Everyone
knows that food is a fuel for our bodies, yet how many of us really take the
time to figure out which foods are beneficial for our systems and which are
harmful, which are digested easily and contribute to optimal qi flow, and which
make one sluggish and not able to perform efficiently? Here at the Tao Garden,
the food is grown either on site or locally, and is mostly organic. Meals are
prepared using the Taoist five-element (sweet, sour, bitter, salty, pungent) approach, and there is plentiful choice!
I feel so lucky to be able to eat so healthily and in harmony with my body’s
requirements, without having to buy or prepare the food myself.
Check out this link for some great info on five-elements nutrition
Today, one
of the exercises we practised is the Inner Smile. In this exercise, you bring
the vibration of smiling (and its associated feelings of happiness, love and
kindness) to all the major organs of the body. The qi generated from the
practice can be stored in the body for future use, or sent outside of oneself
into the environment beyond. Look at how it made all of us feel! These two lovely beings are Autumn, from Minneapolis, and Julio from Portugal.
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