by Rick Barrett | Aug 18, 2018 | Taiji
If you have read my recent posts (Setting the Knee, Parts 1-4) and Meditation in Action (Parts 1-3), you will already know how crucial the principle of central equilibrium is to my practice and my teaching. It is also one of the Three Pillars that I emphasize as...
by Rick Barrett | Jun 3, 2018 | Consciousness, Integration, Meditation
In 2010 I visited an exhibit of the paintings of the Zen master Hakuin at the Japan Society in New York City. Hakuin is the guy credited with creating the most famous koan…the one we all know…”What is the sound of one hand?” His paintings...
by Rick Barrett | Jun 12, 2012 | Taiji
Here are some great thoughts from healer/taiji practitioner Philomena Papirnik (who is every bit as musical and magical as the name suggests). What is the use of resistance? How do we use it in taiji? Where is the strength in being resistant? Or is that not possible....
