by Rick Barrett | Jan 11, 2020 | Consciousness, Healing, Taiji
Whole-brain coherence. Superconsciousness. Opening the Three Eyes. Body-Mind-Spirit Integration. Transrational/Transpersonal Awareness. Non-objective awareness. These are all terms that I have used to describe the shift in awareness that occurs when we awaken from the...
by Rick Barrett | Nov 16, 2019 | Integration, Meditation, Taiji
“Push. No push.” “Punch. No punch.” In my many years studying with him, Grandmaster William C. C. Chen would often exhort us to let go of excessive effort with paradoxical words like that. Taijiquan is filled with paradox, which can be...
by Rick Barrett | Dec 11, 2018 | Consciousness, Integration, Taiji
Anxiety can be crippling. And persistent. Here’s how Wikipedia describes it: Anxiety is an emotion characterized by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil, often accompanied by nervous behaviour such as pacing back and forth, somatic complaints, and rumination. It...
by Rick Barrett | Oct 9, 2018 | Consciousness, Event Recaps, Taiji
One of the highlights of Tai Chi Alchemy in Sedona 2018 was Maria Barrett’s presentation of “Touching and Feeling.” It is an important distinction and was illuminating to many. Discerning the difference is a key to understanding and cultivating ting...
by Rick Barrett | Jul 11, 2018 | Consciousness, Meditation, Taiji
Let’s pick up from where we left off in Meditation in Action-Part One. If we can agree that meditation is any practice designed to bring the mind temporarily into non-conceptual awareness, the gap between thoughts, Pure awareness…or as I prefer,...
