Finding peace with Tai Chi for Kids

  What a small world we live in.  We can connect with anyone, anywhere, almost.  We share this planet, the air, the breath, the peace.  But sometimes it feels like we share too much hostility, pollution and negativity.               Every year it becomes more and more important to find […]

Mind-Body Activities Promote Overall Health

We all benefit from focus, calmness, inner peace. Mind-body activities promote Overall Health. But sometimes we search with such determination for inner peace that we defeat ourselves before we even start.     Know this is true I have done it myself Sometimes I promise myself with force and anger that I will do something […]

Students love a TAI CHI week in NYC

Imagine: A classroom is filled with students struggling with serious learning challenges. The noise and the confusion suddenly stops. Students love Tai Chi. There is silence as each child moves as an elephant or a tiger. Everyone is successful because there is not just one way to do it.     A running  elephant is […]

Finding Calm in 2018

Finding  peace, focus and calm is not easy.  We had to work at in 2017 and we will have to continue to work for peace in 2018.  The situation around us does not make it easier.     But Tai Chi, a moving meditation,  can help. You can read lots of scientific articles about meditation […]

Tai Chi Breathing

How important can breathing be?  We all do it everyday, naturally.  We don’t have to learn it, do we? It depends if you want to breathe efficiently, sending oxygen to every cell for maximum benefit, or just breathe to get by. We take thousands of breaths every day. Air is the most important thing we […]

What do Tai Chi and Nature have in Common?

More than you think Both of them: Lower blood pressure – studies on walking in nature and doing tai chi both show significant lowering of blood pressure. Help us to let go of negative thoughts and fears- we are surrounded by so much bad news, aggressive voices, pollution, noise, and technology that moments of peace […]