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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Ghost Hands in Rain Palms hover—steam rising off stone Elbows sink as if in a silk stream "Your force: not in muscle, but in intent— Condensing where resistance dissolves." Can you strike with mist? #meditation #martialarts #booksky #poetry #bluesky

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Listening to the Tide’s March Toes dig in to sandy fault lines Waves lapping like breath "Before ‘intent’, the impulse to exist: ‘Wide open let the world flow through it.’" What weight anchors your flight? 🙆‍♂️🙆‍♀️🙆 #Meditation #poetry #bluesky #booksky #writingcommunity #photography

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Silk Reeling the Void Spine suspended from cloud-thread Pelvis a mortar grinding star-dust "The wheel turns itself— Your tendons: unspooled silk in dark water." What spins when no hand pulls? #meditation #martialarts #booksky #bluesky #poetry

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Nimoh 📸 @nimoh.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

The sky's skin ... #photography #sunrise #sky #Earth

A photograph of a sunrise over a calm river. The sun is visible just above the tree line on the horizon, casting a bright glow and a long reflection across the water. The sky is vibrant with purple, pink, and orange tones, while the foreground and surrounding trees are dark silhouettes.

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

The Unnamed Not standing. Not meditating. A simple suspension between earth and sky. Palms open like unfurled clouds. Before contemplation, before meditation—there was this. The usefulness of uselessness. Unclassified things erode empires. 🙆🙆‍♀️🙆‍♂️ #meditation #yoga #martialarts #booksky #bluesky #aiart

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

I had chronic fatigue and brain fog following a COVID infection in 2019 (I was traveling). I turned to Zhan Zhuang out of desperation, and it's been very helpful - it's the most boring martial arts exercise but the most interesting form of meditation-That sounds exciting! I hope you find new readers

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Roots in Burning Soil Feet fuse with the scorched earth Crown rises above smoke-choked skies Knees become shock absorbers Grow where ash falls deepest Fire consumes, and it forges What unbroken thing rises from your grounding? 🙆🙆‍♀️🙆‍♂️ #meditation #yoga #martialarts #booksky #bluesky #writingcommunity

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

I wrote mostly in science fiction and literary fiction back then. This current book consists of a progressive series of guided meditations designed to help immerse people in a form of standing meditation called Zhan Zhuang or Ritsu Zen. So I guess it's more of a mind/body/spirit book. How about you?

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

What even is romance anymore? People don't seem to be connecting in the same ways as they used to. Does the genre reflect that or do you think that's off-base?

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Thank you, it was a long time ago. 11 books is very impressive! I have written in a few different genres, but I have not published the works because they were all terrible - but good practice lol What genre(s) do you write in?

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Left foot presses down as right hand lifts Pelvis a balanced fulcrum The body becomes a lever Resistance and effort united Press down to lift up Push west to move east Be the calligrapher and the ink Where is your pivot point? 🙆🙆‍♀️🙆‍♂️ #meditation #martialarts #writingcommunity #poetry #bluesky #booksky

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Thank you. I had a short poem published a long time ago... I used to write all the time but I have been on hiatus for the last ten years. I only recently got back into writing, so it's all good practice. And yourself?

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Breath of the Unbound Ribs expand against imagined restraints Center of gravity pulses like a star in the void Ribs contract, restraint dissolves Expanding through limits Inhale the world’s breath Exhale and add your own Who hears your voice? #meditation #martialarts #yoga #booksky #bluesky #poetry

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. -Lao Tzu

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

I write the pieces. I do a bunch of them in advance- I just add a stolen image from internet search before posting

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Fingertips brush stillness Head suspended from above Knees float above tectonic roots Digging into the earth Eyes soft-focused on shifting horizons Surface tension building beneath palms In stillness it's easy to detect the silent tremors #meditation #poetry #writingcommunity #booksky #bluesky 🙆‍♀️🙆🙆‍♂️

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Thank you, the posts are based on guided meditation exercises featured in the book, I try to put out something every day as an exercise. I appreciate your kind words.

