Push Hands for Lovers

by | May 9, 2018 | Event Recaps

A few weeks ago, April 15, I gave a seminar at David Shaver’s Peaceful Wolf T’ai Chi in East Haddam, CT. I love the folks at Peaceful Wolf.  David and I go way back to the last century and we erupt into peals of laughter every time we meet. He’s a...

Tai Chi Alchemy Comes to Kripalu, March 18-20

by | Jan 20, 2016 | Event Recaps

This is one you won’t want to miss. Maria and I will be teaching “Tai Chi Alchemy: Get Out of Your Head and Into the Game,” at Kripalu Yoga in Lenox, MA, March 18-20. Kripalu has been hosting extraordinary programs for the past 40 years, and (the...

It’s a Good Day to Die

by | May 16, 2015 | Consciousness

Faolan left us recently. Fifteen years is a nice run for a dog that size. Arthritis made climbing stairs a real chore for him, and took a lot of the joy out of the things he liked to do. But even up to the day before he passed, he made the climb to soak up some spring...

Resistance

by | Jun 12, 2012 | Taiji

Here are some great thoughts from healer/taiji practitioner Philomena Papirnik (who is every bit as musical and magical as the name suggests). What is the use of resistance? How do we use it in taiji? Where is the strength in being resistant? Or is that not possible....