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Cheers to the next 40 and beyond! Ip Sun is the internal expression of Tukong Moosul. The first class at UT was an amazing experience, with Master Yi teaching a deeper understanding of martial arts than the outward expression. The video of out 2019 trip to Korea is worth viewing.
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November 7, 2020 Ip Sun Tai Chi and Qigong Tip from Master Taylor: Breathing: The Overlooked Exercise Just as the heart is the pump for the circulatory system, the diaphragm is the pump for the lymphatic system. The lymphatic system needs a relaxed body to operate properly. Just like relaxation helps digestion, it also helps the lymphatic system. Deep slow abdominal breathing helps you to take in large amounts of oxygen. In addition to oxygenation, the beauty of deep breath work is its effect on the lymphatic system. As the body goes from inhale to exhale the change creates a vacuum which helps to push sluggish lymph fluid into the circulatory system for cellular wastes and toxins to be eliminated from the body. To do abdominal breathing begin by lying down. Place a pillow under your knees. Now put a book on your abdomen right below the rib cage. Inhale slowly and deeply through the nose and allow the belly to fill up. The book on your abdomen should move. The abdomen needs to be relaxed. Don't force the abdomen to move, soften it. Visualize a glass filling up from the bottom. Visualize a balloon inflating. Now let the air fall, press the air out with your abdominal muscles. The book should go down. Begin again and breathe correctly ten times. You will feel wonderful! Excerpts from Ellen Gordon Poage, Lymphedema Resources, and Susan G. Komen For the Cure" Master Taylor teaches online Ip Sun Tai Chi classes Tues/Thurs/Sat at 9 am

With the full moon, I'm reminded of one of Grandmaster Yi's philosophies. If you have a bowl of water in the moonlight, the moon is yours alone and you can meditate on the moon's reflection. But everyone else who captures the moon in their bowl sees it as belonging to them. In fact, the moon reflects on us all individually and collectively. As we meditate on the moon's reflection we are interconnected with others around the world meditating on the same reflection. We are not alone.

Happening on Oct. 31 at 10:49 a.m. ET, the 2020 full Hunter's moon is also considered a blue moon, which is something else that makes this lunation to incredibly rare. According to the Farmers' Almanac, people have referred to the second full moon that occurs within the same month as a blue moon for more than half a century.

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"Ip Sun * Tai Chi * Qigong Tip - October 10, 2020. Courtesy of Master Scott Taylor who teaches online classes Tuesdays/Thursdays/Saturdays at 9 am. Posture - Wu Chi Stance 1. Sense whether all points of the feet are touching the ground 2. Sense that the weight is equal on both feet 3. Feel no subtle strain at the hips from leaning 4. Center the mind, chi, and center of gravity at the Tan Tien 5. Feel a slight space under the armpits 6. Feel no tightness or raised shoulders 7. Feel the scapulae on the back slightly rounded 8. Tuck in the chin slightly 9. Feel the pull of heavenly force at the crown Excerpted from The Inner Structure of Tai Chi by Mantak Chia and Juan Li"

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"Ip Sun * Tai Chi * Qigong Tip - September 12, 2020 Courtesy of Master Scott Taylor who provides online Ip Sun training Tues/Thurs/Sat at 9am [email protected]. Healing Sounds Wood - Liver/Gallbladder Emotion is nu- anger, irritation, frustration Color is GREEN Healing sound is Xu (pronounced sheee) Nu makes the Qi rise causing a red face and eyes. It can damage the liver, blood, and bile It can damage the organs causing anorexia, diarrhea, and constipation When out of balance the person tends to be stubborn, resentful, frustrated, hostile, mean and rude. When the energy is in balance the person tends to be unselfish, dynamic, visionary, kind, and merciful. Excerpted from Rey Ximenes, MD - 'Presentation of Five Elements: Healing Sounds with Physiological and Psychological Effects' Link to sound: https://theconsciouslife.com/six-healing-sounds

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Ip Sun * Tai Chi * Qigong Tip - July 25, 2020: Courtesy of Master Scott Taylor, who teaches Ip Sun Tai Chi Tues/Thurs/Sat 9 - 10;15

Rooting and Grounding

One definition of root is "the source or origin of an action or quality". This definition echoes the Tai Chi classics: "Each movement is rooted in the feet, developed in the legs, directed by the waist, and expressed through the fingers and hands."

The physical process of rooting involves aligning the skeletal structure with gravity. The resulting connection with the earth allows for a free exchange of force down through the skeletal structure into the earth and back up from the earth through the structure.

The leg muscles are the strongest muscles in the body. Ninety percent of the force in Tai Chi Chi Kung comes from the legs. This force cannot be used unless it is supported by a stable base in the feet. If the feet are not properly positioned, the body becomes like a tree with half of its roots damaged. Such a tree would have difficulty drawing enough nutrients up from the soil; it would also be susceptible to being blown over in a windstorm.

