Get Your Feet Wet With These Simple & Enjoyable Practices!

By Elizabeth Reninger, About.com Guide to Taoism

Here's a sampling of some foundational practices, common to many systems of qigong practice, as well as a couple that are a bit more advanced. Whether you're brand new to Taoist practice, or have been at it for years, decades or lifetimes - these practices have the potential to benefit you in countless ways. Enjoy!

1. Basics
2. Going Deeper
3. Supports For Practice

Basics

Six foundational Inner Alchemy practices: the Inner Smile, Standing Meditation, Walking Meditation, "Aimless Wandering," a practice to develop Witness Consciousness, and one to nourish the Snow Mountain energy-center.

• The Inner Smile
• Snow Mountain: Our Energetic Root
• Aimless Wandering

• Standing Meditation
• Walking Meditation
• Developing Witness Consciousness

Going Deeper

Additional practices to play with, as you gain experience with and confidence in the basic practices.

• Polarity Processing
• The Secret Of The Golden Flower
• Moon On Lake Visualization
• Holding Heaven In The Palm Of Your Hand
• Healing Sounds Qigong To Transform Grief

• Healing Sounds Qigong To Transform Fear
• Healing Sounds Qigong To Transform Anger
• Healing Sounds Qigong To Transform Anxiety
• Healing Sounds Qigong To Transform Pensiveness

Supports For Practice

Guidance, support and inspiration for a Taoist practitioner.

• Help Along The Way - The Importance Of A Teacher
• Five Simple Lifestyle Recommendations
• Tonic Gold - Spiritual Sunshine

• Eight Inspirational Books
• Taoist New Year's Resolutions
• Sacred Mountains Of Taoism