Taoist Breathing Techniques: Abdominal, Reverse, and Vase
by Elizabeth Reninger Updated July 22, 2018 Have fun exploring these three simple Taoist breathing practices—all of which can be beneficial in numerous ways. There are three things to remember are you explore and practice: Stay relaxed, particularly through your face, neck, jaw and shoulders. Maintaining a gentle smile—as in the Inner Smile practice—will help […]
The Five Taoist Elements: Fire, Earth, Metal, Water and Wood
In 1998 Feng Shui Journal published an article I wrote about the five Taoist elements. Five elements theory is the basis of traditional Chinese medicine, and is part of feng shui. Applying the five elements to feng shui is easy to remember if you think of each element as a room in your home: Fire rules the heart […]
The Taoist Five Elements
by Elizabeth Reninger Updated May 29, 2017 Yin-Qi & Yang-Qi Give Birth to the Five Elements According to Taoist cosmology, Yin-Qi and Yang-Qi – the primordial feminine and masculine energies – produce what are known as the “Five Elements.” The Five Elements, in turn, give birth to the “ten-thousand things,” i.e. all of manifest existence. […]
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