by Cheng Tong | May 15, 2019 | Stillness
When I took my first art lessons in Chinese brush painting years ago, the first subject we practiced was bamboo. The parlor entrance of my home has my first three attempts hanging on the wall, with my seal affixed in red. Rice paper, bearing these amateurish... 
by Cheng Tong | May 1, 2019 | Stillness
I don?t teach stillness, and in fact, it cannot be taught. It can only be experienced. What I do teach, as my students know, are the skills we use to cultivate stillness: qigong, taiji and meditation. In addition, I discuss basic Daoist concepts in my...