Taoism

Zhan zhuang — stand for ten to forty minutes in a relaxed posture. Builds the somatic ground.

Diaphragmatic breath into the lower dantian. Belly soft, breath low.

Pick one daily task and do it without forcing. Notice what changes.

One verse weekly. Read it slowly several times across the days. Let it work on you.

Simple opening form — drawing energy up from the earth, settling it in the dantian.

One hour weekly with no phone in a natural place. Watch how things actually move.

Move attention in a loop up the back and down the front of the body. Energetic circulation.

Bring a faint smile to each organ in turn. Notice the felt change in each.

Specific sounds and gestures for each organ. Sound as somatic medicine.

Track wood, fire, earth, metal, water — in seasons, in food, in emotions, in self.

Sitting and forgetting. Drop everything, including the dropping. The Daoist gateless gate.

Long walks in remote terrain. Solitude with the more-than-human.

Foundations for neidan — refining jing to qi, qi to shen. Requires a teacher.

Stories and dialogues that loosen the grip of conventional thought.

Pu — the uncarved block. Reduce what is unnecessary in possessions, schedule, speech.