An overview of our articles about spiritual awakening, enlightenment, self-actualization, non-duality, and personal growth.
Zhan Zhuang is a standing meditative training method often practiced within the Chinese internal martial arts. The roots of the practice are thought to lie in ancient Taoist health promoting techniques. There are various translations [ Read more … ]
Taoist Neigong, also called Nei Kung or Neigung, is a general name for a variety of Taoist-Chinese breathing, meditation and spiritual practices associated with Taoism and the Chinese Martial Arts. The Neigong practice is also [ Read more … ]
Although meditation seems to be a pure mental or spiritual practice, it’s usually not really the case. In fact, physical exercises are generally needed to prepare the body on the mental activity of concentration and [ Read more … ]
One of the core ideas in Buddhism is to supply means and methods to come to the end of suffering of mankind. This, of course, is the same goal as generally in medicine practice, and [ Read more … ]
The Buddhist Wat (“Wat” is the Thai word for “temple” derived from the Indian Sanskrit “Vata,” meaning “enclosure”) has played and still plays an important role in Thai society. Not only is there a historical [ Read more … ]
When we seriously study Thai Massage in Thailand (that is, not a two day backpacker’s training course), we undoubtedly become aware of the Buddhist spiritual setting of the teachings. The Thai Massage instructor in Thailand [ Read more … ]
When learning Thai Massage, especially when we take training courses in Thailand, we’ll usually get in touch with the concept of Metta. Metta, loosely translated, means something like Loving Kindness or Goodwill, that is, in [ Read more … ]
In the West, sexual healing is usually tackled by psychological treatments, such as psychotherapy, coaching or counselling, and the like, or alternatively with medication, the latter typically approaching sexual dysfunctions as a psychiatric pathology. In [ Read more … ]
Vipassana Meditation, in the West also called Insight Meditation, is a Buddhist meditation practice popular in Theravada Buddhist countries, such as Thailand, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, and Myanmar. Vipassana is a word in the ancient Pali [ Read more … ]
In addition to, for instance, Taoism and Confucianism, Buddhism had and still has a profound influence on Chinese society and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The Buddhist religion and philosophy entered China in the first two [ Read more … ]
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