Energy Circle – 12/25/17

Energy Circle As always, I get surprised at how and where these Tips come from. They appear suddenly and grow until they feel ready for releasing into the air. This tip is no exception. On Wednesday, we had a little birthday party in the Studio to celebrate...

Tai Chi Long Form Manual – 12/18/17

Tai Chi Long Form Manual Greetings. I am so happy to announce that I have posted The Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan Manual on my site. Let me tell you a bit about what it contains and why I am just now putting it up. You can find it by going to my web site –...

Focus on Tai Chi – 12/11/17

Focus on Tai Chi Greetings. A nice week here in Port Townsend. Clear, cool, but no frost in my garden. Still have many annuals still growing. Global Warming? I never know where the stimulus for a training tip will come from. Most of the time it comes from practice, or...

Tai Chi Rocket Man – 12/4/17

Tai Chi Rocket Man Greetings. We are just coming out of a wet and gloomy period. November is usually like that. Now for some sun and outdoor activity. Hope all is well for you and yours. Our president recently called the head of North Korea “Little Rocket Man”, meant...

Don’t be Intimidated – 11/27/17

Don’t be Intimidated We had a visitor to the morning class – a nice young man. I asked if he had Tai Chi experience, and he answered he had some, not a lot. The first class was “Open the Gates Qigong” which he enjoyed and could easily follow along. The second...

Break Free – 11/20/17

Break Free From the first moment of our lives, we are given boundaries. When we cry, the boundary might appear in the form of a pacifier. The boundary says, “Stop crying”. If we crawl around too actively, maybe we are placed in a crib that limits our movement. All our...