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Gaan Som Quam Gaan Som Quam is the ancient practice of energy movement from which T'ai Chi and other Qi Gongs have derived their forms. The original art was not used for fighting, but for healing, and in particular, the movement was used to facilitate meditation, or going inward to explore the boundless dynamic of Mind and Spirit. The master teachers of Gaan Som Quam taught that just as our bodies become dirty from day-to-day and we must bathe; our 'inner bodies' or beings become equally filthy, though seen in different (more or less obvious) ways. The teaching of Quam itself is the 'soap' we use to cleanse our minds and spirits, Gaan Som Quam is the water that leaves us refreshed and ready to begin again. The negative internal build-up is what the West understands to be stress. But much more this: it causes disease and unrest of every kind including depression to sociopathic behavior and from ulcers to cancer. This is why Gaan Som Quam is considered a healing art as the ancients did not identify the modern psychological or physical ailments as such, but treated all imbalances similarly and effectively by using healing energy coupled with their great spiritual understanding. They taught that all had access to this power, not just a chosen few, and taught individuals how to create it for themselves; to effect change within themselves according to how they wished. There are many delightful stories of students who began because they wanted to become more beautiful, or gain more riches, which they did, and those students laugh often because they came for these worldly things and then gained so much more: True beauty and true riches. For what can be better than faith in one's self, one's abilities, peace of mind and joyous life? This is the promise of Gaan Som Quam. A promise it delivers. Web site contents © Copyright Lyceum Studios March. 2009 |
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