Tai Chi Ch'uan-The Art of Mindful Meditation There is a saying in the Taoist philosophy, “Stillness in stillness is not the true stillness, that only through stillness in motion does the universal rhythm become manifest.” This is the goal of Tai Chi, to incorporate and harmonize the rhythms of the universe within our human bodies. It is, I made add, no simple feat. As a teacher of Tai Chi, I find that students who come to me are too full. Their bodies are too busy acting and

What is Tai Chi? What I have found is that Tai Chi Ch'uan has proven itself to be a method of improving my physical health, increasing my internal and external power, helped me discover a state of impenetrable inner calm within and enabled the honing my self-defense skills to a sharpened edge. It has literally opened a portal enabling greater communication with my surroundings and the environment as a whole. This is why I ask each of my students, “Where do you want Tai Chi to