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Appearances
DAOI Talks, Experts Series, Episode 012
Internal alchemy (neidan), training with Wang Liping, and the Dragon Gate lineage.
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I talk about internal alchemy, the Dragon Gate lineage, training in China, and the books. Hard questions welcome.
Write to info@nathanbrine.com with the show, a recent episode and possible dates.
Short bio
I teach Taoist internal alchemy (neidan) from Wang Liping's Dragon Gate lineage. Practising since 1997, authorized to teach in 2015, author of the three-volume Taoist Alchemy of Wang Liping.
Longer bio
Nathan Brine has practised Taoist internal arts since 1997. He trained full-time in China for several years, studied Classical Chinese and the Taoist canon at the University of British Columbia, and left graduate school to train with Wang Liping, the current transmitter of the Dragon Gate lineage. In 2015 Wang Liping authorized him to teach and to write The Taoist Alchemy of Wang Liping, published in three volumes between 2020 and 2024. He teaches online and in person and lives in Vancouver.
Portrait
Download (600 px). Photographs on request.
Topics
- What internal alchemy is, and what it is not
- Jing, qi and shen in plain language
- Training with Wang Liping
- What the classical texts do and do not tell a practitioner
- Writing down an oral tradition