Medicating by Meditating: healing spirit and body with TCM

Written by Maria If you live in a concrete jungle like London, New York or Hong Kong, you are certainly very familiar with stress, anxiety, and pollution that negatively impact the quality of your life. Your tight schedule makes you feel like everyday is the same as the day before. All this planning in advance…

Martial Arts Diet

Highlight: Everyone can live longer if they pay attention to their lifestyle and try to live as monks do.  People may have often heard that Buddhist monks on average live longer than others, and this is scientifically proven. However, the reason that monks can live longer is not because of their identity as monks, it…

History of Chinese Martial Arts

Chinese Kungfu, also called “martial art”, or “wushu”is a sport item created by the Chinese people during a long time of historical development.  Legendary origins According to legend, Chinese martial arts originated during the semi-mythical Xia Dynasty (2070–1600 BCE) more than 4,000 years ago. It is said the Yellow Emperor, Chinese Han people’s ancestor, introduced…

Tai Chi and Health Keeping

Tai Chi, as an excellent way of keeping fit, originates from ancient Chinese arts of health preservation. Ancient methods of maintaining health may be divided into two main categories: static and dynamic, the distinction being whether or not physical movements are involved.   As a form of wushu, tai chi assimilates the essence of both…

Martial Arts Diet

Highlight: Everyone can live longer if they pay attention to their lifestyle and try to live as monks do. People may have often heard that Buddhist monks on average live longer than others, and this is scientifically proven. However, the reason that monks can live longer is not because of their identity as monks, it…