>> verily, verily, doug schwartz wrote:
>> >  The notion of exercise being good
>> > is mostly a Western concept, not shared by other medical traditions.
>> > Certainly the Taoists urged lethargy.>

>Doug, where do you get the idea that Daoists urge lethargy?  Daoists
>don't urge anything except Dao, in my perception...

Unfortunately, (Stephen, David and TC ???), it is not easy to understand "Daoist
Lethargy" intellectually. You really have to *experience* it.

Find a really good teacher in Xing Yi, Chen Taijichuan, or Baguazang (in
increasing order of preference.) If you have trouble finding a good teacher in
your town, let me know, and I'll send you some recommendations (from
authoritative sources such as the Baguazang Journal).

A couple of weeks won't make you an expert, but a good teacher will show you how
you are generating unnecessary tension, and expending unnecessary energy even
when you *think* you are moving in a totally relaxed fashion.

Hope you three don't write a book on the subject with less than 10 years of
practice under your belt, though.

Roy