Taiji Sleep

Wang Xizhi's Nap and the Birth of China's Greatest Calligraphy

Wang Xizhi's Nap and the Birth of China's Great...

In the spring of 353 CE, forty-one of China's greatest poets, scholars, and calligraphers gathered at the Orchid Pavilion — Lanting — in the hills of Shaoxing, to celebrate the...

Wang Xizhi's Nap and the Birth of China's Great...

In the spring of 353 CE, forty-one of China's greatest poets, scholars, and calligraphers gathered at the Orchid Pavilion — Lanting — in the hills of Shaoxing, to celebrate the...

Su Dongpo's Midnight Walk: How China's Greatest Poet Made Peace With Sleepless Nights

Su Dongpo's Midnight Walk: How China's Greatest...

It was past midnight. The court official, poet, and gastronome Su Shi — known to history as Su Dongpo — lay awake in his quarters in Huangzhou, a city of...

Su Dongpo's Midnight Walk: How China's Greatest...

It was past midnight. The court official, poet, and gastronome Su Shi — known to history as Su Dongpo — lay awake in his quarters in Huangzhou, a city of...

Chen Tuan: The Sleeping Immortal Who Slept His Way to Enlightenment

Chen Tuan: The Sleeping Immortal Who Slept His ...

In the long history of Chinese Taoism, there are immortals who achieved transcendence through decades of martial discipline, through fasting, through the mastery of breath and energy and inner alchemy....

Chen Tuan: The Sleeping Immortal Who Slept His ...

In the long history of Chinese Taoism, there are immortals who achieved transcendence through decades of martial discipline, through fasting, through the mastery of breath and energy and inner alchemy....

The Yellow Emperor's Dream: How Huangdi Received the Secrets of the Universe in Sleep

The Yellow Emperor's Dream: How Huangdi Receive...

There is a story told about the Yellow Emperor, Huangdi, that has always stopped me in my tracks. It is said that in the fifteenth year of his reign, Huangdi...

The Yellow Emperor's Dream: How Huangdi Receive...

There is a story told about the Yellow Emperor, Huangdi, that has always stopped me in my tracks. It is said that in the fifteenth year of his reign, Huangdi...

Zhuangzi and the Butterfly Dream: The Sleep That Changed Philosophy Forever

Zhuangzi and the Butterfly Dream: The Sleep Tha...

One night, a man named Zhuang Zhou fell asleep. And in his sleep, he became a butterfly. Not metaphorically. Not symbolically. In the full, vivid, embodied reality of the dream,...

Zhuangzi and the Butterfly Dream: The Sleep Tha...

One night, a man named Zhuang Zhou fell asleep. And in his sleep, he became a butterfly. Not metaphorically. Not symbolically. In the full, vivid, embodied reality of the dream,...

Zhang Sanfeng's Living Legacy: A Seasonal Sleep System for the Modern World

Zhang Sanfeng's Living Legacy: A Seasonal Sleep...

Longevity, in the Taoist tradition, is never accidental. It is not a gift bestowed on the fortunate few. It is the natural consequence of a life lived in alignment —...

Zhang Sanfeng's Living Legacy: A Seasonal Sleep...

Longevity, in the Taoist tradition, is never accidental. It is not a gift bestowed on the fortunate few. It is the natural consequence of a life lived in alignment —...