Water Tai Ji and Yi Jing Divination

In this course we will practice the water style of Wudang Tian Ma 36 form.  (Celestial Horse Tai Ji Quan).  We will cover fundamentals such as tai ji rooted stepping, circular and spiraling movement, harmonizing the breathing, silk reeling, standing pillar, cloud hands, seeking structure through standing pillar in the morning, seeking stillness through seated meditation in the evenings.

In the afternoons we will have guest lectures by Johan Hausen on the rare and complex method of Yi Jing Divination known as the 6 line method for healing purposes.

Content includes: Introduction to the Yi Jing as a book of divination, Origins and the Making of the Yi Jing (nine sages), Yi Jing Virtue, for health not for gain/profit, Two most important diagrams, He Tu and Luo Shu, Yin and Yang (liangyi), Four/five emblematic animals/beasts, Five phases/five beasts, Eight trigrams, Ten Heavenly Stems , Twelve Earthly Branches, Twelve palaces of birthing and flourishing, 64 hexagrams, Categories of the 10,000 Things (trigram associations), Overview of casting methods, pre-heaven (time only), post-heaven (trigram numbers) method, coin method, yarrow stalk (ling).

Application of the 6-Lines method: Moving line, Hidden line, Six relatives, Hidden/flying spirits, Shi/Ying (world/response), Empty Death, Interpretation, Healing procedure.