Tai Chi Daily Blog

Learning a Tai Chi sequence can take more than a year, and perfecting it can take a lifetime, depending on the length of the form. One of the things that drew me to Tai Chi was the idea that there's always room for improvement, making it a lifelong journey. I practice the Yang Tai Chi short form, which takes me around twelve minutes to complete. However, not everyone has the time or dedication to devote to Tai Chi practice. Our fast-paced environment means many people prefer to relax and de-stress by watching TV. For those individuals, I recommend trying Qigong....

Whenever I begin Tai Chi practice indoors my dog Ronin lays down in my practice space to chew his bone. I don’t know why but my German Shepherd has done this ever since he was a puppy. Is he doing this just to be next to me or is it done on purpose to bother me? As I begin my Tai Chi form the loud bone chewing begins. As I slowly flow from one movement to the next, the loud bone chewing noises seem to fade away. After a few minutes into my form, when I am about to step into...

I was just doing a random search online and found an article stating that Tai Chi is not a moving meditation. One of the reasons the writer stated that Tai Chi was not a moving meditation is because they felt in doing the Tai Chi form you need to pay attention to what is going on outside of the body as well as what is going on inside. I guess their idea of meditation is that you only pay attention to what is going on internally. I think this is a great topic for discussion as I am sure most...

*This page contains affiliate relationships. A commission may be earned when a purchase is made through these links. I recently read an article titled “How an American Dancer Introduced Tai Chi to America”. The article was about Sophia Delza who was a pioneer in introducing Tai Chi to non-Chinese-Americans. In 1948, Sophia Delza moved to Shanghai with her husband. On one of her trips to Beijing, she discovered Tai Chi. She wrote in her book T’ai-Chi Ch’uan Body and Mind in Harmony, The Integration of Meaning and Method about a dramatic scene early one morning when she first stumbled upon...

*This page contains affiliate relationships. A commission may be earned when a purchase is made through these links. What happened to Tai Chi Magazine? One of my favorite magazines for Tai Chi information and news was Tai Chi magazine. For a few years, I was a bi-monthly subscriber, I would always look forward to receiving and reading the latest issue of Tai Chi magazine. There was a total of six issues annually. After discontinuing my home subscription I would often go to my local Barnes and Noble and order a cup of Starbucks coffee, sit down and read the latest issue of Tai Chi...