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

River Bones, Mountain Flesh Skeleton floats upwards as flesh pours down. Tendons taut, humming like strings. Weight drops, Earth-energy rises. Resistance flows where structures yield. Sinews stretch, structure reinforced. #meditation #Resistance #booksky #bluesky #yoga #fitness #writingcommunity 🙆‍♀️🙆‍♂️🙆

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Invisible Burdens Hands hover, pressing phantom stones into water. Shoulders carry the invisible weight of years. What can you do that leaves no shadow? 'Joy lightens the heaviest burden.' Release what wasn’t yours. 🙆‍♀️🙆‍♂️🙆 #meditation #booksky #bluesky #yoga

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Storm-Holder's Paradox Arms as if containing thunder. Spine floats above grounded legs. Smile faintly as winds howl. "Inhale chaos. Exhale coherence. 'Motion in non-motion,' say the masters. The calm eye sees the hurricane whole." 🙆‍♂️🙆‍♀️🙆 #meditation #writingcommunity #photo #booksky #bluesky #yoga

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

The Uncarved Block Feet rooted in the earth. Knees like bent saplings. Palms cradle empty space rippling with potential. Before temples, before monuments—there was structure. 'Seek spirit, not form.' What structures will you unbuild today? 🙆🙆‍♂️🙆‍♀️ #meditation #yoga #writingcommunity #martialarts

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Gratitude You gotta have some gratitude When you say please and thank you to me You got some gratitude Inside your human chest There’s probably a heart Don’t try to shut it out Just open up the door Gratitude It's what you got Oh baby gratitude @alyankovic.bsky.social #punk #fanart #music 😅

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

I've had some success with Zhan Zhuang every day for a few minutes, stretching hard in all directions.

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

“Flow with whatever may happen, and let your mind be free: Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.” ― Zhuangzi #meditation #yoga #booksky #bluesky #poetry #philosophy #photography #art #writingcommunity #wellness

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Seeds in the Ground Stand until the earth cracks Center of gravity glowing ember-red Roots drink deep from hidden aquifers Inhale: Reinforce your stability Exhale: Vivify what lies fallow What rises after dormancy shakes the earth 🙆‍♀️🙆‍♂️🙆🌱 #meditation #resist #martialarts #Yoga #photography #poetry

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Silent Strings And Echoes Elbows tug knees. Shoulders drop, hips rise. Puppet and puppet master using its own tendons. Inhale: Untangle the threads. Exhale: Tug one thread, everything moves. Coordination precedes victory. #Meditation #martialarts #poetry #photography #yoga #kungfu 🙆‍♂️🙆🙆‍♀️

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

The Weightless Stone Arms cradle emptiness. Spine bears imagined loads. Vaulting up through the pelvis. Inhale: Feel the burden. Exhale: Make it buoyant. The burdens we carry together becomes lighter. #meditation #martialarts #Community #bluesky #booksky #architecture #fitness

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Skeleton floats. Ribs expand Fascia a woven net beneath the skin Stretch in all directions Expand outward Integrate the opposites Inhale: Let gravity test your structure Exhale: Hum with potential energy What’s built on truth won’t collapse when shaken #meditation #yoga #bluesky #booksky #poetry 🙆‍♀️🙆🙆‍♂️

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

The Breath That Moves Mountains Lungs swell. Feet anchor. Feel it boil in your core. Inhale: Pull the horizon closer. Exhale: Push foundations into the sea. Breathe whispers in meditation before it echoes in the streets. #Breathwork #meditation #booksky #Meditation #bluesky #photography🧍‍♂️🧍🧍‍♀️🫁🔊

