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Robert Coons

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Robert Coons is a resident of Toronto where he teaches Tai Chi, Meditation, and Tea Ceremony. He studied with secular Daoist disciple Hai Yang, and various teachers in China such as Yin Qin (Yang Style Taiji), He Caitong (Taiwan Cha Dao), Yu Jiang (Xin Yi Liu He Quan), and others. Today he continues to cultivate the Golden Elixir and is very happy to talk to you, so send him an email or visit his substack Immortality Study. You can also buy his tea at tcmsix.com/shop/ And check out his newest online class: https://courses.qigongmeditation.online/tea-mastery-course Big thanks to our sponsor The Apricot Grove! Eternal gratitude to Bart Matthews for our amazing intro music! Check out our FB page if you roll like that. For books! https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=59079037theapricotjam@gmail.com

Robert Coons is a resident of Toronto where he teaches Tai Chi, Meditation, and Tea Ceremony. He studied with secular Daoist disciple Hai Yang, and various teachers in China such as Yin Qin (Yang Style Taiji), He Caitong (Taiwan Cha Dao), Yu Jiang (Xin Yi Liu He Quan), and others. Today he continues to cultivate the Golden Elixir and is very happy to talk to you, so send him an email or visit his substack Immortality Study. You can also buy his tea at <a href="http://tcmsix.com/shop/?fbclid=IwAR1dzhpsZVA2RQAwW629XwU95wPw2jlTzbZluukDq1dmW1diXViHAjtsyzY" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">tcmsix.com/shop/</a> And check out his newest online class: <a href="https://courses.qigongmeditation.online/tea-mastery-course" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://courses.qigongmeditation.online/tea-mastery-course</a> Big thanks to our sponsor <a href="https://www.xinglininstitute.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Apricot Grove!</a> Eternal gratitude to <a href="mailto:bartcmatthews@gmail.com" rel="noopener">Bart Matthews</a> for our amazing intro music!   Check out our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/theapricotjam" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">FB page</a> if you roll like that.   <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/theapricotjam" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">For books</a>!   <a href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=59079037" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=59079037</a><a href="mailto:theapricotjam@gmail.com" rel="noopener">theapricotjam@gmail.com</a>

After nearly a year hiatus from releasing new episodes, and nearing what’s hopefully the end of a worldwide pandemic, we’re very happy to welcome back Robert Coons to talk with us about tea as a medium for meditation and health, from a Daoist viewpoint. Robert is a well-known teacher and writer on Daoist meditation, a tea vendor, an acupuncturist and practitioner of qigong and martial arts,  and was our guest two years ago in our episode “Tea &amp; Daoism: Adjacent Connections”. He’s about to launch an online course on tea meditation, so we took this opportunity to get an overview of Robert’s perspectives on tea as a meditation practice. We begin looking at the origins of tea as herbal medicine in China and possible historical roots for tea meditation, and we also look at tea meditation as a novel practice built on older influences. Robert chats with us about how our setting and intention in preparing, serving and drinking tea can lead to the generation and movement of qi, or energy,  and we discuss the roles mindfulness, physical movement and tactile sensations, as well as our choices of tea, play in this process. We talk about why tea meditation is gaining a lot of attention at this moment, how tea fits in with goals of opening the mind and improving health and longevity, and why tea can serve as a gateway for deeper levels of meditation practice. Robert also gives us a peek at his new “Tea Mastery” course and how it will be part of a broader platform for tea meditation and self-care resources. For more info on Robert’s upcoming course, go to the Tea Mastery page on Robert’s Qigong Meditation website (https://courses.qigongmeditation.online/tea-mastery-course), and be sure to subscribe to the email list for updates and registration info. Robert’s other online platform for qigong and traditional Chinese medicine resources, mentioned in the episode, is https://tcmsix.com/. Internal Elixir Cultivation: The Nature of Daoist Meditation is available on Amazon at this link.  Talking Tea is produced and hosted by Ken Cohen. You can follow Ken on Twitter @kensvoiceken.    more about Talking Tea  Sign up for our email list to get updates on new episodes and events.   The views and opinions expressed by guests on Talking Tea are those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of Talking Tea or its staff.   This podcast features music from “Japanese Flowers” (https://soundcloud.com/mpgiii/japanese-flowers) by mpgiiiBEATS (https://soundcloud.com/mpgiii) available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Adapted from original. Image of Robert Coons courtesy of Robert Coons.

