Tai Chi Daily Blog

Today as usual on my 15-minute work break, I was practicing Tai Chi Outdoors in a secluded parking lot adjacent to the building where I work. On any given day there are quite a few workers going about there daily routines at the office buildings surrounding the parking lot. Every so often I can peripherally see someone staring over, possibly wondering what I am doing. Today was a little different, about three-quarters of the way through my form on this sunny day in October a man suddenly drove right up next to me, his car windows were rolled down. He said through...

One of the Tai Chi teachers at World Tai Chi & Chi Kung Day 2013 was talking about aligning the Bai Hui point, Hui Yin point and as we shift to each leg align both Bai Hui and Hui-Yin points with the Yong Quan. Since the weather was so beautiful out today I went out for a 15-minute break to Practice my Yang Tai Chi form. I started out with the intent of keeping these 3 points aligned throughout my form. I was focusing on keeping relaxed while keeping these points aligned so the chi could pass through my body....

Morning Meditation or Evening Meditation Which Is Best? I have read in many books to get the best health benefit from Tai Chi practice at sunrise and sunset.  This really makes the most sense to me for many reasons. One reason is that you begin and end your day with some healthy form of moving meditation exercise. Another reason might be that you are doing such a beneficial mind-body exercise at the same time the day is exchanging its energy from day to night and vice versa.  For the most part, I practice Tai Chi and Qigong every day but it...

"Every tree and plant in the meadow seemed to be dancing, those which average eyes would see as fixed and still." - Jalal ad-Din Rumi   How many times do you may hear Tai Chi referred to as like an onion because of its many layers? It is an art that you can spend a lifetime studying, but never learn everything it has to offer. The other day I was working with some students who were having some balance issues and I was saying that if you watch a time-lapse video of a flower blooming you can see that the center moves...

One of the many ways I practice my Tai Chi form is to imagine I am stepping on thin ice. If my weight comes from the top down I will break the ice and fall through. When I step, I step gently and fill from the bottom up. As I breathe in the Chi flows up through my feet, up through the bubbling well (located behind the ball of my foot) continuing up my legs and then fills my Dantian which is located two inches below the navel. The chi then overflows the Dantian and passes through my upper torso,...