Barefoot DoctorSep 12, 20204 minEleganceElegance is such a…well, elegant word. It derives from the Latin for having the taste to choose (something tasteful) and is so elegant...
Barefoot DoctorSep 12, 20202 minFlow in an unprecedented wayWhen I used to treat people as a full-time hobby, one of my specialties for a while, back in the ’80s, when the drug was quite...
Barefoot DoctorSep 12, 20201 minThrusting Thymus ExerciseThe most important thing with the thymus thrust is to remember to do it – it’s only very subtle yet extraordinarily powerful. And all you...
Barefoot DoctorSep 12, 20201 minThrusting Thymus PowerEvery now and then I like to throw in one of the really important sublimely life-changing techniques from the vast Taoist pantheon and...
Barefoot DoctorSep 12, 20201 minFearful ThinkingFearfulness arises out of low kidney energy. To bring the kidney chi back up start off by pressing behind each inner ankle bone until you...
Barefoot DoctorSep 12, 20202 minFocus, focus, focusEven if you’re not working and simply getting on with the business of having fun, there are so many details that need attending to in...
Barefoot DoctorSep 12, 20201 minTurning your inner world back the right way upIf you’re feeling all upside down and out of sorts or your life seems to have turned upside down and your energy is depleted from trying...
Barefoot DoctorSep 12, 20203 minNegotiating the daily challenge of human lifeI was mentioning the use of the phrase ‘holding it all together’, and explaining how this belies a spurious sub-template to the...
Barefoot DoctorSep 12, 20201 minPowerful technique for boosting the chi in your belly so you can feel it betterStart by placing the forefinger of your dominant hand in your navel. Place the palm of the other hand on top of the dominant-hand wrist....
Barefoot DoctorSep 12, 20201 minTransmute stress into excitement nowI was working (doing some coaching) with a man a couple of days ago, a very successful showbiz character complaining of stress and a...
Barefoot DoctorSep 12, 20201 minConnect the energies of heaven and earthThe ancient Taoists used to draw down the energy of ‘heaven’, the cosmos, through the crown of the head, down into the brain and then...
Barefoot DoctorSep 12, 20203 minWhere’s your life going?If you’re asking yourself that today and expecting to find the answer by wondering about how or if to change the externals (status,...
Barefoot DoctorSep 12, 20201 minDrumming up your energy levelsI’d like to tell you about one of the most powerful ‘levers’ for entering the state of supreme personal power, to the extent you can...
Barefoot DoctorSep 12, 20203 minSpiritual geisha (and how to protect yourself on the psychic plane)Now while you may be a rationalist who suspects all such talk is mere fanciful twaddle for people who should get proper jobs, the psychic...
Barefoot DoctorSep 12, 20201 minPowerful way to clear the mind when it’s all over the placeThis is the most powerful mind-clearing technique in the entirety of Taoist practice as far as I know. I’ve used it myself during times...
Barefoot DoctorSep 12, 20201 minBalanceIn seeking balance in your life, start within. In seeking balance within, start in your body. Begin with the breath. Equalize the...
Barefoot DoctorSep 11, 20201 minOpening/widening the creative flowThe ancient Taoists laid great store in developing and honing creativity and developed many techniques for opening and widening the...
Barefoot DoctorSep 11, 20202 minInstant way to be powerfully centred in the midst of eventsWatching the DVD of Down with Love the other day – brilliant sets and wardrobe – a parody retro pointing back to about 1966 according to...
Barefoot DoctorSep 11, 20201 minOf the internal formsRecovering from what really was a hefty bout of one-wrong-move-and-you’re-dead illness some years ago, I was and continue to be impelled...
Barefoot DoctorSep 11, 20202 minSpiffing TimeBreathing is the most important thing in life. Everything else can wait. We all know that. What’s slightly less know is that controlling...