This is the most interesting news for us this week.
Why the Youngest Generation Is Returning to the Oldest Practices
Gen Z is rejecting the algorithm. Hard.
Pinterest’s 2026 trend report reveals searches for handwritten letters are up 45%, pen pal ideas up 90%, and “cute stamps” up 105%. Across cultural commentary, it’s being called the “analog revival” – young people deliberately choosing slower, tactile experiences over infinite scroll.
Here’s what caught my attention: I don’t think they’re doing this just for nostalgia. They’re doing it because digital overwhelm is making them physically unwell. The constant stimulation, the ambient chaos, the dysregulated nervous systems from 9+ hours of daily screen time.
Sound familiar?
For a very long time now, eastern internal arts have been quietly waiting for us to rediscover them. Qigong and Taiji require nothing except a body and attention. No app. No subscription. No notification. Just breath, movement, and presence – the original “analog” practice.
What Gen Z is discovering through intuition, we can accelerate through practice. They’re craving groundedness without knowing the word sōng. They want presence without knowing zanshin. Our path gives these experiences a structure – and a depth – that Pinterest boards just can’t provide.
The Ancient “Biohack” Elite Athletes Are Stealing (It’s Free)
“Bio-sync training” has been named one of 2026’s top wellness trends – aligning workouts and recovery with the body’s circadian rhythm.
Elite athletes are now using expensive wearables to track their sleep, HRV, and temperature patterns that correlate with cortisol peaks and melatonin windows. The Globe and Mail noted that biohackers have finally moved past exotic interventions toward “something cheaper and almost certainly more helpful: morning sunlight”.
Taoist practitioners will smile quietly here.
Chinese traditions have been mapping “time-of-day” to “practice” for centuries. Morning is yang energy rising – movement, activation, building heat. Evening is yin descending – stillness, release, restoration. Different qigong at sunrise creates different effects than the same sequence at sunset.
We don’t need continuous glucose monitors to know this. We just need to pay attention.
Try this: practice dantian breathing at dawn for three days, then shift to evening for three days. Notice how differently the energy settles. The body already knows what the wearables are measuring – we just have to listen.
The 2,000-Year-Old Practice That Science Just Called Your Heart’s Guardian
