employ it in his search. His method involves picking up…
Doing Nothing is Doing Something Once, in a distant village, there lived a farmer known for his impatience. Having sown the seeds in his paddy field, the farmer eagerly awaited the bountiful harvest that would soon grace his land. However, as days turned into weeks, he grew increasingly frustrated by the sluggish growth of his…
Wu Wei – Not Forcing When you go fishing, you don’t chase after the fish. You can hardly succeed. What you’ll do is attract the fish to come to you. You put up a bait and wait for the fish to bite. This is what most people do when they’re fishing. There is a…
If you’re struggling to get things done, take a step back. You may have exerted your effort the wrong way. Top performers in any field – from gymnasts and speakers to negotiators – are likely to tell you the importance of maintaining a delicate balance between effort and ease, especially in the midst of the…
Zhan Zhuang Made Easy Standing Like a Tree Standing Like a Tree is a very simple exercise. What you do is nothing more than maintaining a statical stance. It’s, however, so effective in building inner strength and vitality that martial arts practitioners have used it as a foundation for training over the centuries. The exercise…
Stand Like a Tree What is zhanzhuang? Zhanzhuang, also known as standing meditation or standing like a tree, is a unique exercise. Written as 站桩 in Chinese, we may translate it literally as “standing pole”. It is hard to imagine. What you do during the exercise is nothing more than standing. You just stand there…
Beginning Qigong Different Type of Qigong There are so many different types of qigong around. Thousands of them. For anyone who is beginning qigong, it can be quite confusing. Which one should they choose? Even for those who have been practicing qigong for a while, they may also sometimes wonder whether they are in the…
What is Qigong? It gets your body to work, not you. Qigong is an inner exercise. Not knowing the fundamental difference, many people approach the exercise as just another external exercise. As a result, they can’t optimize what they do. What is qigong? A simple answer is that it is an exercise that helps you…
Simple and Effective Ping Shuai Gong – The Chinese Arm Swinging Exercise Ping Shuai Gong, the Chinese arm swinging exercise, is so simple. You do nothing more than swing the arms, and it takes you only 10 minutes to learn. If you do it consistently, you will enjoy its benefits in a matter of days. …