Healing, Yoga and Qigong

Often we look for happiness outside of ourselves – through material things or by wishing that our lives were different in some way.  Daoist philosophy   teaches us that the path of happiness lies within , and certainly one of the defining traits of Daoists Masters is the way they exude a state of happiness, a sense of light-heartedness and fun. Much of  Traditional Chinese Medicine theory is derived from Daoist philosophy and tells us that  happiness depends on cultivating the chi (energy) of the Heart whose corresponding element is Fire , and this balance of Fire energy in the Heart will increase our sense of inner joy and happiness. Thus when the Heart chi is deficient or in excess and Fire is out of balance we may find ourselves experiencing unhappiness and feel agitated and off-center.  Furthermore there is an aspect of the Heart that is the wellspring of all our happiness.    The ancient Chinese text the  Nei Jing , `The Yel...