Tai Chi And Music – 4/19/21

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip – #314 Tai Chi And Music I went over to visit a friend, and she promptly sat me down in a comfortable chair and commenced to play me a piece of music on her piano that she was going to be performing that very night. As the...

Who, What, Where, When, Why, How – 4/12/21

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 313 Who, What, Where, When, Why, How  When I was in high school, I took a journalism class and worked on the school paper. We were taught to use the 5W’s – who, what, where, when, why, and also how. Let’s see if that...

Breath and Tension – 4/5/21

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 313 Breath and Tension Breath and tension are very closely interrelated. I see examples of this all the time. I used to do a form of body therapy, called Trager Psychophysical Integration. There is one particular movement when the...

More Thoughts on the Heart Center – 3/29/21

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 311 More Thoughts on the Heart Center Lately I have been reading a history of the 20th Century, written by two Americans. What strikes me most is that, but for a few brief periods, our country has been constantly involved in war...

Tai Chi From The Heart – 3/22/21

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip – #310 Tai Chi from the Heart Many, but not all, of the Internal Arts are martial arts: the study of how to defend the self without resorting to the use of excessive force. The greatest martial artists are those who do not...