The skeletal structure is designed to distribute the weight of the body evenly over the nine points of the foot: 5 toes, large ball, small ball, heal point, and outer edge of foot. Distributing the body's weight evenly amount these points provides a stable foundation for the rest of the structure.

Excerpted from The Inner Structure of Tai Chi by Mantak Chia and Juan Li

Ip Sun * Tai Chi * Qigong Tip - July 4, 2020
Courtesy of Master Scott Taylor who offers Online Ip Sun Tai Chi Tues/Thurs/Sat at 9:00am

Coordinate Inner and Outer, Mind and Body

One of the basic principles of Tai Chi is to move in coordinated continuous sequences, with all parts of the body connected and working together harmoniously. This continuous flow manifests through the physical structure as gracefulness and through mental structure as emotional balance and steadiness of character; this is what we call integrity.

Attaining an integrated structure is a repair process that takes place at several levels. The most basic level is the energy flow in the body. When life force is unable to circulate unimpeded, automatically some areas of the body will be affected with too much energy or too little. this is reflected in our thinking, our emotions, and the way we move.

Negative emotional energy inhibits movement. Over time, emotions begin to be held in the muscles, organs, and tissues, creating tightness and restricted movement. The Microcosmic Orbit meditation opens these energy blocks by restoring energy flow.

Without mental balance and emotional stability, the Tai Chi practitioner often struggles in vain trying to move in one piece. Without the help of meditation, it might take many years of Tai Chi practice to attain the state of mental and emotional balance that results in physical integrity. The emotions of joy, anger, fear, sadness, worry, love, respect, and so on are the most powerful forms of energy ordinarily experienced. Fully expressing the emotions is one of the characteristics of a dynamic and integrated personality.

A person should not be at the mercy of the emotions. The Taoist experiences emotions fully and then allows them to flow on once the situation that provoked them is finished. One of the results of allowing the life force to empower the movements is that the chi can flow like a river. This enables the practitioner to move smoothly and continuously, without sudden shifts in tempo.

Excerpted from The Inner Structure of Tai Chi by Mantak Chia and Juan Li

Ip Sun * Tai Chi * Qigong Tip - July 4, 2020
Courtesy of Master Scott Taylor, who teaches Ip Sun Tai Chi online Tuesdays/Thursdays/Fridays at 9:00 am

Coordinate Inner and Outer, Mind and Body

One of the basic principles of Tai Chi is to move in coordinated continuous sequences, with all parts of the body connected and working together harmoniously. This continuous flow manifests through the physical structure as gracefulness and through mental structure as emotional balance and steadiness of character; this is what we call integrity.

Attaining an integrated structure is a repair process that takes place at several levels. The most basic level is the energy flow in the body. When life force is unable to circulate unimpeded, automatically some areas of the body will be affected with too much energy or too little. this is reflected in our thinking, our emotions, and the way we move.

Negative emotional energy inhibits movement. Over time, emotions begin to be held in the muscles, organs, and tissues, creating tightness and restricted movement. The Microcosmic Orbit meditation opens these energy blocks by restoring energy flow.

Without mental balance and emotional stability, the Tai Chi practitioner often struggles in vain trying to move in one piece. Without the help of meditation, it might take many years of Tai Chi practice to attain the state of mental and emotional balance that results in physical integrity. The emotions of joy, anger, fear, sadness, worry, love, respect, and so on are the most powerful forms of energy ordinarily experienced. Fully expressing the emotions is one of the characteristics of a dynamic and integrated personality.

A person should not be at the mercy of the emotions. The Taoist experiences emotions fully and then allows them to flow on once the situation that provoked them is finished. One of the results of allowing the life force to empower the movements is that the chi can flow like a river. This enables the practitioner to move smoothly and continuously, without sudden shifts in tempo.

Excerpted from The Inner Structure of Tai Chi by Mantak Chia and Juan Li

Ip Sun * Tai Chi * Qigong Tip - June 20, 2020
Courtesy of Master Scott Taylor who teaches online Ip Sun classes: Tues/Thurs/Saturday at 9:00

Life and Light

Throughout the world, light is synonymous with healing and energy. In many religious traditions, divine power is identified with a primal light. God created light before he/she created the sun, the moon, and the rest of the world. Scientifically, light seems to defy logical explanation. Light travels at a constant velocity of 186,000 miles per second. The unit of light, called a photon, has no resting mass, making it, like Qi, more of a function than a substance. And time itself is irrelevant for light, according to Einsteins Theory of Relativity, time stops at the speed of light.

Light behaves with intelligence, always reaching its target along the path that takes the least possible time. This is known in science as the 'principle of least action', a concept with interesting parallels to the Chinese notion of Wu Wei, effortless, efficient action.

Light has been understood as the correlate of Qi since the beginning of Qigong history. One of the early ideograms for Qi is a picture of light radiating from the sun. Ancient Qigong texts speak of absorbing light energy from the sun, moon, and stars and of the body radiating varying degrees and qualities of light depending on the individual's state of health and consciousness.

