by Rick Barrett | Dec 27, 2021 | Taiji
Wu Wei and Wei Wu Wei in Taijiquan Practice When your body is not aligned [形不正], The inner power will not come. When you are not tranquil within [中不靜], Your mind will not be well ordered. Align your body, assist the inner power [正形攝德], Then it will gradually come on...
by Rick Barrett | Jul 10, 2020 | Elbow, Taiji
“Unlocking the Elbow Gate,” Part 1 and Part 2, were written to bring attention to the most underrated of the Eight Bamen (gates, or energies) of taijiquan. The Chinese name is zhou (pronounced “joe,” with the “j” sound having a...
by Rick Barrett | Jun 3, 2020 | Elbow, Taiji
There is a secret source of taiji power that is buried in plain sight. You actually have two of them, standard issue for most humans, and you have most likely been unaware of the vast potential they hold. Elbows. “Elbows?! You gotta be kidding me!”...
by Rick Barrett | Aug 7, 2019 | Jade Pillow Gate, Taiji
In my last few posts I have been emphasizing “Opening the Jade Pillow Gate” (yu zhen) at the base of the skull. Doing so unleashes the “spirit of vitality” (jingshen) and allows for whole-brain coherence and body-mind-spirit integration. It is located at the...
by Rick Barrett | Jun 22, 2018 | Event Recaps
T’ai Chi for Health, Peace and Soft Power 6 session weekly class June 26th – August 7th New York Open Center 22 East 30th Street, NY, NY 10016 https://www.opencenter.org/tai-chi July 20-22, 2018 – Yang Cheng Fu’s Original 13 Postures with Rick...
