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Release and Receive: The True Nature of Tai Chi's Song Completely Revealed

Phoenix Mountain Tai Chi

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Discover how Tai Chi's principle of Song transcends simple relaxation. Learn how each level of release opens the door to a profound new attainment, from physical power to energetic awakening and beyond to spiritual connection.

🌟 The Six Levels of Song:

Physical Release:
• From local tension to whole-body coordination
• Discovering integrated muscular power
• The first gateway to internal strength

Fascia Integration:
• Releasing tissue tension
• Receiving whole-body connection
• Finding true heaviness and power

Energy Transformation:
• From Yin heaviness to Yang lightness
• Balancing internal energies
• Discovering natural power

Neijin Awakening:
• Beyond physical awareness
• Connecting with universal energy
• Forming true internal power

Yi Development:
• Releasing thought and emotion
• Accessing pure intention
• Mastering the point of control

Spiritual Connection:
• Balancing being and non-being
• Connecting with Yuan Qi
• Maintaining sacred grounding

🔮 In this profound exploration, discover:
✅ How each release leads to greater power
✅ The relationship between letting go and receiving
✅ Keys to progressing through each level
✅ Balancing dissolution with anchoring

Perfect for:
• Serious Tai Chi practitioners
• Internal arts students
• Spiritual seekers
• Those exploring deeper practice

🎓 Join Shifu Lin as he reveals:
• Traditional wisdom made practical
• Clear progression methods
• Common obstacles and solutions
• Keys to balanced development

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"In releasing, we receive; in emptying, we become full."

20 Comments

@petertuongnguyen7999 1 year ago

Awesome!!…
The clearest explanation of
the Reverse Path back to the Tao (via Internal TaiJi) I have heard in the last 38 years of searching.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this lesson Shifu.

❤ and gratitude. 😊

@ChristianoSts 5 months ago

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and making the 'translation' for western people.

@Tasmanaut 1 year ago

What I like about this guy, there is zero gatekeeping. He isn't trying to hide any 'secret teachings' behind a pay wall. He's putting out genuine information, and being completely honest, at least to how he understands it. Even with the more esoteric, 'spiritual' levels, he's not making you wait for some arbitrary period of time to tell you about it, he just says what he thinks is going on. Now, im agnostic about certain things he talks about, regarding the level of 'chi' and beyond, but at the very least he's demonstrating and explaining the various levels without any mystification or gatekeeping. Almost every other teacher either won't go there and explain what they think the 'ultimate' meaning or understanding is, or if they do, they can't demonstrate it because they don't have the skill to produce the movement in a clear way with a partner. This guy clearly has the skill to back up what he is saying, the demonstrations are honest without exaggerations and he is being honest with his interpretation. I really appreciate that.

@ph391 1 year ago

So refreshing to listen to your teaching. Many thanks for putting up this wonderful video!

@Erik-S-TaiJi 1 year ago

Awesome overview of the different levels of the internals of TaiJi, linked by the common theme of Song.
Thank you Shifu for this excellent explanation. I really enjoyed watching this and learning from it.

@dwts3 1 year ago

Love the talks about release to receive, yin and Yang. Also, love the example with taste and smell and recognition through relating.

@nielsliengaard6290 1 year ago

Wonderful video, making the development path so clear. Thank you for sharing this precious information to us! 🙏

@alexnux7364 1 year ago

Thank you Shifu for this opportunity to learn Taijiquan. Greetings from Italy 🙏

@TheMoeHey 11 months ago (edited)

wow! the crows at 25:47 celebrated your wisdom beautifully, perfect timing! you must have been really connected to the surroundings!

@ronhirsty4704 1 year ago

This is such a great lesson describing the inner growth possible thru tai chi practice.
Thank you Sifu

@ragemydream 1 year ago

This was really inspriing Shifu. Really well explained and also gives a path of tangibility.

@nathanielbrundige5982 1 year ago

This was great, and once again right when I needed it. Understanding there's a difference between releasing my weight into the ground and releasing the sense of heaviness made an immediate difference in my Song practice today. Sometimes when going to sleep or waking I stumble into the other releases. It'll be nice to have a roadmap as it were. Thanks again for sharing.

@zakarimg 1 year ago

superb video from a great master, thank you

@jasonsecretsword7606 1 year ago

So good! Since our understanding overlaps so much there is one level above Yi I practice. I call it consciousness which is just the pure observer that connects with other observers that you have noted in other videos. In this level I enter the conscious space of another person or I can enter a group consciousness that most are unaware they are even in. I can make my presence big and inviting bringing them inside or I can become small and unimportant, practically invisible in plain sight. It's use is not in control like redirecting their intent in Yi level but rather in sitting small and behind their observing light. This ends up giving the impression of Jedi life reflexes because I can move into all vulnerable positions as they are acting allowing their Yi to move me but I decide the shape with the "active" part of the mostly surrendered "self".

@naturalnorthcaviar-f9g 1 year ago

Thank you

@live-happy-health-today1431 1 year ago

Excellent video, I have had many teachers over the years and your explanation to the refining of the “sung”
Along the physical the astral/ emotional and the mental /shen I appreciate you sir. It’s nice to hear a different explanation to the human interaction with the divine. We must love ourselves and love others to live your real purpose!
🙏🤍🙏