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Participants of Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism around the world chanted together on September 29 to celebrate the festival of Wong Dai Sin. He was a simple shepherd who displayed great virtue and is said to have cultivated immortality by practising the Taoist Arts. His story tells us that with a good heart anyone can cultivate themselves through Taoist practice. FLK has a temple specially dedicated to Wong Dai Sin on Steeles Avenue in Toronto that everyone is welcome to visit.
Liseth W. of our Costa Rica affiliate brushes knees at Manuel Antonio Beach on the Central Pacific Coast in Costa Rica.
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On September 21 participants of Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism chanted in celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival. The autumn moon is a time when families and friends come together to appreciate what we received over the past year. Together, while enjoying mooncakes, we wish each other good health and longevity.
Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism wishes peace and harmony to all peoples of the world on this International Day of Peace.
My arthritis is called ankylosing spondylitis and it affects my spine. When the inflammation is happening, it’s very painful.
I’ve been doing Taoist Tai Chi® arts ever since I was first diagnosed, and that’s what I mostly use to manage the pain. It keeps me moving … and if I don’t move, I seize up. My health keeps getting better, so I keep doing it!
~Tam
When I prepare meals, I apply the principles taught in the Taoist Tai Chi® practice. I keep my posture aligned, allowing my chest to be open and my shoulders to be relaxed. This simple detail makes my back pain disappear.
~Christine
“Wherever you are, you can find a danyu bar.”
– Rich P. of Dunedin, FL, doing assisted danyus at Lobster Buoy campsite in South Thomaston, Maine
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I have been practicing Taoist Tai Chi® arts consistently since I turned 28. Now 22 years later and through many years of competing nationally and internationally as an Olympic-style weightlifter and powerlifter, I find that Taoist Tai Chi® practice is an integral part of my physical, mental and spiritual health.
I am proud of my history as an older athlete, having stayed competitive amongst lifters often half my age throughout my career and earning an IWF record-setting gold medal at the World Masters Games in my own age and weight class category in 2016. I am certain that my Taoist Tai Chi® practice has been essential to keeping my muscle tissue, tendons and ligaments strong and flexible. My sports massage therapist tells me that my tissue feels like that of a 30 year old! And recently, my sports ortho took an ultrasound of my hip and said that people 10 years younger would be happy to have my hip!
Now I powerlift, holding American Masters Records, and twice earned the title of Masters Champion at the USA Powerlifting Nationals. I am so grateful to have found Taoist Tai Chi® arts, and I just know that I would not be able to continue to train, recover and compete without my Taoist Tai Chi® practice!
Brendan F. of Buffalo, NY, takes Taoist Tai Chi® arts to new heights at the Grand Canyon.
Please send images of your self practice—ideally with a local landmark or other indication of your location —along with your name, branch, location, and permission to publish to blog.usa@taoist.org. We cannot guarantee publication, but we will try our best. And let us know if you have any questions!
I take prescription medication that suppresses central nervous system activity, making it hard for me to get up in the morning. In BC, the online chanting and Board of Directors discussions take place on Saturday mornings at 6:30 am. When the suspension of in-person activities happened, I was excited to have the opportunity to chant for the world with 1000 people, but getting up early was a challenge. Each Friday night I said I’ll be there if I can, unable to be sure that I would succeed in rising so early. I thought of people in Australia and New Zealand joining in from the middle of the night, and I made the commitment to try.
Gradually, perhaps in a 1% way, it is easier for me to get up early now. I believe two things are at play: first, my desire to join the meetings and chanting has grown. I want to be present, I want to participate, and I don’t want to miss one of these sessions.
Second, I believe the chanting and increased Taoist Tai ChiⓇ practice has given me greater energy and increased alertness in the morning and the whole day. I get up easily now on Saturday mornings, and also show up for the rest of my life with more attention and more calm.
I respond favorably to the consistency, the repetition, the structure; this direction helps me establish and continue my chanting and daily Taoist Tai ChiⓇ practice.
~Felicity
