Taiji Tao Sessions
Taichi, Qigong, Neigong, and Sitting Meditation
About the Taiji Tao approach
The Taiji/Taichi Tao approach comes from the mountain monks (Shan Ren) and is often nicknamed “Temple Style Taiji” or "Taiji Tao". But as Master Liao always says: in the old days, before the name Taiji was used, it was called "Prenatal moving meditation".
It's a path of going back to origin, of investigation into the Self, reconnection to one's deeper nature.
This particular approach was brought to the West by Master Waysun Liao, who founded the Taichi Tao Center in Chicago, in 1971.
Master Liao studied with an old wandering Taoist monk in a Tao Temple in his native Taiwan, since he was a child. The approach is based in meditation.
Amongst other things, including sequence work, this approach is mostly shared through Single Form training, or “Dan Tsou” style practice, which breaks down each movement of the long form into smaller motions that we can practice repetitively in a cyclic manner.
In this "system", you find Neigong, Qigong, Taogong, Nei Dan, two-person practice, sitting meditation, body opening exercises, and much more.
About Sarah Tulivu/Fong Yi
I’m Sarah, and I’ve spent about 15 years studying Taiji (Taichi), Qigong, Neigong, and related mind–body disciplines, including several years of immersive training in a Taoist Temple, and Buddhist retreats.
My path into Taiji Tao and meditation began through working in conflict zones, where I saw the deep interconnection between the inner dimensions of ourselves and the outer world of action, service, and the functioning of society.
What I share is aimed at bringing together presence/embodied awareness, contemplation, purposeful action, and compassion —cultivating the qualities of the heart needed to meet ourselves and the world with softness and integrity.
About the Sessions
As they say, less is more
In the sessions, we are focusing mostly on principles and foundations. I have found that working with foundations is actually a very advanced practice. Foundations are found at the base of everything.
Listening
We'll be consistently coming back to the quality of one's attention, and to enquiring about where the attention originates from, and how it permeates in all that is perceived. While applying that work on the forms, body openings, living with others, etc.
Through the practice, we will accompany ourselves into a quieter, simpler, and more embodied space. Gradually reconnecting to our natural ability to feel, while staying available, and present in, with and as what is. Including disturbances and disruption, cracks and decay, staying dynamic in failure, and whatnot. : )
