The Equinox is a Time of Harmony

It's no secret that the Daoist tradition is one that prizes harmonizing with nature.

The famous Dao De Jing of Lao Tzu regularly exhorts the reader to come into such harmony, but the Chinese Medical scriptures of the Yellow Emperor's classic are even more explicit - advising certain health practice to help us accord with specific seasonal energies.

We need not be as complex as all that, but I think all of us can feel when the change of season comes upon us.  These times of year bring with them a certain archetypal quality.  The equinoxes - when the days and nights are equal - shine a quality of balance and harmony.  

On the autumn equinox, personally, I always feel a call to go inward.

We can accord with these energies by meditating or doing qigong or inner yoga practices with the intention to line ourselves up with the larger cycles around us.  

Every autumn, I offer a three day Daoist meditation retreat to help us ride that inward current, reflect, and restore ourselves.  This year, once again I'll offer this training online in order to make it more accessible during these wild times!  Find out more here. 

On Thursday evening, 9/23, I'll lead a special FREE qigong and meditation practice  on the ancient practice of the 'Union of Fire and Water'.  This is a special Daoist meditation to harmonize the energies of the inner body, and is the perfect way to promote harmony with the energies in nature all around us.  I hope you can join us for this one hour class at 6:30 PST. 
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