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Energy, breath and stillness
Daoism & Internal Arts
Embodied Daoist practice: internal alchemy, nei gong, qigong and meditation, cultivating energy, breath and stillness through the body.
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George Thompson
George Thompson is a filmmaker, storyteller and teacher who went to the Wudang Mountains in China in 2017 and became a disciple of Master Gu, taking the rank of sixteenth-generation lineage holder in the San Fung Pai Tai Chi tradition. Alongside that training he has practised Vipassana, was mentored by the Taoist scholar Deng Ming-Dao, and in 2024 trained with the Tai Chi teacher Chungliang Al Huang.
He runs Balance is Possible, which grew from a Tai Chi school into films, retreats, coaching and the online Taoist Wellness Academy, and reaches an audience of several hundred thousand. His pitch is practical rather than scholarly: ancient practice offered as something usable against modern anxiety and disconnection.
“To hurt is to be human. You have big challenges. The struggle is always part of the human condition.”George Thompson
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