Nirvana Soma

The Eight Brocade's Qigong is a series of poses and movements that are designed to improve and manintain health. It is important firstly to understand that your body is a system of channels through which vital energy courses and circulates throughout the entire body from head to foot. Qi is the energy that makes the nervous system and all other bodily functions work. By stimulating certain channels through breath, stretching and movement the energy in the body can circulate and do its work. Keeping the energy balanced and circulating throughout the body are the main principles of Qigong. Certain movements and exercises increase the flow of Qi to and around the internal organs. This in turn increases personal health and general well-being. It is recommended that the practioner do 2 or 3 of the the Eight Brocades each day to insure optimum health. The standing poses are done with little or no movement. Focusing on the breath while holding the pose is all that is needed to gain the be...

Awake to Morning Taoist Prayer Music Cranes at Sunset

  Reishi, Lingzhi, (Ganoderma lucidum) Lingzhi Mushroom (Reishi) Lingzhi (Reishi) holds a significant place in Taoism, both in its spiritual symbolism and its use in Taoist practices.  Lingzhi is often referred to as the "Mushroom of Immortality" in Taoist tradition. It is believed to have the power to confer longevity, vitality, and even immortality to those who consume it; an is an essential part of the Taoist pursuit of eternal life and spiritual enlightenment. Lingzhi is considered a divine or supernatural herb in Taoism, symbolizing spiritual power, health, and prosperity. It is often depicted in Taoist art and iconography as a symbol of the connection between the earthly and the divine realms. Taoist Sage with Lingzhi mushroom Reishi mushroom is the supreme Shen Tonic of all Chinese herbalism. A beautiful reddish-brown mushroom that has been revered by the Chinese for thousands of years because of its incredible spiritual potency. What makes this herb so powerf...

Acupuncture diagram showing the points along the Spleen channel. The function of the Spleen is to transform food into nutrients as a source for Qi and blood. The ancient Chinese saw the human body as a system of interconnected energy flows and channels. When these flows become blocked or obstructed stagnation occurs in the body and organ functions are impaired. Glands, organs and bodily functions become sluggish or otherwise imbalanced. When this happens there is a general feeling of being run down with low enregy and poor circulation that can result in pain, fatigue or illness. The series of points used in this healing system help to restore balance and well being to vital bodily functions and systems when correctly stimulated.  Used regularly this healing modality can help to neutralize imbalances, reduce or eliminate pain, upgrade the immune system, increase mental acuity, enhance regenerative potency and increase available energy throughout the human body. Old book on acupunctu...

The Immortal Body Excerpts from the book: Merging spirit with essence this is the ultimate practice. Primal essence is aroused through desire yet without attachment to that very same desire.  Build the generative energy using the breath like a bellows stoking a fire. Breathe with awareness as generative Qi is spread throughout the body enlivening and making it whole. To refine and regenerate the body bring the awakened Qi up the spine to refresh and revitalize the brain. This is called the *microscosmic orbit. The Taoist quest for immortality is one of the soul being in total harmony with the body. The quest is for the development and transformation of physical body into an eternal vehicle for the soul.  Convert the lower into the higher using both miind and breath. Keep them together in your awareness and the coversion is certain. Contract the anal muscles and the energy of life will be forced upwards to nourish the glands in the brain. Once this process begins to happen on i...

Taoist Seals and Stamps used in Exorcism rites The apocalypse is a time on earth of great upheaval, monumental changes and enourmous chaos. Many wars on several different levels and fronts are all taking place simultaneously. On the political front nothing is what it seems, corruption is rampant as openly lying, taking bribes and looting the puplic coffers is the norm. Women will dress and act like men and men will act and dress like women. Young children will be used as if they were women as perversions run rampant. Children will develop diseases formerly known only to adults while women will develop diseases formaly known only to men as the reproductive power in men wanes and dies. Women will lose the power to conceive children and men will attack and kill each other over small trivial matters. Unborn children still in the womb will not be safe not even from their own mothers while great storms sweep over the earth. The spirit world and the human world will collide and come together ...

Quan Yin~ Goddess of Compassion and Mercy Immortal Sisters,  Secrets of Taoist Women “In Taoism the importance of the feminine element in human life is strongly emphasized, and mythically and historically it counts very many women among its greatest figures.”  ~Thomas Cleary In this review we will explore several female adepts of early Taoism along with some of their practices in which balance, renewal and wholeness can be restored to the life of a human being. Female adept with the Peach of Immortality We have the legend of a prehistoric shamaness “who was at one time instrumental in restoring the balance and sanity of her people when they had gone mad, lost their original mental coherence and were on the brink of destruction.” One female Taoist adept was known as the Tea Elder. She had been seen by the older people in the village as looking youthful for over 100 years. She carried a bowl of tea leaves to market that seemed never to run out.  Several such Immortal Siste...