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The Empty Pivot: Finding Wuji in Tai Chi
For the Tai Chi practitioner who senses a deeper current flowing beneath the movements, this book is your guide to the source.
You have practiced the forms, felt the balance of yin and yang, and made the art a reliable refuge. Yet a quiet question Where does the motion come from? Before the first movement, what is there?
The Empty Pivot is a profound meditative companion for students ready to explore the answer, the silent, fertile state of Wuji from which all of Tai Chi arises. This is not a manual of postures, but a journey to Tai Chi's inner essence. It reveals a secret hiding in plain The "pivot" is the Taiji, the perfect point of balance from which all movement flows. The "emptiness" is the Wuji, the silent void from which all creation is born. This book illuminates how the pivot itself is empty, and how all true movement arises from a center of profound stillness.
Drawing on the timeless wisdom of Daoist masters, you will discover how to transform your practice from a physical exercise into a spiritual homecoming. Through evocative imagery and practical exercises, you will learn
* Find the stillness within physical motion, discovering that movement is born from stillness.
* Practice song, the art of potent release that is the gateway to the mystery of Wuji.
* Experience your body as a living cosmos, a miniature reflection of all that is.
* Stand at the edge of creation through standing meditation, becoming an empty vessel ready to be filled.
The Empty Pivot reveals that the goal of the form is to reconnect with the formless. It is an invitation to come home to the quiet, empty center from which all things are born.
You have practiced the forms, felt the balance of yin and yang, and made the art a reliable refuge. Yet a quiet question Where does the motion come from? Before the first movement, what is there?
The Empty Pivot is a profound meditative companion for students ready to explore the answer, the silent, fertile state of Wuji from which all of Tai Chi arises. This is not a manual of postures, but a journey to Tai Chi's inner essence. It reveals a secret hiding in plain The "pivot" is the Taiji, the perfect point of balance from which all movement flows. The "emptiness" is the Wuji, the silent void from which all creation is born. This book illuminates how the pivot itself is empty, and how all true movement arises from a center of profound stillness.
Drawing on the timeless wisdom of Daoist masters, you will discover how to transform your practice from a physical exercise into a spiritual homecoming. Through evocative imagery and practical exercises, you will learn
* Find the stillness within physical motion, discovering that movement is born from stillness.
* Practice song, the art of potent release that is the gateway to the mystery of Wuji.
* Experience your body as a living cosmos, a miniature reflection of all that is.
* Stand at the edge of creation through standing meditation, becoming an empty vessel ready to be filled.
The Empty Pivot reveals that the goal of the form is to reconnect with the formless. It is an invitation to come home to the quiet, empty center from which all things are born.
79 pages, Hardcover
Published August 25, 2025
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