Tai Chi and Stress Relief

Tai Chi and Stress Relief

We live in an age where stress is everywhere and a part of everything. Tai chi is a great way to relieve some of the build up, which is necessary to maintain health, sanity and wellness. How tai chi works against stress: 1.  Stress is a fancy word for tension. Tai chi...
Outer and Inner Dissolving

Outer and Inner Dissolving

The Outer and Inner Dissolving processes are part of the same circle. The first phase of the Outer Dissolving process works with only the first two energy bodies, the physical and energetic.  Inner Dissolving is more complex and initially more difficult, as it works...
Energy Gates Qigong for Tai Chi

Energy Gates Qigong for Tai Chi

How to Improve Your Tai Chi Form When I was first learning tai chi in Japan, I practiced Opening the Energy Gates of Your Body Qigong for six hours a day to improve my tai chi form. I adopted this routine on the recommendation of my teacher because one day I went to...
How to Get the Most Out of Your Practice Time

How to Get the Most Out of Your Practice Time

As someone who has taught energy arts practices like tai chi and qigong for over 50 years now, one of the most common questions I get asked while teaching (and at retreats) is, “How can I get the most out of my practice?” I also often get asked more...
Maintaining Awareness

Maintaining Awareness

Your ability to feel and control energy depends on maintaining continuous internal awareness inside your body. Without some minimal level of continuous inner awareness, you cannot focus long enough on your movements or energy flows to gain most of the wonderful...
Nervous Tension – Letting Go Into Happiness

Nervous Tension – Letting Go Into Happiness

In previous eras, physical labor was a huge part of life – people plowed fields and had to do manual labor to earn money for their food and shelter.  That’s not how most people operate in today’s jumpy world. This electronic age is constantly...

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