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An Honour Chatting To A Taoist Teacher Solala Towler // Episode #32 I found Solala on Insight Timer and felt so connected to him, I had to talk to him on my podcast. He shares such wisdom and knowledge. You all know I have been teaching the Tao and love the wisdom it brings. Chatting to Solala really helped me to connect even more to nature and Taoism. Enjoy. Solala Towler was editor/publisher of The Empty Vessel: The Journal of Daoist Philosophy and Practice for 25 years. He has had 14 books published, including Inner Chapters of Chuang Tzu and The Tao of Intimacy and Ecstasy: The Promise of Spiritual Union and Tales From the Tao (Watkins); and Practicing the Tao Te Ching: 81 Steps on the Way (Sounds True). His work has been translated into Dutch, French, Italian and Spanish. He is a founding board member of the National Qigong Association as well as past President. He has taught qigong and Daoist meditation for over 30 years and leads tours to visit Daoist temples in the sacred mountains of China. Solala also leads Daoist Tea Ceremonies and is author of the books Cha Dao: The Way of Tea: Tea As a Way of Life and Tea Mind Tea Heart. As a musician, Solala has recorded four cds of meditation/relaxation music using large Tibetan Bowls, flutes, harmonic overtone singing and group chant. To learn more about Solala Towler and his work visit www.abodetao.com. So where you can find me, the best place in Instagram - @motherearthhealerpippa My website has lots of goodies and fun stuff to check out too - www.motherearthrising.co.uk How you can work with me? The 6 Week Egolution Journey - a 1:1 experience with Pippa, guiding you on a committed path to non-resistance, in allowing the Ego's true purpose to emerge. Understand the ego's role and allow yourself to integrate it's lessons into your daily life. Over the 6 weeks we will take you through our uniquely designed 5 A's. Includes: Transformational weekly 1 hr coaching session Trigger Check-Ins (Whatsapp support in between calls) Bonus Reiki healings, intuitive readings, and much more The Egolution Monthly Membership - £99 PER MONTH – collectively evolving the ego's true purpose in a safe, authentic community space. Includes: 2 x private calls each month Monthly webinar training Reiki healing Weekly group Whatsapp check-ins The Answer Self-Study Course £147 – Are you searching for a higher purpose in life? Perhaps you feel lost and are looking for support to turn your feelings of despair into hope. This uniquely designed course is here to help you, within this 5 week journey you will be guided through a step by step process into a spiritually inspired hierarchy of needs. Includes 7 modules for finding your own answers, featuring workbooks, meditations, self-reflection exercises, 4 hours of video content, plus aftercare email support. Reiki and Intuitive Channelled Readings - £44 1 hour distance Reiki Healing session where Pippa will connect to your soul guides, asking them to assist with the healing, and to allow Pippa to be a channel for their guidance. Provides clarity, empowerment, comfort, healing, and relief. Reiki Level 1, 2 and Master Training As a Reiki Master, Pippa is excited to take on new students wishing to become an attuned Reiki Healer. Individual prices are: Reiki Level 1 - £145 Reiki Level 2 - £199 Reiki Master - £399 Please get in touch with Pippa for private 1:1 training availability at: www.motherearthrising.co.uk So happy you are here and listening to my podcast. I would be super grateful if you could leave me a 5* review, share this episode with your friends/family and tag me with your biggest take away! I love hearing what you learned and it really does make a difference in spreading my messages with the world. Love & blessings. Pippa The EGO coach & healer
On this very special episode, we have the pleasure of speaking with Jane English, the co-creator of popular translations of “Tao Te Ching” and “Inner Chapters.” Here, we discuss her new book “Rainbow of Tao” and her life and work with Gia Fu-Feng. You can buy her new book “Rainbow of Tao” on her website. […]
This week we dig into the first 7 chapters of the classic proto-Daoist text, the Zhuangzi, named for Master Zhuang, or Zhuang Zhou. We worked primarily from Brook Ziporyn's excellent translation. Some other texts mentioned, and also worth reading are listed below, linked to their publisher's sites. Buy them! But not from Amazon. Victor Mair's Wandering on the WayVictor Mair, ed, Experimental Essays on ZhuangziLivia Kohn's Zhuangzi Text and ContextGeling Shang's Liberation as Affirmation - the Religiosity of Zhuangzi and Nietzsche
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Solala Towler has been editor/publisher of The Empty Vessel: The Journal of Daoist Philosophy and Practice for 25 years. He has had 14 books published, including Inner Chapters of Chuang Tzu and Tales From the Tao (Watkins); and Practicing the Tao Te Ching: 81 Steps on the Way (Sounds True). His work has been translated into Dutch, French, Italian and Spanish. He is a founding board member of the National Qigong Association as well as past President. He has taught qigong and Daoist meditation for 28 years and leads yearly tours to visit Daoist temples in the sacred mountains of China. Features: Solala’s healing journey - bedridden to awakening We live in a sea of qi In the way of the Tao, everyday, we let something go Belly Knowledge vs. Head Knowledge Manifesting Heavenly and Earthly energy within The practice becomes the teacher
Our show opens with a discussion about indoctrinating children into Taoism. Later, Dr. Totton and Tod crack open Chuang Tzu’s Inner Chapters to talk about his thoughts on what it means to be the “True Man.”
