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World Tai Chi and QiGong Day

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One World . . . One Breath. For many years the last Saturday in April is honored and celebrated as World Tai Chi and QiGong Day. It starts at 10 am Saturday in Australia and moves across the globe. At 10am in our own time zone, we breathe, move through gentle Tai Chi and QiGong movements and share our energy and peacefulness with others in close and far away nations.

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This gesture is so important to stop, take time to breathe and move with the purpose of offering. positive energy and connection to others, most of whom we do not know. We are one in breathing; regardless of who or where we are.

So, take a moment to stop, breathe with the intent of sharing your breath and Qi with others. It can be a powerful force when thousands, maybe millions focus on spreading our life force energy with others.

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Celebrating 2018 Chinese New Year

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Judy

A very fun afternoon celebrating Chinese New Year, Year of the Dog at Heartwood in Evanston. Look at Judy’s t-shirt and how apt, because she she is a “dog”. Four of us attending the celebration this afternoon were “dogs”.

Tai Chi's journey west

We honored our Tai Chi and QiGong ancestors and teachers, particularly Cheng Man-ch’ing. He was instrumental in bringing Tai Chi to the U.S. and stressing relaxation in doing the form, push hands and sword. We viewed a wonderful documentary “the Professor: Tai Chi’s Journey West” about his integrating Tai Chi, poetry, calligraphy, Chinese Medicine into all his teaching.

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Michelle Bobier led us in some QiGong to move our energy together and Arlene and some students demonstrated part of Cheng Man-ch’ing’s Yang style 37 Form, the basic form we learn in both Evanston and Chicago classes.

What a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon, learning about Qi, relaxing with Tai Chi, improving walking through Tai Chi and all using our bodies in motion to create a room filled with good focus and intention.

Cheng Man-Ch'ing

We are grateful to Cheng Man-ch’ing and remember his saying, “The most important reason to study tai chi is that when you finally reach the place where you understand what life is about you’ll have some health to enjoy it.”

Sending Qi Around the Globe

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I love the idea of spreading positive Qi (energy) around the globe. We all can use some of that.

For several years, on the last Saturday in April, thousands of people gather across the world to participate in World Tai Chi and QiGong Day. 10 a.m on Saturday in each person’s time zone, groups of Tai Chi friends gather to breathe, move positive energy in concert with many others doing the same thing.

This year I had a special experience on that day, April 29, in northern Minnesota. I was part of a Wudang Tai Chi for Health and Longevity Retreat, led by Shifu Zhong Xuechao (Master Bing) from the Wudang Mountains in central China. At 9:45 a.m. we paused our class to go outside (a little chilly, but beautiful blue sky) to be on grass among beautiful trees and a still lake. We acknowledged we were part of a much larger energy movement as we slowly moved together with grace and ease, joining others whom we did not know, but felt akin to, to spread our good energy.

I asked my students in Chicago, to stop at 10 a.m. that day to breathe, do some Tai Chi moves and send some of their good energy to me across the miles. They did! It was a nice feeling of closeness, of knowing we were all doing something positive for ourselves and for people in far away countries.

Holiday Health

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These December days are busy, filled with lots of “to-dos”, holiday parties, caroling, buying or thinking about what gifts to buy. . . on and on. A time of preparation, a time of increasing darkness, in the midst of lots of twinkling lights on the city streets and in store windows, in houses and condos.

Many of us are thinking ahead, living in the future and do not even think about ‘now’, about the present, about being mindful today.

2016 December Heartwood healthcare fair

This past weekend, I participated in a holiday healthcare fair, at the Osel Ling Meditation and Heartwood Healing Center, where I teach in Evanston, Il. We focused on our health, on greeting visitors with options for living better, being healthier. We greeted people, offered some mini-stress reduction through acupuncture, massage, essential oils, Reiki, Tai Chi. Is what great to help people focus on ‘now’, focus on their health during this busy time.

2016 December Heartwood healthcare fair

How wonderful to take time, right now in one of the busiest times of the year, to focus on our health. A holiday season of thinking about, planning for, and taking initiative to be healthier. When we focus on internal well-being and healing, we may just be calmer, happier, more giving and therefore, project the respect, kindness and peace to others that we hope will fill our world.