Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip #423 Desires and Goals The difference between goals and desires isn’t very clear, yet it seems important to me in my Tai Chi practice. Desires are a craving, longing, or a wish for something. This strong feeling is...
Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip #421 Preparing for the End We are steadily moving towards the longest day and shortest night of the year. This got me thinking of life and death. Plus, there have been a number of people connected to the Gilman Studio who have...
Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip #420 Rockets When the space rocket designed by Elon Musk’s company (the biggest ever) blew up shortly after take off, it got me thinking about rockets and brought to mind Donald Trump calling the leader of North Korea...
Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip #419 Enlightenment, Humor, Push Hands Enlightenment is not boring. It is not just a holy, solitaire monk meditating in a cave. I guess it can be, but none of the masters I came to know were anything but human. Wholly human....
Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip – #418 Clearing Vision I went to the wharf early this morning and it was one of those perfect days here in Port Townsend. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky, the water in the bay like a lake, the mountains in all directions...
Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip #417 Expanding the Brain Try this simple exercise. Take a finger, and touch something solid. Anything. Now where do you feel this? Do this before you go on. Next, touch something solid with another part of your body, say your...
Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip #416 A Tai Chi Life Tai Chi is about change. Yin changes to yang and yang changes to yin in a never ending cycle. We can’t stop it where or when we want. We only need to understand the direction of the forces as they move...
Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip #415 Breathing Naturally I get more questions about breathing than any other aspect of Tai Chi practice. People want to have mystical experiences. They believe that breathing holds the key to making the impossible become real. My...
Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip #414 Ways of Learning Tai Chi There have been quite a few questions and comments on ways to learn Tai Chi. What is the best way? As always, I give the same answer: – it depends on your style of learning. I learned by following my...
Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip #413 The Harmonies Tai Chi Chuan is such a marvelous practice. The more I study and learn, the more interesting it becomes, and the more I want to practice. A great cycle! The Six Harmonies is a simple and instructive way to look at...
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