Chi (or qi) is synonymous with breath in the Chinese Language. In combination with other words, however, chi denotes slightly different concepts. Qi gong, for instance, literally translates to, ‘breath-work’, but the scope of qigong goes much deeper into developing...
How do you go from Tai Chi student to Tai Chi teacher? The transition from being a tai chi practitioner to a tai chi teacher or certified instructor can take lots of time and practice. Anything that has any depth usually does. Add to that the esoteric or spiritual...
Traditionally, Tai Chi and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) were connected and used in tandem in order to treat patients in China. From the perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine you can say there are two levels of healing injury, illness and diseases. The...
Very often as you learn tai chi chuan or qigong, you may feel as though you have reached a plateau. When this experience happens there often is a sense that practice is boring. The same stuff keeps on happening. We all want to have tai chi practice breakthroughs...
There are many studies that show tai chi and qigong (chi gung) benefit in reducing stress, but what about helping with allergies? Connecting the dots between stress and allergies and asthma is easy. The most common symptoms of stress are achingly similar to those...