Tai Chi-the journey

05/05/2022

the antidote for stress, anxiety, depression, chaos, confusion, addiction, suffering. the only medicine that knows more about I than me, more about you than you, and knows more about us than we do...the narrative where the journey and the goal harmoniously,,,touch each other.

12/28/2016

Clinging to idolatry of any form is only an illusion of safety and a clear reflection of fear and insecurity therefore, the ability to "let go" is not present. Cling to nothing...

12/12/2016

Years, another breath, another sigh, awareness that creates a wiggle of sadness inside my quiet,,,therefore, today I must write. Maybe a few lines from my book but more so about the journey.

The journey of Tai Chi, the second part or is it the first or is it "all that is". The part that 99 of 100 fail to do whether it be fear, insecurity or just existential anxiety, and simply dance a lovely sort of dance with no song, remaining attached to the ego. Or could it be centuries of being misled and compelled by social arrogance.

I write today not in search for "likes, dislikes or comments" much to the contrary as I cling to nothing and do not seek a following of sheep. The journey seeks no merit or chains around the neck to separate I from you. I write today simply for my own entertainment.

The journey does not accommodate the self to remain in the hypnotic state of social conditioning. Its direct connections with the one song, or melody, the only verse going beyond language, theory, beliefs, belief systems, concepts, people, ideas, all those things which consistently change creating instability.

I often hear people say they just "want to be happy" which is a desire and any desire has conditions. The conditions to happiness are simply illusions which are obstructions to that which already is. The constricted, stressed out human ego seeks happiness through money, drugs, alcohol, conventional religion, control, electronics, fashion, pharmacies and the list of "ego gods" is endless.

Along the journey the practitioner understands and experiences the primordial wordless wisdom. A wisdom that animals demonstrate more clearly than humans and speak with an eloquence far beyond words. The journey places the practitioner in contact with primordial rhythms lost in the noisy machinery not only outside our body but inside our minds.

You see, we live within the experiences originated by the shamans and refuse to settle for arrogant discussions of "their" experiences on Sunday morning.

So when does the journey free us? When we stop clinging, when we no longer need the swagger, when we no longer fall to the feet of those that will accommodate us, when we walk with one foot in the unknown, when our voice is nurturing rather than critical, we act out of humility rather than aggression, when we become aware the ego gods are illusion, we refuse to follow the illusions of anger and fear and we finally realize the illusion of who we thought we were is no longer true.

The journey leads us to the grasses in the spring, warm clouds in the summer, fresh autumn breezes and deer tracks in the snow. And when we begin to experience the soul in these we begin to glimpse our own soul, and the soul of all other beings and all things realizing in that moment we are the co-creator of this beautiful universe and no longer pretend we are not. How can I say that? The fire does not burn itself, the knife does not cut itself and the wave does not drown itself...

Enough for today...

02/15/2016

what one chooses to believe through awareness,,,and what one is compelled to believe through unawareness,,,there is a difference.

01/19/2015

memory, thinking, language, logic, technology is perhaps needed but is only 50% sane therefore a person or society that is only 50% sane is insane...the other 50% is in the journey of self transcendence and if one asks for the method the point is utterly lost...

07/03/2014

so therefore; the same energy that moves my finger is the same energy that creates an earthquake and the same energy that allows my heart to beat is the same energy that creates a hurricane or another way to bring this to presence is; you moved the finger and created the earthquake as well as beat your heart and create a hurricane...they are both the same, their is no difference...and until we experience that energy insecurity and anxiety remain present...

08/25/2013

A study in Beijing consisting of 100 persons over the age of 80 that had practiced Tai Chi for at least 5 years had no signs or symptoms of osteoporosis,,,very interesting.

08/22/2013

I am often asked, "what is Tai Chi"? Reality is, Tai Chi is unexplainable, it is beyond words and language which makes it very unique. Unique in the sense that we have a "belief" that everything can be explained, which is an illusion.
Now I can talk about Tai Chi for hours upon hours but my most common response is that Tai Chi is a journey, an experience which is different for each individual and each individual has a journey relative to their evolutionary path.
Tai Chi can be experienced as a discipline which means it must be done with all one's being in a process where the distinction between mind, soul and body is lost as they flow into each other and merge in harmony. It is a process where consciousness is dispersed from the mind throughout every cell of the body so the entire being becomes total awareness. Hand, foot, breath, balance and awareness blend into each other until there is only spontaneous, unceasing movement.
Both Tai Chi and Chi Qong are sciences of working with the bodies energy field allowing the practitioner to cultivate and control his or her own energy. Both have four basic applications; health, longevity, martial power and spiritual illumination. And this experience dates back to prehistoric time in ancient China being mentioned in the earliest written records of Chinese history.
However, I have taught some that simply wanted better physical balance, some wanting stress management, others as a method to stop addictions and control weight as well as those seeking spiritual development. The benefits are endless as well as the journey if one chooses to stay on the path.
Over the past twenty years I myself have made an attempt to describe an art that has no definition and if forced to do so I would define Tai Chi as "inner technology". We constantly hear about technology in our world but it is all external and unfortunately we have lost the art of internal development. And to even hear myself describe Tai Chi and an "inner technology" allows me a feeling of sadness due to using words and language that is so empty and impotent trying to define such a beautiful and natural art.

Enough for today.

08/20/2013

We also instruct Chi Lao and Chi Qong. Available for demonstrations. Call or text for details.

08/17/2013

Taking on new Tai Chi folks, individual and groups. Any questions please ask.

08/15/2013