After nearly a year hiatus from releasing new episodes, and nearing what’s hopefully the end of a worldwide pandemic, we’re very happy to welcome back Robert Coons to talk with us about tea as a medium for meditation and health, from a Daoist viewpoint. Robert is a well-known teacher and writer on Daoist meditation, a tea vendor, an acupuncturist and practitioner of qigong and martial arts,  and was our guest two years ago in our episode “Tea &amp; Daoism: Adjacent Connections”. He’s about to launch an online course on tea meditation, so we took this opportunity to get an overview of Robert’s perspectives on tea as a meditation practice. We begin looking at the origins of tea as herbal medicine in China and possible historical roots for tea meditation, and we also look at tea meditation as a novel practice built on older influences. Robert chats with us about how our setting and intention in preparing, serving and drinking tea can lead to the generation and movement of qi, or energy,  and we discuss the roles mindfulness, physical movement and tactile sensations, as well as our choices of tea, play in this process. We talk about why tea meditation is gaining a lot of attention at this moment, how tea fits in with goals of opening the mind and improving health and longevity, and why tea can serve as a gateway for deeper levels of meditation practice. Robert also gives us a peek at his new “Tea Mastery” course and how it will be part of a broader platform for tea meditation and self-care resources. For more info on Robert’s upcoming course, go to the Tea Mastery page on Robert’s Qigong Meditation website (<a href="https://courses.qigongmeditation.online/tea-mastery-course" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://courses.qigongmeditation.online/tea-mastery-course</a>), and be sure to subscribe to the email list for updates and registration info. Robert’s other online platform for qigong and traditional Chinese medicine resources, mentioned in the episode, is <a href="https://tcmsix.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tcmsix.com/</a>. Internal Elixir Cultivation: The Nature of Daoist Meditation is available on Amazon <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Internal-Elixir-Cultivation-Nature-Meditation/dp/1943155135/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1647567224&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">at this link</a>.  Talking Tea is produced and hosted by Ken Cohen. You can follow Ken on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/KensvoiceKen" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@kensvoiceken</a>.    <a href="http://talkingteapodcasts.com/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">m</a><a href="http://talkingteapodcasts.com/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ore about Talking Tea </a> <a href="http://talkingteapodcasts.com/join-our-community/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sign up for our email list</a> to get updates on new episodes and events. The views and opinions expressed by guests on Talking Tea are those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of Talking Tea or its staff. This podcast features music from “Japanese Flowers” (<a href="https://soundcloud.com/mpgiii/japanese-flowers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/mpgiii/japanese-flowers</a>) by mpgiiiBEATS (<a href="https://soundcloud.com/mpgiii" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/mpgiii</a>) available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/</a>). Adapted from original. Image of Robert Coons courtesy of Robert Coons.

Tea as Daoist Meditation, with Robert Coons

In this episode we talk to Robert Coons, Daoist practitioner author of Internal Elixir Cultivation: The Nature of Daoist Meditation, about the various internal practices of Daoism and his own practices and lineages. We also discuss his understanding of the meanings behind the different characters for Qi, namely 氣 and 炁, and how their relate to various Daoist practices, as well as scholar and Daoist practitioner 陳攖寧 Chen Yingning and his theories of the 三元 or “Three Originals”. Robert’s courses and his book can be accessed at his website http://daoistmeditation.com.

In this episode we talk to Robert Coons, Daoist practitioner author of Internal Elixir Cultivation: The Nature of Daoist Meditation, about the various internal practices of Daoism and his own practices and lineages. We also discuss his understanding of the meanings behind the different characters for Qi, namely 氣 and 炁, and how their relate to various Daoist practices, as well as scholar and Daoist practitioner 陳攖寧 Chen Yingning and his theories of the 三元 or “Three Originals”. Robert’s courses and his book can be accessed at his website <a href="http://daoistmeditation.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://daoistmeditation.com</a>.

PCP#15 Robert Coons: Internal Elixir Cultivation

https://tributariesradio.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/TRIBUTARIES12-23-2018dAOISMwEB.wav Robert James Coons, global scholar and tea merchant, has devoted his life to rediscovering and mastering the ancients’ most profound achievement – traditional Daoist meditation and internal elixir cultivation practices. His book is Internal Elixir Cultivation.

<a href="https://tributariesradio.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/TRIBUTARIES12-23-2018dAOISMwEB.wav" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tributariesradio.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/TRIBUTARIES12-23-2018dAOISMwEB.wav</a> Robert James Coons, global scholar and tea merchant, has devoted his life to rediscovering and mastering the ancients’ most profound achievement – traditional Daoist meditation and internal elixir cultivation practices. His book is Internal Elixir Cultivation.