Even with a healthy Tiger, it can be easy to confuse concentration or determination with anger. But when a Tiger is unbalanced, anger can become a real problem. If you are having trouble with anger, I recommend reading "Anger Kills" by Redford Williams and Virginia...

I got recently asked about the plaques in Ch'ien-lung, and whether they were important and why -- the mudras (finger positions) were tossed in for good measure. Below is the question followed by the response. Hello, what is the importance of the mudras? Also what is...

I was recently asked about how the work of transformation proceeds, and in my book, Unleash the Dragon Within, I break it down into three recurring and cyclical phases. The first phase, you learn and embody the Animal archetype. You train associations between...

In the mythos of Ch'ien-lung, a Dragon is creative and resilient. They represent an integration of masculine and feminine, hard and soft, qualities. The Dragon energy has a level of confidence, a certainty of their skills grounded in reality. I have been asking myself...

I recently had the pleasure of doing a book talk at the fabled Book Soup bookstore in West Hollywood (and yes, I love to say that). One of the audience members was Dr Carl Totton,  professor and chair of psychology at a private graduate schoolin LA, and co-hosts a...

White supremacy is on the rise according to numbers published by the ACLU. Their rise is boringly predictable given they see their views reflected in the highest offices of the land. What's more, social media connects white supremacists to each other with a heretofore...

Beginner students in martial arts come to 'learn moves' and 'get stronger.' It is not an exaggeration to say that most people are so inactive that anything they do  -- no matter the exercise or movements --  they will lead them to move better and get stronger. And...

My old teacher used to say about meditation and martial arts, "Move on the outside, be still on the inside. Be still on the outside, and move on the inside." In Ch'ien-lung, the Animals have not only different ways of moving, but also different ways of approaching...