Tai Chi on Buddha’s Head – 7/27/20

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 276 Tai Chi on Buddha’s Head In 1970, after a couple of years of Tai Chi study, and an interest in Yoga/meditation, I decided to head to India. (As an aside, my flights to London from San Francisco, and back from Amsterdam...

High to Low/Essential Element – 7/20/20

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 275 High to Low I have been sharing lately about my thoughts about how energy moves from areas of high concentration to areas of less concentration. When doing the form, we put most of the weight on one leg or the other making it...

Energy Circuits in the Body – 7/13/20

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 274 Energy Circuits in the Body All spiritual meditative practices use the same method for achieving the highest levels of unity with the life force – that of moving energy from the gross to the refined, from heavy to light, from...

Essential Elements for the Inner Journey/Question – 7/6/20

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 273 Essential Elements for the Inner Journey Tai Chi is a blending of the inner thought and the translating of this into physical action. Tai Chi is a meditative movement art. The more the mind is involved, the greater the...

Tai Chi Principles in Action – 6/29/20

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 272 Tai Chi Principles in Action I was sorting some old papers and came across this article. A favorite of mine. I think you will find it touching and meaningful. It was written by Terry Dobson about Aikido , but could just as...

Gather and Release – 6/22/20

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 271 Gather and Release Tai Chi, like most everything, is composed of mental and physical. You can increase the physical with exercises, and also the mental. One can do physical acts without thinking about what you are doing –...