24 episodes
Xu, the Podcast about Emptiness Ryan Powell
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- Religion & Spirituality
This is a musical meditation podcast, released as the Dao flows, exploring various ways we can empty our heart and mind and come in to a deeper presence with our lives while living in a busy world. Qigong teacher and musician Ryan Powell crafts a musical and spoken journey into the Dao of Emptiness. We will explore breathing and mindfulness techniques from the Qigong tradition and allow the energy of the moment flow like medicine to help us empty our over-full hearts and minds. Tune in, and let go . . .You can support the podcast by becoming a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/XuPodcast
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Mountain Body
In this episode of Xu, The Podcast about Emptiness Ryan explores the meaning behind chapter 26 of Laozi's Daodejing. What is the importance of heaviness and how can heaviness become the root of lightness? Take a journey into your Mountain Body and feel the felt sense of connection to earth and solidity through this musical contemplation of the Dao.
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Golden Light Invocation
This sacred Daoist invocation / mantra can be played to harmonize your heart mind, cleanse the space around you and infuse your life energy with the auspicious Jin Guan (golden light). You can play this on repeat in your space to cleanse a room or home, or listen as a personal meditation as you visualize the golden light infusing every cell of your body and being.
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Unity of Body and Spirit
Here we explore techniques to restore the unity of the Body and Spirit. Sometimes we get so far away from ourselves, from the present moment, from our body home. Taming the wandering mind and helping it find it's way back into the body is the essential medicine gleaned from our Daoist cultivation practice. Come, take a deep breath, and learn how to come home. The ancient sages left us the technology, all we need to do is remember and practice.
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Slow Down ~ Snail Medicine
In this episode of Xu, Ryan takes us on a journey into the benefits of slowing down and returning to a peaceful, present life rhythm. Like a snail moving through the woods, we can all benefit from slowing down our daily rhythms and taking time to observe all the beauty of life around and within us. The slow way is the fast way. . . ask the snail, she knows!
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10,000 Thoughts Become One
In this episode of Xu, Ryan takes us on an exploration of an old Daoist saying, "The 10,000 thoughts become One." Here you will learn a simple breath practice from the Emei Qigong tradition to help strengthen your mind, your spirit, and your ability to be present and concentrate in the moment. Let your wandering mind rest for a bit as you take this journey into the shining mind. Into the mind of Dao . . .
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Just Be You, Real Human.
Today we take a musical journey into the Real Human within each of us. What does it mean to be truly authentic? What is covering up the great treasure, the real person, within each of us and how do we uncover it once again? Ryan takes us into the feeling and potential of the ZhenRen, the real human, within the heart of humanity.