The Way of the Tao: Stop Pushing So Hard
A short free book on the three places you push without noticing, and the trap of forcing yourself to relax.
Free · PDF
See what’s inside 3,000 years old. Still unspoken.
There is a secret
in the oldest
book on strength.
Not about pushing harder.
Hidden in plain sight.
A first taste
Begin with a free book
Two short books, about ten minutes each. Nothing to pay.
The Way of the Tao: When Your Mind Won't Slow Down
A free book and a five-minute guided audio for the night your mind won't stop.
Free · PDF plus MP3 guided audio
See what’s inside Two doors
Into the same secret
The Taoist Secret to Becoming Unshakable
On the stiff tree that breaks and the grass that bends, and sixteen places where life usually knocks us over.
$19 · PDF, made to read on your phone
Read more The Taoist Secret of the Root
A three-breath practice for coming back to the root, with nine guided audios for the places where we lose ourselves most.
$27 · PDF, made to read on your phone, plus 9 MP3 tracks
Read more 01
Not what you think.
Strength points the other way.
02
One page. One idea.
Simple to say. Harder to live.
03
Once seen, never unseen.
The loud world loosens its grip.
Watch
Selected videos
The Ancient Taoist Secret to Becoming Unshakable
Silence Holds the Secret to Existence — Here's Why Everyone's Missing It
Stop Trying to Become a Better Person (The Taoist Secret Nobody Tells You)
The Tao Journal
Short essays on the Tao Te Ching
How to Stop Overthinking, According to Lao Tzu
The Tao Te Ching does not offer a technique for silencing thought. It offers something older: a way of letting the mind settle.
Silence and Stillness: Why the Tao Te Ching Praises the Empty
The Tao Te Ching keeps returning to silence, emptiness and stillness. Here is what that means for a mind that will not slow down.
Letting Go of Control: What the Tao Te Ching Says About Uncertainty
We try to control outcomes because uncertainty is uncomfortable. The Tao Te Ching suggests another way to stand in an unpredictable life.
Listen
Audio & music
The Sound of the Tao
Twelve pieces from Silent Power, gathered into one album that moves from day to night, ending with two long pieces for sleep.
$9 · 12 tracks, about 56 minutes (MP3)
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The Taoist Secret of the Root: The Nine Guided Audios
For readers of The Taoist Secret of the Root on Amazon (Kindle and paperback): nine guided audios, 3 to 5 minutes each, free.
Free · 9 MP3 tracks
See what’s inside Who is behind this
Hello, I am Yod Mem.
Silent Power is a small independent project. I make books, music and videos that try to make the Tao Te Ching clear without making it shallow. More about the project →
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