Chinese Wisdom Traditions

Description Master Zhongxian Wu invites us with those words: “Both calligraphy and tea have been a part of our traditional life. Of all my inner cultivation experiences, the most powerful practices are Fu, Chinese Calligraphy/Talisman.   According to Wu (Chinese Shamanic) tradition, talismans allow us direct access to universal Qi for the purposes of inner cultivation, […]

Description For thousands of years, a central Daoist practice holds that life is not merely controlled by fate or karma: wo ming zai wo bu zai tianmy life is in my hand, and is not controlled by fate Through mindfulness and effort, we all have the ability to change our karma and achieve true autonomy. […]

Description In this class series, we will go through the first three hexagrams of the Xun Palace (following the Eight Palaces hexagram arrangement). For background information, you may like to follow my associated writing series on the Eight Palaces arrangement, published on Substack. During this course, we will focus one new hexagram per class. I will […]