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Hovering Palms, Iron Roots Fingertips brush stillness. Feet pierce into the bedrock. Shoulders forget they carry weight. Inhale: Let energy rise like the tide. Exhale: Channel it through the hands. Even light touch cracks stone when roots run deep. #Meditation #martialarts #booksky #bluesky 🙆🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Six Directions, One Mind Project energy: forward and back against the future and the past, up and down, left and right here and now Inhale: Build under pressure Exhale: Hold the sphere intact Presence in all directions is true stability #meditation #martialarts #booksky #bluesky #QiGong #yoga 🌐🙆‍♂️🙆🙆‍♀️🌐

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

In ancient times great masters stood upon the earth supporting heaven, controlling yin and yang, breathing in the essence, standing alone, guarding spirit, with body singularly whole and complete. -Lao Tzu 🧍🧍‍♂️🧍‍♀️

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Rolling core, expansive being Center of gravity rolling Spine stacks Hands press down against resistance that isn't there Inhale: Draw strength from above and below Exhale: Radiate energy into your life Return to the quiet center Expand outward🌐 #meditation #martialarts #booksky #bluesky #yoga 🙆🙆‍♀️🙆‍♂️

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

The Invisible Fulcrum Hands float Shoulders drop Knees soft Feet rooted Inhale: Draw up the Earth's pulse Exhale: Top of your head presses against an imaginary ceiling Structure emerges where compression meets tension All by itself #martialarts #booksky #Resistance #Meditation #resist #fitness 🙆‍♀️🙆‍♂️🙆

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Silk Over Steel Fingers extended, tendons humming like power lines Surface soft, inner framework unbreakable Hard and soft intertwined Inhale: Reinforce the structure Exhale: Project intent outward This is how the world changes #meditation #MartialArts #booksky #bluesky #resist #yoga 🙆🙆‍♂️🙆‍♀️

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Spheres Within Spheres Energy radiates: forward against barricades, back against history, left-right, up-down Build the sphere Where crushing pressure meets unbroken resistance Inhale: Contain the chaos Exhale: Expand the possible Integrate Defiance #meditation #booksky #yoga #bluesky #resist

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

The Dragon’s Breath Crown floats like mist above a smoldering peak Lungs swelling, bellows for change Breath like steam - the power to cut stone Inhale: Stoke inner furnaces Exhale: Shape change in the world with intent "Breath forges the silent sword" #meditation #Breathwork #booksky #bluesky 🙆‍♀️🙆🙆‍♂️

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

The Hollow Mountain Spine stretches skyward while core sinks down Chest like a cave This hollow space Where whispers become thunder Inhale: Draw power from emptiness Exhale: Echo through the canyons of power "Calm shelters the storm’s eye." #meditation #yoga #booksky #bluesky #resist 🙆🙆‍♀️🙆‍♂️

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Hands hover waist-high - pressing against resistance Shoulders hang Feel the pressure Systems crumble when met with willing awareness Inhale: The momentum of centuries Exhale: Steady upward pressure "Still waters drown stone walls." #MartialArts #Resistance #Meditation #booksky #bluesky #yoga

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Feet grip earth like ancient oaks weathering storms Knees float, pelvis a suspended anchor Feel the tremors? That’s the ground shifting beneath empires Inhale: Draw resilience from bedrock Exhale: Shatter foundations "Roots grow deepest when winds howl loudest" #booksky #Meditation #yoga #resist 🙆🙆‍♀️🙆‍♂️

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

The Breath of Change Inhale: Draw in the cosmos's nourishing energy. Exhale: Radiate intent through your palms. A tiny sun pulses at your center - 'Your body is a star.' Presence and being, kindling inner fires that outlast empires. 🔥🙆‍♀️🙆‍♂️🙆🧍‍♀️🧍‍♂️🧍🌋 #taichi #martialarts #yoga #meditation #booksky #resist

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Rising Up: Standing Meditation From The Inside Out @alcosmic.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Silent Fulcrum "Shoulders draped silk, legs steel wrapped in cotton. Press down through your feet while lifting the sky. The Master's paradox: 'Seek force in relaxation.' Be the unmoved mover between crushing forces. #meditation #martialarts #yoga #booksky #bluesky #resist #photography

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