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Feedback and Requests
Technical issues, user feedback, and feature requests are dealt here.
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School The training ground for beginners and committed practitioners. Discussing about formal practices and applications is generally allowed here.
Talk About Good Practice
How to practice better? To understand this, we gather to talk about the five pillars of optimal training: system, lineage, teacher, community, and student.
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Qigong Chinese Health
Discussion about the teachings and training provided by Sifu John Dolic.
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Flying Phoenix (Chi Kung for Health series)
Official discussion about the teachings of Sifu Terry Dunn, primarily his Chi Kung for Health series.
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XinYi Internal Power Studies
Master JR Rodriguez and his close student Earl Grey offer insights into how a real internal martial art can be both empowering and transforming.
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Courses and Gatherings
Teachers announce their public courses here: Events, conferences, and regular classes offering training in internal arts. This also is the place for organizing social activities and training groups among students and practitioners.
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Academia Articles and articulate discussion about beneficial spiritual practice.
Wisdom and Ethics
Discovering how virtues in fearlessness, non-attachment, and awareness show the truth.
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Herbalism and Naturopathy
Applications from folk medicine to external alchemy. Discussing about relevant formal practices and applications is generally allowed here.
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Holistic Living
Wholesome activities for both body and mind. Insight into proper hygiene, sleep, eating, and exercise through both traditional knowledge and modern scientific research.
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Textual Study
Studying writings can be a good way to confirm one's understanding. Let your learning be more than intellectual speculation and cleverness!
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Creative Arts
Chiefly verbal, aural, and visual arts in the context of spirituality.
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What Went Wrong?
Personal and witnessed accounts of internal training gone wrong, and recovery from training injuries. Also, warnings about spiritually packaged scams and analysis of abusive and cult-ish behavior.
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