A few months ago, I wrote a post on the Metal element and its predominance during the fall season. I love writing posts like this because...

If you’ve ever taken my classes, you know that beyond just teaching Qigong patterns, I explain a lot of concepts from Chinese medicine...

Fall is in full swing, complete with falling leaves, pumpkins, and too much talk of politics. Everywhere you look around you, you can...

Real, meaningful change takes time and effort. There’s not a pill you can take, not a performance-enhancing outfit you can buy, not a...

What is the horary clock and how does it help us understand how to manage our health?

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Another common question I get a lot from students just beginning their Qigong journey is whether or not their eyes should be open or...

What should I practice? Yes! Okay, that’s easily the worst answer I’ve ever given to a student’s question, but alas, this is such a...

A special thanks goes out to the student who requested that I write this blog post. It allowed me to delve deeper into this special skill...

There’s a song I really like by the band Cold War Kids with a chorus that expresses how great the singer is doing in an extremely...

I screen, you screen, we all screen for…screen time? As our world has become increasingly connected in the past decade, I’ve always...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...