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I was reading an article about relaxing during stressful situations. The article said breath in and out from your lower abdomen. On the exhale feel the relaxation. I tried it and immediately felt the feeling they were speaking of in the article. I found that the relaxed feeling is actually both on the inhale and the exhale. I was thinking, how can an average person who is new to breathing techniques calm themselves with this de-stress technique. I breathed into my lower abdomen without moving any other part of my body except my lower abdomen and couldn't feel relaxed. The...

*This website contains affiliate links. I only recommend books and products I have personally read, used, or would own myself. If you purchase them, I may earn some coffee money, which I promise to drink while supporting your journey. I just read the book Steal My Art The Life and Times of Tai Chi Master T.T. Liang by Stuart Alve Olson. I really feel like I got to know T.T. Liang and what type of person he was through the stories told by the author. One of my favorite parts was a story of how T.T. Liang would eat Twinkies....

While practicing my tai chi form the other day I had my thoughts on a recent quote I posted on my Martial Art Quotes page by T.T. Liang. "A man with great strength can lift an iron bar of one hundred pounds, but he cannot lift an iron chain of one hundred pounds because the latter is divided into many joints which are connected without severance so that no center of gravity can be traced. When practicing Tai Chi or doing combat with an opponent you must employ the same principle." After reading this I became more aware of the way...

WHAT IS WORLD TAI CHI DAY? World Tai Chi and Qigong Day (WTCQD), also spelled World T'ai Chi and Ch'i Kung Day, is an annual event held the last Saturday of April each year to promote the related disciplines of Tai Chi Chuan and Qigong. Tai Chi and Qigong classes are offered free to the general public in 100s of cities, spanning 80 nations. World Tai Chi and Qigong day was co-founded by Bill Douglas and Angela Wong-Douglas in 1999. The annual April event is open to the general public, and begins in the earliest time zones of New Zealand...

About four years ago, while driving 55 mph on the Southern State Parkway on Long Island NY, I smelled rubber burning and felt my car shake violently. I realized I had a tire blowout. I pulled over to the shoulder of the road to change my tire. As I removed the car jack from my trunk, I remember thinking wow, this car jack is small. I proceeded to jack my car up to change my tire. The jack base started to sink into the ground. I drove my car forward a few feet. Still, I had the same result. I...