I’m now over a week late with this blog post and so much has changed profoundly. The whole world is reeling with the ramifications of the COVID-19 outbreak a...

There are a few months left of cold and flu season, and as we all know, this one has been a doozy. Well before news of the novel coronavirus broke, I was see...

Well, it may only be February, but that white stuff will be gone soon enough, which means it’s almost spring, and our Level One Shaolin Kungfu class at Shaol...

As we head into a new decade, bright with promise, a blank sheet of paper yet unwritten, my mind turns back to this phrase again and again. Those in Shaolin ...

We are truly blessed in Shaolin Wahnam to benefit from Cosmos Qigong, at all different levels. For such a seemingly simple practice, which requires only 15 m...

File this post under some of the stranger things that happen sometimes when practicing the Shaolin Arts. I’ve written before about some of the less than glam...

Whether you’ve been training qigong for a long time, or have just recently started, you may have noticed the palms of your hands turn red after a training se...

My sifu, Grandmaster Wong, is highly quotable. If you’re signed up to receive these blog posts, then you’re receiving them in a neat little bulletin format w...

I am energy. You are energy. We are all energy. Wait, don’t go! I promise I haven’t turned into an annoying smelly hippy! Nonetheless, I maintain the above s...

While I used to rock n’ roll all night until the wee hours of the morning, nowadays I rebel against the Man by popping a multi-vitamin and crawling into bed ...

I wrote a blog post last year about smiling from the heart, one of the best skills that we learn in Cosmos Qigong. While I briefly discussed what happens phy...

A student in the Shaolin Wahnam Twin Cities weekly qigong class recently asked why things feel so different when practiced in class compared to practicing on...

I’ve talked before in my blog about the importance of keeping your chest open within both qigong practice and life. Indeed, correcting the dreaded slouch can...

Whether you’re learning kungfu or qigong from myself, Grandmaster Wong, or any other instructor in Shaolin Wahnam, you’ve doubtless heard the instruction to ...

A while ago on the Shaolin Wahnam Discussion Forum, somebody posed the question about Qi flow and trauma. Specifically, they asked if performing self-manifes...

What I'm about to say might upset some people, but when we are working with energy to overcome an ailment, this is an extremely important point to make. Are ...

Within the paradigm of Chinese medicine, qigong, and intrinsic energy, there are certain concepts that are very different from how we view the body through a...

Belch! Fart! Cough! Now that I have your attention, I’d like to talk about some of the, uh, less glamorous things that might happen while in self-manifested ...

I love training Shaolin Kungfu for a myriad of reasons: the strength and poise it gives me, the way that has increased my confidence over the years, opened m...

Easily the hallmark of Shaolin Wahnam, and really the heart and soul of our qigong and kungfu, self-manifested Qi flow is the best skill we learn to break th...