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Trailer | Power of the Martial Body Sphere
In this episode (1-168), Master Mikel Steenrod explores one of the most misunderstood components of the Four Ascendant Tradition model: the Martial B…
3 months ago
Shorts | Chinese Herbs: Qi Effect or Chemical Effect?
Season 2 Episode 16
Are Chinese herbs working because of chemistry… or because of Qi?
In this episode of Living the Tao Shorts, Daoist Master Mikel Steenrod explores the…
3 months, 1 week ago
Trailer | Power of the Social Sphere
What is power?
In this episode (1-167) of Living the Tao, Taoist Master Mikel Steenrod challenges the modern assumption that power means dominance or…
3 months, 1 week ago
Trailer | I Ching Dyad: Beginning and Folly
I Ching Dyad: Beginning and Folly
Subscriber Episode Preview
Most failures don’t happen at the end.
They happen at the beginning.
In this preview of …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Shorts | Think or Feel?
Season 2 Episode 15
We’re often told to “think for ourselves.”
But what if that’s only half the story?
In this Living the Tao Short (2-15), Taoist Master Mikel Steenrod …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Good, Evil, and the Power of Neutrality
Season 1 Episode 165
Are good and evil moral absolutes — or are they something else entirely?
In this episode (1-165) of Living the Tao, Taoist Master Mikel Steenrod pres…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Trailer | A Table in Your Mind
In this trailer for Living the Tao – Episode 1-164, Mikel Steenrod introduces a traditional Taoist mind-training drill drawn from the oral tradition.…
4 months ago
Shorts | Shaking Off the Red Dust: Taoism's Answer to The Vision Quest
Season 2 Episode 14
Many cultures have a tradition of the vision quest. In Taoism, a related practice is known as Biguan.
In this short episode of Living the Tao, Master…
4 months ago
Trailer | Making Talismans for the Lay Person
In this trailer for Living the Tao (1-163), Taoist Master Mikel Steenrod introduces a subscriber-only episode on lay talismanic practice—what it is, …
4 months, 1 week ago
Trailer | What is the Best Mood?
What is the best mood?
In this subscriber-only episode of Living the Tao, we explore mood not as a virtue or flaw—but as a functional tool that shape…
4 months, 2 weeks ago