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Michael Tong · doctor of acupuncture, meditation facilitator, host of Dhamma Dance Club · Bushwick, NYC
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Dhamma Dance Club
Meditation on Tuesdays. Dancing on Thursdays. First 6 weeks open by RSVP, then a 6-week closed cohort.
BeginsJun 30, 2026 EndsOct 6, 2026
Writing
All on Substack → Conscious Connecting A story, and a framework Read on Substack → The Heart of Acupuncture What acupuncture means Read on Substack → I’m finally going steady with my situationship with NYC It is 1326 on Wednesday March 18th. Read on Substack → My Problem Isn’t Direction, It’s Dwelling Right now I am sitting with my high school friend at our neighborhood shopping plaza. Read on Substack → Comparing the Structure of Authentic Relating Authentic relating is a category of exercises that help us connect with one another. Read on Substack → Resisting Receiving and Allowing Allowing What would you do if your friends pooled together $500 for you to spend it on whatever you wanted? Read on Substack →
Watch
Subscribe on YouTube → meaning mapping the body part 2 Open on YouTube →
meaning mapping the body part 1 Open on YouTube →
mundane meditation: befriending feelings of dualism for spacious openness Open on YouTube →
a story about deciding to be an acupuncturist and lessons on stories Open on YouTube →
deity yoga and reverse goal setting Open on YouTube →
TikTok
@michaeltong_ on TikTok →manifesting, intention setting, identifying wants and needs all have a similar purpose of pointing you in the direction you need to go. but direction is an ongoing conversation, not something to set and forget
→equanimity is defined by shinzen young as not making a thing into a problem. and this oscillation between wanting to get close and wanting to move far away is normal. and it has seasons
→training to ask for what we want
→doing 100 days of posting
→my last day at the retreat!
→Replying to @ojvs_7
→here’s a description
→our experience is none other than awareness. not as a statement of where we come from or anything like that, but experientially, the only thing we can be conscious of is awareness or expressions of awareness. #artfultrelating #circling #authenticrelating #spiritual #dedication
→to feel fascia is to tune into microsensations that reflect our subconscious and shape our actions throughout the day. tuning into it can help elucidate why we’re doing what we’re doing, so that we can move with more consciousness #artfultrelating #circling #authenticrelating #spiritual #dedication
→we are all just mammals under this tree we are people between the sky and earth everything we experience is part of it. part of our humanness magically mundane mundanely magic #artfultrelating #circling #authenticrelating #spiritual #dedication
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