Tod cracks open Chaung Tzu’s Inner Chapters for another book report on the sacred Taoist text. We also discuss chapter 18 of the Tao Te Ching and personal energy.
On show 13, the ever-studious Tod Perry presents a book report on the first half of the seminal Taoist text Inner Chapters by Chuang Tsu. Here, we uncover the mystery of Tzu’s famous butterfly dream and discuss his timeless humor, insightful parables, and importance in the Taoist cannon. Subscribe to What’s This Tao All About? […]
Shih-Shan Susan Huang‘s beautiful new book explores visual culture of religious Daoism, focusing on the tenth through the thirteenth centuries. Picturing the True Form: Daoist Visual Culture in Traditional China (Harvard University Asia Center, 2012) is divided into two sections, devoted loosely to esoteric and exoteric realms of knowledge. The “Inner Chapters” of Part I of the book consider esoteric Daoist images associated with meditation, visualization, and breathing practices. These chapters take readers into a world of Daoist cosmography, considering images of the body and the cosmos and the relation between these realms. Ranging from body worms to star voyages, from images of heaven and the underworld to bird forms in True Form Charts, from maps of paradise to forms of writing, the images and objects in Pt. I collectively create an archive of Daoist imagery while being very careful to explain how particular forms of image did very specific types of work. The “Outer Chapters” of Pt. II of the book examine exoteric Daoist works, including the material culture and spatial design of Daoist ritual space, ritual performance, and liturgical paintings. These chapters bring our attention to the materiality and ephemerality of some Daoist images, introducing the production and interpretation of Daoist paintings and offering us a basis for comparing the Daoist context with that of Buddhist imagery. It is an exceptionally rich study that will no doubt influence many fields in East Asian studies. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shih-Shan Susan Huang‘s beautiful new book explores visual culture of religious Daoism, focusing on the tenth through the thirteenth centuries. Picturing the True Form: Daoist Visual Culture in Traditional China (Harvard University Asia Center, 2012) is divided into two sections, devoted loosely to esoteric and exoteric realms of knowledge. The “Inner Chapters” of Part I of the book consider esoteric Daoist images associated with meditation, visualization, and breathing practices. These chapters take readers into a world of Daoist cosmography, considering images of the body and the cosmos and the relation between these realms. Ranging from body worms to star voyages, from images of heaven and the underworld to bird forms in True Form Charts, from maps of paradise to forms of writing, the images and objects in Pt. I collectively create an archive of Daoist imagery while being very careful to explain how particular forms of image did very specific types of work. The “Outer Chapters” of Pt. II of the book examine exoteric Daoist works, including the material culture and spatial design of Daoist ritual space, ritual performance, and liturgical paintings. These chapters bring our attention to the materiality and ephemerality of some Daoist images, introducing the production and interpretation of Daoist paintings and offering us a basis for comparing the Daoist context with that of Buddhist imagery. It is an exceptionally rich study that will no doubt influence many fields in East Asian studies. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shih-Shan Susan Huang‘s beautiful new book explores visual culture of religious Daoism, focusing on the tenth through the thirteenth centuries. Picturing the True Form: Daoist Visual Culture in Traditional China (Harvard University Asia Center, 2012) is divided into two sections, devoted loosely to esoteric and exoteric realms of knowledge. The “Inner Chapters” of Part I of the book consider esoteric Daoist images associated with meditation, visualization, and breathing practices. These chapters take readers into a world of Daoist cosmography, considering images of the body and the cosmos and the relation between these realms. Ranging from body worms to star voyages, from images of heaven and the underworld to bird forms in True Form Charts, from maps of paradise to forms of writing, the images and objects in Pt. I collectively create an archive of Daoist imagery while being very careful to explain how particular forms of image did very specific types of work. The “Outer Chapters” of Pt. II of the book examine exoteric Daoist works, including the material culture and spatial design of Daoist ritual space, ritual performance, and liturgical paintings. These chapters bring our attention to the materiality and ephemerality of some Daoist images, introducing the production and interpretation of Daoist paintings and offering us a basis for comparing the Daoist context with that of Buddhist imagery. It is an exceptionally rich study that will no doubt influence many fields in East Asian studies. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices