When I started this blog, I promised to write about how to incorporate t'ai chi into every day life -- walking around, in the house, on an icy sidewalk -- and I haven't kept my word. I've been writing about all kinds of things -- your carrying-the-ball hands, t'ai chi villages in China -- but not about the mundane and for that I apologize. And I'm going to change that here, when I talk about how to deal, in a t'ai chi way, with stuff lying around on the floor. You may have something that is always there, that you need to walk around, occasionally pick up, maybe curse at it a little. Maybe you've got a small step leading into a room. In my case, it's Violet, my catahoula leopard dog. She was a rescue, with a sad story, and a very sensitive disposition. How I got her. I had had a couple of catahoulas, and knew and liked this breed, that rumor has it, was developed in Louisiana (There's a parish of Catahoula). It's an impossibl
This is a blog about t'ai chi, specifically how we can apply the teachings of this ancient practice to our contemporary lives. How do we navigate an icy sidewalk? What is the best posture for that dreaded job interview? There are the eternal problems, of course, of back pain and creaky knees. My intention is to have a place to share ideas about t'ai chi methods of caring for our spirits and bodies in today's complicated world.