Yi Ren Press
Booklets
The Leak-Proof Container: How to Keep the Qi We Have
by Jill Gonet
A timely offering, this Yi Ren Press booklet offers a generous helping of suggestions and advice, based on several decades of extensive experience in cultivation as well as observation of common challenges that students encounter. Many aspects of life, attitude, cultural context, and practice are discussed, and are offered in digestible “tip” sized, or crystallized small paragraphs. An easy read to pick up and put down without losing the thread of the subject or the pervasiveness of the theme. Those who are intent on preserving what they have gained from their qigong and cultivation practice will find a multi-faceted and useful guide here in our newest booklet. 46 pages.
Essays on Cultivation and the Predator: A Look at Some of the Brutal Factors
by Jill Gonet
Essays on Cultivation and the Predator: A Look at Some of the Brutal Factors includes four brief, but to-the-point, essays on the subject. A must-read for those who have begun to see things that are hard to see, this booklet will provide some understanding companionship and guidance. 53 pages of tips and advice for managing difficult situations, and using them to make headway in cultivation.
Wu-Wei for Dinner: Easy Grain-Free, High-Energy Meals for Bigu and Everyday
by Jill Gonet
Bigu, for some people, means intermittent fasting, and perhaps educating the stomach about what one should be eating to foster one’s cultivation. For others, bigu means abstention from grain, and this cookbook offers a solid collection of delicious and easily prepared meals that are grain-free. The recipes strike a happy medium and include a few poultry dishes and a couple of fish dishes, in addition to vegetarian dishes. All of the recipes in the book come from years of experience in creating simple, satisfying, and economical nourishment that fosters cultivation. Dr. Sun had many favorite dishes, and when he especially liked something, we would note it down, and he would also give that meal a name, so all of the recipes in this book were his favorites and were named by him, over the many years of his service in healing and teaching our community.
Developing the Energetic Matrix with Internal Observation
by Jill Gonet
Traditionally, in Northern China, cultivation first begins with qi cultivation, focuses on the development of the energetic body and matrix, and then after that proceeds to training the mind with meditation and quiet sitting. This allows us to ground the energy before engaging in quiet sitting and internal observation practice—practices which are performed not merely to calm the mind, but to attune our internal energy to the spirit and to the Tao. This allows greater development of the body and energetic matrix, at certain junctures in the cultivation process, than qigong practice alone. Highly recommended for practitioners wanting to refresh outmoded habits and reflexes, as well as take their energetic and spiritual development to another level.