Living systems literally glow. All living cells emit units of light, bio-photons. The behavior of light seems to scientifically corroborate a mystical truth, that light is a characteristic of life.

Excerpted from The Way of Qigong by Kenneth S. Cohen

Ip Sun * Tai Chi * Qigong Tip - June 6, 2020

Thanks to Master Scott Taylor, who teaches "virtual" Ip Sun Tai Chi Tuesdays/Thursdays/Saturdays at 9 am

Dan Tian Breathing

The dan tian is the energy center in the abdominal region, about three inches below the navel and midway into the center of the body. The dan tian will be the point or region from which the expansion of the abdomen seems to originate.

When practicing dan tian breathing, both the lower abdomen and the lower back expand with the inhalation, and both retract with exhalation. Most of the movement is still felt in the front of the body, but there is definitely a response in the back.

Dan Tian Breathing stimulates the kidneys, the lower spine, and the important acupuncture point, ming men "the gate of life". Ming men controls the proper functioning of the kidneys and, when stimulated, increases the body's overall vitality and energy level. Dan Tian Breathing primes the body's major energetic pump so that qi can spread more efficiently throughout the body.

Excerpted from The Way of Qigong by Kenneth S. Cohen

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMASTER YI!

Founder of Tukong Moosul and Ip Sun - The mark of a true Master is reflected in the character and quality of the generations of Black Belts that follow.

Ip Sun * Tai Chi * Qigong Tip - May 30, 2020

Courtesy of Master Scott Taylor who teaches an online Ip Sun class Tues/Thurs/Saturdays 9 - 10:15 am

Effortlessness - Wu Wei

Any bodily movement involves muscular contractions and releases. It is impossible to move your physical structure without tensing and contracting whole series of muscles and tendons. The challenge of Tai Chi is to execute all the movements without tensing or tightening to the point of interfering with the energy flow, and in learning to release once the movement ceases, so as to feel the newly gained chi. This is called Wu Wei, effortlessness, using minimum effort to achieve maximum results.

Excerpted from The Inner Structure of Tai Chi by Mantak Chia and Juan Li

Ip Sun * Tai Chi * Qigong Tip - May 23, 2020

Courtesy of Master Scott Taylor, who does a virtual Ip Sun Tai Chi class Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday at 9am

Breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth

One thing I urge everyone to practice during this coronavirus pandemic is to breathe or inhale through your NOSE and exhale through your mouth. The cells and tissues in the nose, but not the mouth, constantly and continuously produce nitric oxide, which is a gas. The physiological significance of this is that nasally-derived NO improves oxygen delivery into the lungs by causing bronchodilation – the relaxation and widening of the bronchi and bronchioles in the lungs. Moreover, when inhaling through the nose, your nasal nitric oxide is inhaled into your lungs, where it stands a chance of meeting up with the virus particles. Inhaling through your mouth will NOT accomplish this. By the same token, exhaling through your nose is highly wasteful in that you would be expelling the NO away from the lungs, where it is needed most.

Nitricoxide, also termed NO, is a gaseous molecule that is produced by our arteriesin all organs to regulate cardiovascular function. NO causes the muscle cells(smooth muscle) enveloping arteries to relax, thereby causing vasodilation, orwidening of the arteries. This physiological action results in a decrease inblood pressure within the arteries and increased blood flow to all organsthrough the dilated arteries.

NO produced by our own cells can interact with molecules in invading cells suchas bacteria, parasites and viruses to kill them or inhibit their replication orspread. NO has been shown to increase the survival rate of mammalian cellsinfected with SARS-CoV.

Excerpted from LouisIgnarro ,a medical research scientist who was awarded the Nobel Prize inPhysiology or Medicine for his breakthrough discoveries of nitric oxide (NO)

Ip Sun * Tai Chi * Qigong Tip - May 16, 2020

Inner Smile

The Inner Smile is a powerful relaxation and self healing technique that uses the energy of happiness and love as a language to communicate with the internal organs of the body. A genuine smile transmits loving energy that has the power to calm, balance, and heal.

The Inner Smile begins at the eyes and mid-eyebrow point. The eyes are connected to the autonomic nervous system, which in turn is connected to all the muscles, organs, and glands. As one of the first parts of the body to receive signals, the eyes cause the organs and glands to accelerate activity at times of stress and danger and to slow down when a crisis has passed. When the eyes relax, they activate the parasympathetic nervous system and cause the rest of the body to relax.

As you activate the loving energy, you will feel the energy of the Inner Smile flow down the entire length of the body like a waterfall. This is a very powerful and effective tool to counteract stress and tension.

Excerpted from The Inner Structure of Tai Chi by Mantak Chia and Juan Li

Weekly Ip Sun tip provided by Master Scott Taylor. Master Taylor teaches "virtual" Ip Sun classes Tues/Thurs/Sat at 9 am. Contact him for invitation.