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Robert Coons is a resident of Toronto where he teaches Tai Chi, Meditation, and Tea Ceremony. He studied with secular Taoist disciple Hai Yang, and various teachers in China such as Yin Qin (Yang Style Taiji), He Caitong (Taiwan Cha Dao), Yu Jiang (Xin Yi Liu He Quan), and others. He is the author of Internal Elixir Cultivation: The Nature of Daoist Meditation and in 2016 he will give a keynote presentation at the Toronto Tea Festival and hold various events throughout North America and China to facilitate the practice of the arts of Daoism.
0:00 QiGong changed his troubled life, living in Shanghai, China.
9:36 Speaking Mandarin and translating Taoist documents
12:41 Historical categories of Taoist texts
17:33 Difficulty with generational translated Taoist texts
21:35 Taoist influences on Taiji, Wudang myths, Zhang Sanfeng’s mythology
29:39 Original Texts and Cultivation Correction
34:44 Wrong Study and Wrong practice – Avoid the buffet
36:49 Dantien in Taoism vs. Martial Arts and Qigong
44:26 Microcosmic orbit, real or mental construct?
48:39 Do we have a dantien or must we create it?
54:00 Masters and Schools of Taoism
59:13 General Classification and Gates of Neidan Practice and Oral Formulas
1:02:56 Taoist vs Buddhist Qigong and Meditation
1:08:18 Qi Concept, Unani medicine, Scents of flowers
1:17:39 DAO-I Project, Immortality Study, Qigong Project
1:24:44 Chinese Tea Culture
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