Destination – 11/22/21

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip #343 Destination One of my students was having great difficulty with the idea of moving energy internally. She had thought she had to trace the exact line or path of energy from the floor to the Dan Tien, and from there to her palm,...

Rest/Working with a Partner – 11/15/21

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip #342 Importance of Rest It is a fact that every action of our body requires energy. Our basal metabolic rate is the base amount of energy our bodies require to exist. When we do work, a chemical reaction occurs using stored energy...

Tai Chi Chuan Instructors – 11/8/21

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip #341 Someone recently emailed me to make a comment on this Tip which was published on 7/9/18. I think it is worth a re-read. Enjoy. Tai Chi Instructors I, modestly, admit to being one of the longest serving full time Tai Chi...

Enlightenment Through Tai Chi – 10/25/21

  Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip #339 Enlightenment Through Tai Chi Enlightenment is most often experienced as a moment that occurs between the in-breath and out-breath. This special place is like a small crack in the cosmic egg. If we look close enough...

Tai Chi Scale/Chi Flow – 10/18/21

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip #338 Tai Chi Scale Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Ti-Do , or solmization, is the vocalization of the major scale in music. These are eight basic sounds, or since sound is nothing but waves of energy, we can say eight basic energies create an...

Stability and Mobility/A Favor – 10/11/21

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip #337 Stability and Mobility The concepts of stability and mobility are the foundation building blocks of the internal arts. Stability implies something that is resistant to change or something that maintains equilibrium. Mobility...

Balance/War and Peace – 10/4/21

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip #336 Balance The idea of balance is paramount to our success in the internal arts. It is very apparent in the physical movements, and less so in the mind and spirit. Yet when we examine our lives, we see how balance is manifested...

Random Thoughts on Tai Chi – 9/27/21

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip #335 Random Thoughts On Tai Chi * The study of Tai Chi and related subjects is not about changing who you are. It is about discarding who you are not. * Why should I study Tai Chi Push Hands? So I can train myself to have...

Thermometer – 9/20/21

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip #334 Thermometer The thermometer offers a good analogy for how chi affects the body. Let me explain. When it is cold outside, the mercury (or whatever fills your thermometer) is compressed into the lower level of the glass tube. In...