Glass Half Full A glass that has nothing in it looks empty, yet it is full. Full of potential. That is true power - the power of emptiness turning into fullness. Fullness has nowhere to go but toward emptiness – yet even this is power, as any movement is a source of...

Balloon Breathing Exercise Breath is the source of life. The more we breathe, the more we are alive. Here is a simple, yet powerful exercise that can be done anywhere, anytime. If you can't do the whole exercise, you will gain by doing any part of it. Just do it....

Lower Center of Gravity One of the essential points to all the internal arts is to lower our center of gravity in order to become more stable and to enable us to get under our partner, so as to cause him or her to lose balance. Hormones have something to do with this....

Tai Chi Thoughts This is a random collection of thoughts about the practice of Tai Chi. They all might not mean something to you at this moment, but they are important to contemplate. This list is included in the Tai Chi Manual posted at my site. 1. Back is always...

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 Art's...

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 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 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 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 class...

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...