by Rick Barrett | Feb 14, 2022 | Consciousness, Taiji
We each have opportunities to extend beyond our comfort zone and explore what else is possible for us. It doesn’t have to be on the big stage. Without stress there is no growth. We get to choose how much Shen we welcome into our lives.
by Rick Barrett | Dec 27, 2021 | Taiji
Wu Wei and Wei Wu Wei in Taijiquan Practice When your body is not aligned [形不正], The inner power will not come. When you are not tranquil within [中不靜], Your mind will not be well ordered. Align your body, assist the inner power [正形攝德], Then it will gradually come on...
by Rick Barrett | Apr 1, 2020 | Event Recaps, Meditation
I had the honor of teaching a five-day meditation retreat at the beginning of March for Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. It was called “Meditation in Stillness. Meditation in Action.” I was joined by the wonderful Dr. Renee Rhodes, clinical...
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 | Dec 9, 2019 | Consciousness, Integration, Taiji
Wikipedia: Wu wei (Chinese: 無爲; pinyin: wú wéi) is a concept literally meaning “inexertion”, “inaction”, or “effortless action”.[1][2] Wu wei emerged in the Spring and Autumn period, and from Confucianism, to become an important...
