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Tai Chi

Tai Chi for Meditation

March 8, 2011

Tai chi can be used as a meditation to calm down your nervous system and smooth out all the deeper energies of your emotions, your mind, your psyche, your karma and your essence. The energy in your body creates the energy upon which the waves of your mind ride. If the chi in your body ... Read More

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Tai Chi Solution – Busting Stress and Allergies

February 1, 2011

There are many studies that show tai chi and qigong (chi gung) benefit in reducing stress, but what about helping with allergies? Connecting the dots between stress and allergies and asthma is easy. The most common symptoms of stress are achingly similar to those associated with allergy and asthma: tight chest, shortness of breath, insomnia, ... Read More

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Tai Chi for Health – The Perfect Exercise

January 26, 2011

  TIME magazine has called Tai Chi the “Perfect Exercise.” What’s the big deal, why is it so different from typical exercise and who can benefit from practicing tai chi? Most of the estimated seven million Americans who practice the ancient art of tai chi do so to increase their health, not for self-defense. Western ... Read More

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Spherical Movements in Tai Chi and Bagua

January 21, 2011

Energy Arts Instructor Lee Burkins demonstrating bagua with motion capture monitor The internal martial art of Bagua Zhang and the highest levels of Tai Chi are ultimately based on the sphere. If you look at a circle, you will see it is two dimensional. This circle effectively moves on one plane. A sphere infinitely combines circles, ... Read More

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Mastering the Art of Bagua Zhang

December 1, 2010

Bruce with Taoist Master Liu Hung Chieh The most important thing in any martial arts is not what style you study, or the brand name, but rather the level of fighting skill of the individual. A world-class racing driver in a so-so car will beat a poor driver in the world’s best car. Only when ... Read More

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For Love of the Game or Ego? Part 3

November 9, 2010

You say you practice tai chi – but how are you practicing tai chi? When my children were younger and every time I would come back from Europe, I’d always bring home a collection of coins from any country I visited. My youngest son would take the coins and mush them around, throw them up ... Read More

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For Love of the Game or Ego? Part 2

October 20, 2010

A ‘Gentle Touch’ Football Game – by mikebaird Not everyone wants to learn about chi and not everyone wants to learn to meditate. I asked my teacher why he didn’t teach meditation and he replied that most people don’t want to learn it. In later conversations he explained that it has a lot to do ... Read More

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Birth of Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan – Yang Lu Chan

October 6, 2010

Note: Originally published as “A Servant in the Masters House” on the Energy Arts Website. In ancient China, the Chen village kept tai chi chuan a closely guarded secret for over a century and refused to teach it to a single outsider. Having a superior martial art such as tai chi chuan enabled the village ... Read More

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The Tao of Sex: Feeling Your Life-force Energy (Part 1 of 3)

September 15, 2010

Couple Holds Hands by Mike Baird Making love is like cooking a three-course meal. Ideally, you want to make sure all the needed cooking utensils and ingredients are accounted for and working in the kitchen. Everything is present. First comes the appetizers, or foreplay, which can become a full meal of its own; next, the ... Read More

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Practicing Tai Chi

August 20, 2010

Filmed in Crete, Greece 2010 during the Longevity Breathing Instructor Training. *To view clip in high quality, start playing the video and then change the 360p setting in the bottom right to 720p* In July of 2011 I will be holding a Wu Style Tai Chi Short Form Instructor Training in England. Share on Facebook

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