On Finding a Teacher
On one fine summer day, as I strolled aimlessly along a riverbank,
Beset with a thousand disquietudes,
I chanced upon an old woman fishing under the shady cool of creeping willows.
I wanted to ask her my thousand questions regarding the sun, moon...
Posted May 18, 2011 | 12:50:53 (EST)
The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 8, 1882. This law came into existence following revisions to the Burlingame Treaty of 1868, an agreement that fostered U.S.-China relations...
Posted May 16, 2011 | 07:00:00 (EST)
"What Qigong style is best for me?"
I hear this common refrain from many of my students. In the panoramic view of the vast universe of Qigong, a novice faces an overwhelming selection. Qigong consists of 3,000 different...
Posted December 7, 2010 | 14:47:25 (EST)
Philip Glass and I were seated on the podium at the Rubin Museum of Art after the screening of my film, Taiji on 23rd Street. Philip had scored the music for the short film that I had been its director and performer. Unbeknown to...
Posted September 29, 2010 | 14:34:16 (EST)
Ginger, the root of the Immortals, has better medicinal properties and is used more widely than Ginseng. The word, Jiang, 薑, is derived from the ideogram representing the ancient agrarian method of planting rows of ginger between rice paddies. The ginger plant, with its aromatic flowers, serves as a natural...
Posted August 13, 2010 | 16:37:00 (EST)
When my students ask, "What is the most beneficial diet for healthy living?", I reply, "Leave out the ice, 冰/bing." (Bing in Chinese means literally frozen water.) Most of the time, they are utterly puzzled by such an unexpected response. However, the best diet is the one that is free...
Posted June 15, 2011 | 13:45:00 (EST)