Best Time for Activities

马晓山 As practitioners of life cultivation, we pay more and more attention to our daily routines on doing ordinary chores. We know there are certain times to do certain activities to yield maximum results. Moreover, we deliberately incorporate certain ordinary activities such as house cleaning and dish washing into our life cultivation practice. Do youContinueContinue reading “Best Time for Activities”

What Foods for Whom

马晓山 The human body will age no matter how hard we try to do life cultivation. We just hope that our body will age slowly. We hope that we will feel and look like sixty at age eighty. What kind of nutrition does the human body need? Why does the human body age? Foods toContinueContinue reading “What Foods for Whom”

Classification of Body Constitution

Classification of body constitution helps to return your body to its prime condition. Once upon a time, your body was at its prime condition, a body that is in perfect balance, or in homeostasis. It may be the time you play football in high school. It may be the time you play basketball in college.ContinueContinue reading “Classification of Body Constitution”

General Advice on Food

马晓山 The renowned Physician Li Shizhen of Ming Dynasty, mentor of life cultivation, said that foods and drinks are the lifeblood of people. Thus we have to have foods and drinks for our survival. On the other hand, there is a summary report in modern medicine, that 80% of chronic unhealthy conditions (obesity, high bloodContinueContinue reading “General Advice on Food”

The Art of Life Cultivation 04

马晓山 In our practice of life cultivation, we divide the practice into mind cultivation and body cultivation. As practitioners of life cultivation, we regard the practice of mind cultivation as the most important aspect of life cultivation. In fact, mind cultivation comes before body cultivation in our practice. In practice, we try to cultivate aContinueContinue reading “The Art of Life Cultivation 04”

The Art of Life Cultivation 03

马晓山 The basic principles include the concept of human and nature are one, that we should live with nature in harmony. We trust that the human body observes the rules of self-preservation and self-healing. Therefore, we should learn the art of self-checking and self-diagnosis. We should learn how our body parts work as a wholeContinueContinue reading “The Art of Life Cultivation 03”

The Art of Life Cultivation 02

Most people tumble on the art of life cultivation when they are middle-aged, when their body health is declining. Then they start to learn the basic concepts of life cultivation one way or another. Some will go on to practice life cultivation in one form or another, usually not in an organized way. Many peopleContinueContinue reading “The Art of Life Cultivation 02”

Timeline of Health Activities

Learn how aligning your daily habits with the body’s natural energy flow can enhance your health. This post offers a clear, time-based guide to life cultivation, with one practical tip for each of the twelve organ-related time slots. A gentle yet powerful reminder that the rhythms of nature are here to support our well-being.

The art of life cultivation 01

Helping the 50+ to live an active, carefree, happy and healthy life in a ten parts series. Benefits of of life cultivation 马晓山 Everyone in this world has four sufferings. He was born. He grows old. He will be sick. He will die. If a person wishes to live an active, carefree, happy and healthyContinueContinue reading “The art of life cultivation 01”