Good morning guys, happy Sunday. 🌅 I’m on a mission for decent coffee and then Tai Chi. 😄☕️💚🙏 #coffeechain #taichi #plebchain #grownostr

Had fun today doing some gardening and #electroculture 🪴😊 #grownostr #plebchain

I did a post about the purpose of slow practice in Tai Chi. ‘Long Jin’ is a skill developed through practicing VERY slowly. In essence Tai Chi is a mind body practice where mind or ‘Yi’ becomes a primary driver of the art. Yi also roughly translates as intention or will. Long Jin means releasing tension from the foot all the way through the body and out to the finger tips. Or in other words moving the mind or focus sequentially through the body becoming acutely aware of each part - foot, ankle, calf, knee, thigh, hips, lower torso, upper torso, arms, hands and fingers. And releasing each place as much as possible. This process creates a pathway for power or ‘Jin’ to mobilise in the body. And it has to be done slowly for that pathway to build properly so there are no blocks or kinks. Ultimately the mind must penetrate and saturate the whole body - a skill which develops over time. It was around 18 years before I started to practise this way and it is a hard taskmaster. However I’ve tended to find that the most uncomfortable training methods can bear the most fruit. 🌅🙏💚 #taichi #grownostr #meditation #plebchain

I gotta zap a couple more people and then bed. Night dudes. 🥱💤 #zapathon #grownostr

Good morning! ☕️🌅 I was gonna go out and enjoy my day off…..but it doesn’t look very inviting tbh. 🙄 #plebchain #grownostr

Is there likely to be a point where the masses suddenly realise what #bitcoin is? Like a sudden orange pill moment? 💊 What would that look like to Bitcoin price?! 🍊🤔😳 #plebchain

Zhan Zhuang - ‘Standing practice’ Many Tai chi schools utilise standing as a fundamental practice. So why and for what purpose? 🤔 Well it’s a deep subject and not all Tai Chi practitioners agree or even believe that the practice has any real value. However it has been in existence for hundreds if not thousands of years. My experience is that it is a powerful exercise if done seriously and correctly. It trains a number of things. At the basic level - posture, alignments, and will power. At the next level it trains ‘sung’ - the ability to release under pressure and ‘ting’ - the ability of the mind to penetrate deep into the body to be aware of what is happening. In a nutshell standing develops physical strength and a calm and disciplined mind. More posts on this subject to come. 🙏🌅 #standingmeditation #plebchain #grownostr #taichi

Good morning guys. Just realised I never properly introduced myself to Nostr. WTF! 😄🙄 If you wanna follow me I live in Cornwall UK, I’m a beach bum/lazy surfer, I work in mental health care, I generally like to post Tai Chi and spiritual related things, some jokey political memes also and I’m learning about bitcoin and lightning network and could do with advice on the technical side - setting up nodes etc. cheers. ⚡️🙏 #zaps #grownostr #plebchain #taichi #zapathon #coffeechain

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Bit dreary this morning…..and I’ve run out of decent coffee. 😩 A trip into town might be in order. ☕️☕️😎 #coffeechain #plebchain #grownostr #cornwall

Why move slowly in Tai Chi? 🤔 Well the slow movement can be far more challenging. It places more strain on the body and mind forcing the practitioner to feel every inch of where he holds tension in his body. When the discomfort becomes too much he must find ‘sung’ and release that tension. Sung and Ting are the two primary skills being cultivated. Imaging doing a set of ten squats. Now do them at quarter speed feeling every tiny part of the movement. Do not allow the mind to dissociate, stay fully present however uncomfortable that is. Over time the body becomes stronger and more released, more robust and flexible. The mind becomes calmer under pressure. Through many repetitions the movements will become more fluid but maintain the power that was built in the slow practice. 🙏 #TaiChi #grownostr #plebchain

So my slightly strange journey into Bitcoin started in 2012. Quick disclaimer- I didn’t make it rich. 🙄 Essentially what happened was that I got into Bitcoin and then Litecoin and inadvertently ended up running a Bitcoin node but really had no idea what I was doing. I had technical problems and computer issues, lost my LTC and ended up spending my BTC on gift cards but can’t for the life of me remember what i spent those on! 😩 I then left the space entirely and didn’t get back in until 2021 during the bull market. I played around with some shit coins but didn’t really get orange pilled until early 2022. 🍊🌅 The crazy thing is that despite all my time wasting we’re still early! Mass adoption is around the corner and bitcoin is really the only serious option as money. ⚡️😎🙏 #plebchain