Breathwork is an integral part to any meditation practice, and qigong is no exception. Across different traditions, different ways of...

In modern culture, we are taught to value the intellect. In the workplace, multi-tasking is king. Particularly in the West, productivity...

Some of you who read my blog have trained the Shaolin Arts for some time, others maybe less time. Some of you do not yet and are simply...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

Another concept that is repeatedly mentioned in Shaolin Kungfu, Qigong, and Taijiquan is that of the dan tian. In my classes, I give an...

Whew. That was a close one. This is what I think to myself as I settle into some strange, not quite kungfu half-stance, my arms in some...

“Can you believe it? I’m doing kungfu!” I smiled as one of my students said this last week when we were wrapping up class for the night....

It’s great seeing more and more people sign up for the mailing list. The Shaolin Arts have had such a positive impact on my life and...

I’m excited to see that folks are already signing up for the workshops being offered this year! When it’s cold and blustery out my mind...

While the mercury looks like it’s broken on a day like today, I promise that spring is just around the corner, and spring means classes...

How many times have I heard those words come out of Grandmaster Wong’s mouth? I couldn’t even say. How many times have I uttered those...

Last week I talked about the facial massage and point massage that we perform at the end of our training session and how it is important...

When I introduce Cosmos Qigong to a new group of students during our weekly classes, they get a lot of material in that very first...

Happy New Year everybody! (Insert lame post about New Year’s resolutions here) Or don’t. That’s not my jam. I stopped doing resolutions...

Awhile ago I published a blog post about how we learn to stand up properly in our qigong practice and why we place so much emphasis on...

Few people, if any, start training qigong because it sounds like something fun to do. Many of us arrive here because something specific...