Jess' Daoyin & Taijiquan

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Jess' Daoyin & Taijiquan

Leading transformational workshops in Daoist health, healing and longevity practices including energy healing and meditation.

Instructor of Daoyin [qi gong/Chinese yoga]and Taijiquan [Tai Chi], nei gong [internal energy practices/alchemy], eastern and western herbs, energy healing and spiritual counseling. These practices can help:

· Heal the discomfort of modern living, stress and aging, including shoulder and neck pain from computer work, back pain, repetitive stress and balance-related issues;

· Rediscover your natural center which fosters balance, a sense of peace and confidence regardless of life’s circumstances;

· Restore harmony in breathing, eating and weight control. Digestion, elimination and weight issues may resolve quickly with regular practice;

· Strengthen, tone and firm your body inside and out;

· De-stress and relax, releasing toxins – physical, mental and emotional -- encouraging your natural immunity for optimum health.

· Provide clarity and focus to meet the challenges of life.

· Nourish your entire system with healing qi [energy] that juices the body, retarding aging and the complications of aging.

· Unravel mental and emotional patterns that cause suffering and self-destructive patterns. Classes are taught by Jessica Sommar, D.Min., a student of Classical Yang Family Style Taijiquan – including fist and weapons forms –Traditional Chinese Medicine, Western and Eastern herbology, Daoyin [qi gong], nutrition and weight loss, healing and alchemical practices of Daoism learned over a decade from disciples of Master Wang Liping, lineage holder of Quanzhen Longmen Pai; Martial artist, acupuncturist and herbalist Sifu Rene Navarro [http://www.renenavarro.org/] (a student of Master Gin Soon Chu [www.gstaichi.org]) and various other teachers from the Healing Tao and Western Energy Medicine. She continues her Taijiquan studies with Master Vincent Chu in Boston, Mass. Healing, counseling and private training sessions are available with Jessica in the Pawcatuck, CT by appointment -- email jessteacher@yahoo.com.

04/23/2020

A reprint from my Master Tai Chi Chuan instructor.

Rene J. Navarro tells readers about a little-known form of taiji that may have been in danger of becoming a lost art! Fortunately for the internal arts world, this form has been rescued from obscur…

04/20/2020

Morning Dao...

NOBILITY IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY

What happens when you can’t do what you want? I don’t mean being frustrated because the movie you want to see is sold-out. I mean the tough stuff—you can’t get hired, you have money troubles, the person you love doesn’t care about you, the people close to you face horrible illnesses, or you feel that you haven’t accomplished what you wanted to do in life. What then?

Yes, we’re told that we should have a realistic view of ourselves and that we should “adjust to reality.” But sometimes, even after you’ve searched yourself, you still find drawn to a certain course. What then? You persevere.

If we let others define us, if we are deterred by circumstance, if no one cares about us, we still have to believe in ourselves. The Taoists and Confucians ask you to search within. If what you want is ethical, true, and noble, then you must keep trying. If great leaps are denied you, take small steps. Enough patient shoveling creates a mountain.

The ancients have this advice: prepare yourself. Every day. If we haven’t prevailed yet, then we must train, study, and make ourselves into the person we envision. In that sense, we aren’t just struggling against the tide. We make ourselves into the junzi: the noble one—the superior person.

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(Don’t miss the figure in the lower left corner)

Woodcutter in Winter Mountains
Yang Xun (died ca. 1508)
Hanging scroll: ink on paper
45 7/16 × 18 7/8 in. (115.4 × 48 cm)
Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University

04/14/2020

Daily Dao

BEAUTIFUL WORDS ARE SOLD AT MARKET

Among the ten thousand things,
Tao is the most profound.
It is the treasure of good people,
and the protector of bad people.

Beautiful words are sold at the market.
Noble deeds can be presented as a gift.
Even bad people are not abandoned.

A king is enthroned as the son of heaven
and appoints his three ministers.
The nobles may present their jade disks
and parade their teams of horses,
but it’s not as good as presenting Tao.

Why did the ancient prize Tao so much?
Was it not because:
it could be had by any who sought it,
and that the guilty could find forgiveness in it?
That is why it is the treasure of the world.

—Daodejing, 62

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Tao is for everyone, whether good or bad. There is no discrimination. There is no exclusion. We are all accepted. We all belong.

When beautiful words are sold at the market and noble deeds presented at gifts, those without privilege and money are left out. Not so with Tao.

For all the wealth that a king is given, it’s not as good as if the king received Tao. But that seldom happens. Few kings mount the throne for the sake of truth or to benefit the people.

Ultimately, though, each of us must find their own way. That is why Tao, rather than money and power, is best: it can be had by any who seek it, and we find peace within it.
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http://dengmingdao.com/books/heart.php

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Pawcatuck, CT
06379

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http://jessinamerica222.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/a-yang-warrior-is/

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Instructor of Daoyin [qi gong/Chinese yoga]and Taijiquan [Tai Chi], nei gong [internal energy practices/alchemy], eastern and western herbs, energy healing and spiritual counseling. These practices can help: · Heal the discomfort of modern living, stress and aging, including shoulder and neck pain from computer work, back pain, repetitive stress and balance-related issues; · Rediscover your natural center which fosters balance, a sense of peace and confidence regardless of life’s circumstances; · Restore harmony in breathing, eating and weight control. Digestion, elimination and weight issues may resolve quickly with regular practice; · Strengthen, tone and firm your body inside and out; · De-stress and relax, releasing toxins – physical, mental and emotional -- encouraging your natural immunity for optimum health. · Provide clarity and focus to meet the challenges of life. · Nourish your entire system with healing qi [energy] that juices the body, retarding aging and the complications of aging. · Unravel mental and emotional patterns that cause suffering and self-destructive patterns. Classes are taught by Rev. Dr. Jessica Sommar, D.Min., a practitioner of Classical Yang Family Style Taijiquan – fist and weapons forms –Traditional Chinese Medicine, Western and Eastern herbology, Daoyin [qi gong], nutrition and weight loss, healing and nei gong alchemical practices of Daoism learned over a decade from disciples of Master Wang Liping, lineage holder of Quanzhen Longmen Pai; Martial artist, acupuncturist and herbalist Sifu Rene Navarro [http://www.renenavarro.org/] (a student of Master Gin Soon Chu [www.gstaichi.org]) and Vincent Chu, Grandmaster Chu’s son, as well as other master teachers from the Healing Tao and of Western Energy Medicine. Dr. Jessica has studied Chinese Brush painting at the China Academy of Arts in Hangzhou as well as Mandarin when she lived there 2008 to 2010. She teaches in New York City, Connecticut and Massachusetts and has taught in the PRC. She is a board certified Clinical Chaplain and Pastoral Counselor, and an ordained Interfaith Minister since 1998. She also co-trains and is certified as a 200-Hour Kripalu yoga teacher and enjoys living in the space between the two systems of yoga and taijiquan. Healing, counseling and private training sessions are available with Dr. Jessica in the Pawcatuck, CT by appointment -- email jessteacher@yahoo.com.