How Was Your World Tai Chi and Qigong Day? World Tai Chi Day and Qigong Day is an annual worldwide event that occurs on the last Saturday in April. It is celebrated in over 100 cities and 80 nations where people come together to breathe together, providing a healing vision for our world — “one…
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Welcome Spring Equinox! I don’t know about you but winter always seems like it will never end in the U.S. northeast! We had a few warm teaser days with temperatures in the 50’s, 60’s and even 70’s only for it to drop back down to frigid teens and 20’s with snowstorms and Nor’easters looming. March…
Wuji (Wu Chi) — Always Wuji (or Wu Chi) is a classical Tai Chi posture known in most styles of Tai Chi Chuan. The literal translation means “nothing, nothingness, or empty” for Wu and “limits, end, extreme boundary” for “chi or ji (the “chi” is the same life force of “chi” but it has a…
What-Basics Again? “Groan, not a class on basics again? I want to work on forms!” thought the brown sash student. This may be a familiar thought to some students in any martial arts class. I am guilty myself – as I went up in rank all I thought was important was to do our lovely…