In this edition of Ask Sifu Anthony, you’ll find questions about cancer, pain, self-compassion, qigong fasting, long-covid, and dantian theory. I believe that students should be able to get the answers that they need. That’s why I work so hard answering questions in our free Facebook group, inside my online programs, in our webinars, and […]
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Breathe, Even if the World Is Ending
A month ago, we lost the great Vietnamese Zen master and peace activist, Thich Nhat Hanh, or Thay as he was known to students around the world. What would Thay (master teacher, pronounced “tay”) say about Ukraine, Putin, and the threat of nuclear annihilation? I imagine that he would tell us, first and foremost, to […]
Too Many Mind
We’re 11 days into 2022. Are you being kinder to yourself so far? Or are you beating yourself up for not sticking to your New Year’s resolutions? I mean, why do we beat ourselves up when we already know it won’t help? Why do so many of us struggle with self-compassion? Is there another option? In the 2003 […]
Qigong in the Age of Covid
Like most of you, I didn’t have “Global Once-In-a-Century Pandemic” on my bingo card for 2020. Now, 20 months later, 290 million people have gotten covid, 50 million have gotten long-covid, and 5 million have died. On January 3rd, the U.S. reported 1 million new cases in a single day, shattering all previous records. As […]
How to Make Big Changes in 2022
I like to watch transformational videos of people losing a ton of weight or getting in crazy good shape. I find it inspiring to watch these 60-second montages of someone’s year-long transformation. You get all of the motivation with none of the effort! But how do these people do it? How does someone lose 100 pounds? How does someone relearn how to walk after a bad car accident? […]