How To Do Tai Chi For Beginners

Tai Chi in Portland

This guideon How To Do Tai Chi For Beginners is broken into three parts The How, The Why and Going Deeper. The how only takes a couple of minutes and will change your life.  Do it now. Once you’ve had that experience move on the to why and going deeper.  Each will add to the power… Read more »

Portland Tai Chi Class

Tai Chi in Portland

For the qigong portion of our Portland Tai Chi class today we worked the Four Count breathing set for half an hour. This is one of the simplest forms we teach at the studio. It can be worked for anywhere from 5 minutes to several hours, if you felt so motivated. I encourage you all… Read more »

Restoring Your Qi with Tai Chi

Tai Chi in Portland

In Chinese philosophy the term Qi or Chi is used to denote the flow of natural energy that exists in all living beings. It is said that as long as your Qi is in alignment and flowing smoothly throughout your body, you are in harmony with the world and that you are physically and mentally… Read more »

Tai Chi and Qigong

qigong portland

Let’s start by briefly looking at a description of both Tai Chi and Qigong. Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese martial art that involves the use of breathing exercises, physical movement and meditation. Qigong is an ancient Chinese practice that is designed to cultivate your Qi or natural energy that the Chinese believe flows in… Read more »