by Tom Forsythe | Jun 11, 2018 | Blog Posts
Guest Author I’m practicing Tai Chi as an antidote to the swirl of the world. I’m writing this after subjecting myself to an onslaught of bad news delivered on my news feed, in my inbox and on social media. Now I’m wondering how you’re reacting to this...
by Tom Forsythe | May 29, 2018 | Blog Posts
In practicing Tai Chi seek your center through circles. We start practice with circular exercises to begin feeling and visualizing both our own physical circles and the circles that make up so many systems in our universe. Circles characterize systems from small to...
by Tom Forsythe | May 7, 2018 | Blog Posts
In Tai Chi Chuan practice we move from our center. This is both a physical and a philosophical expression of Taoist philosophy. Even from the beginning of our class, we embody our centers. In our Relaxed Standing Posture, we first feel a string running from our center...
by Tom Forsythe | Apr 18, 2018 | Blog Posts
From the first moment that you arrive on earth until the moment you die, you breathe. The Tao Te Ching notes in Chapter 55 that an infant can cry all day without getting hoarse because its breath is in balance. We were born breathing naturally but over time most of us...
by Tom Forsythe | Mar 20, 2018 | Blog Posts
Tai Chi requires the most important piece of equipment you possess: Yourself. Other than that all you need is a little bit of space. Every activity these days seems to require special equipment and it’s certainly possible to wear special Tai Chi costumes. But they’re...
