The Whole Health Center

02/14/2026

join Paul for Singing to the Divine at The Gatherings in Surry
please see flyer for dates and times.

02/11/2026

The Book of Balance and Harmony –
windows on an ancient text

Online Thursday evenings at 7:00, beginning February 12.

Taoism is perhaps more ancient and shamanic in its roots than any great spiritual tradition on
this planet. It has expressed itself in many poetic, and often obscure and alchemical ways; as
well as in the simplest and most naturalistic ways. The same roots show up in the teachings
of Confucius.

Buddhism in China borrowed heavily from the spirit of Taoism to arise as Zen. In turn, when
the later divergent schools of Taoism sometimes got lost in fascinating and secondary pursuits
that missed the essential point, the later reformers borrowed back the essential teachings from zen to renew the essential understanding of the Tao.

This led to a great inter-spiritual under-
standing and school of teaching that united and cross-referenced the essential message of
Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism at their roots.

So much is conveyed in so few words of the Taoist teaching, that we could spend a long time
examining and learning to apply the meaning of just a few phrases – and translating them
from terse poetry to meaningful practice.

In our new Thursday evening Zoom program, starting this week, we will enter in to that study
together, slowly and with humility, to demystify and parse the significance of such words as
heaven and earth; body, energy, and vitality; awareness, essence, and spirit; calmness and
openness; the mysterious within the mysterious.

Our text says: “The enlightened make their energy and spirit complete.... The consummation
of humanity is to establish life in the center of heaven and earth, to make essence of the
endowment of open awareness. Establishing essence and life, spirit is therein.”

To me, that accords with what we may call “The Blessing Way.”


You may register under Programs on our website, The Whole Health Center.org
We will send you our program link, if you don't have it.

12/11/2025

join Paul for meditation on Saturday mornings.

https://www.thewholehealthcenter.org/workshops

09/17/2025

Paul will be at The Common Ground Fair this weekend. Stop by and say hello Friday or Sunday!

07/26/2025

Original poetry by Paul at Northeast Harbor Library and broadcast online.

05/20/2025

Join Paul for qigong throughout the week.

05/06/2025

What if the most transformative healing you could offer the world wasn’t through doing more, but through becoming a blessing in how you simply show up? Tune in TODAY at 3pm PT/ 6pm ET for an inspiring discussion with Paul Weiss on his work The Blessing Way.

Moments with Marianne airs in the Southern California area on KMET1490AM & 98.1 FM, an ABC Talk News Radio affiliate! Not in the broadcast area? Click here to listen! https://tunein.com/radio/KMET-1490-s33999/

Paul Weiss is a highly acclaimed writer, teacher, and founder of The Whole Health Center in Blue Hill, Maine. His work encompasses zen meditation, tai chi, qigong, and compassionate healing practices, drawing from decades of study and practice across various traditions. His counseling work incorporates a Buddhist-based cognitive behavioral therapy, couple's communication processes, and expressive emotional recovery and integration work. In his practice, he also applies meditative awareness to what he called CNR – conscious neural re-circuiting; and has elaborated the Tibetan compassion practice of Tonglen as a comprehensive therapeutic program he calls Compassion, Integration, and Healing. . https://www.thewholehealthcenter.org

For more show information visit:
www.MariannePestana.com

01/31/2025

We were lucky and honored to zoom-host Sophie a few years ago for a rich talk about her writing, ecology, and disability.

Please consider supporting her now. And! Don’t forget to read her wonderful books (listed in the go fund me).
Thank you,
Sherene and Paul

Sophie, my daughter, has been sick for 15 years. In March her memoir a… Perdita Finn needs your support for Sophie Strand Asks for Help on Her Healing Journey

01/29/2025

Join me, Paul, for The Transformative Power of Tonglen, a Residential Retreat from March 20 to 23, 2025 at Wonderwell Mountain Refuge in New Hampshire. I'm excited to be guiding this retreat on the ancient practice of Tonglen, a profound meditation for cultivating unconditional love and healing.

We'll explore:
• Cultivating a grounded, embodied sense of compassion.
• Deepening listening and heart communication skills.
• Expanding the capacity to be present to our own suffering and the suffering of others.
Through this retreat, we will learn how to:
• Embrace challenges with bravery and tenderness.
• Integrate past emotional experiences.
• Cultivate a wider field of compassion.

This retreat will offer a supportive and safe space to practice and learn, with relaxing qigong exercises during breaks.

Join us on this journey of self-discovery and compassion! Learn more and register at
https://rb.gy/3rk28j|

10/10/2024

We have one of our special qigong workshops – Qigong – Finding Our Home on the Earth – scheduled at the Belfast Dance Studio in Belfast, Maine on Saturday, October 26. Please follow instructions on the flyer to register.

10/09/2024

New Retreat: True Heart True Mind: a journey of self-awakening offered by Paul Weiss, The Whole Health Center
November 14th-18th, on the beautiful grounds of the Natural Dharma Fellowship & Wonderwell Mountain Refuge in Springfield, New Hampshire.

In True Heart True Mind, we work with rotating partners, silently contemplating the timeless question "Who am I?" while remaining newly open to our actual arising experience. We communicate our experience simply and honestly to our partners – and let it go. Then we hold space for them, and listen with non-judgmental presence and receptivity to their truth. Together, contemplation and communication augment the awakening power of both, and have a transformative effect on our awareness, and on our capacity for insight, integration, compassionate presence, and, yes, self-realization.

To learn more about True Heart True Mind visit: https://www.thewholehealthcenter.org/true-heart-true-mind

To register for this workshop contact Paul Weiss at: info@thewholehealthcenter.org

09/05/2024

Book Recommendation: The Dharma of Direct Experience: Non-Dual Principles of Living by Paul Weiss. Available at Inner Traditions/Bear & Co. https://www.innertraditions.com/books/the-dharma-of-direct-experience