Offtopic: Neuroscience Unlocks Secrets of Zen Garden

Neuroscience Unlocks Secrets of Zen Garden
500-year-old rock pattern suggests a tree to our subconscious.
26 September 2002
KENDALL POWELL
The beauty of one of Japan’s most popular Zen gardens has long eluded explanation. Now neuroscientists have found that its minimalist design suggests a pleasing picture to our subconcious.
The 500-year-old Ryoanji Temple garden in Kyoto contains five outcroppings of [...]

Finding prana in sun salutation

Good post here about finding prana to power yoga asanas. Sounds like pretty much the same thing as finding qi to power taijiquan postures (ignoring the martial aspects for the moment).
And another one by the same author on pranayama (seems like qigong):
First, pranayama is one of the eight limbs of the practice of yoga. It [...]