Blogs

June 19-23, 2010

Tai Chi and Ba Gua as Moving Meditation

Taoist Lineage Master Bruce Frantzis will teach a 5-day intensive on how Tai Chi and Ba Gua have their roots in meditation. While Tai Chi is most often taught throughout the world as a health practice, there is a specific method for using to tai chi to work on emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being too.

Tai Chi's sister art, Ba Gua, was developed in Taoist monasteries thousands of years ago, primarily with a meditation focus.

Potential topics include:
• Using the eyes and ears as gateways to meditation

February 28, 2010 -- 3-5pm

Join us for a fun blend of food and socializing, especially dedicated to thanking our Water Way Arts Board members (outgoing and incoming)for their service to the community. To volunteer for set-up or clean-up, please contact Yvonne, 617.738.1910, ytriem@gmail.com.

Hsing-I is the third major internal energy art, along with Tai Chi and Ba Gua, but it is often left out of a well-rounded practice. Join guest instructor Jess O'Brien for an evening introduction to this missing member of the energy arts family to find out what you can add to your current practice.

"The most popular chi gung program I teach,” Eric Peters (senior Energy Arts instructor) calls Marriage of Heaven & Earth, the focus of this spring’s immersion week, April 17–21.

On Saturday, January 9, we had our first all-school meeting in several years. Thank you to the 40-plus people who showed up. We talked to many more who were interested in attending, but couldn't.

The winter months are a time of resting and focusing inward. We can take advantage of this opportunity to feel the inner landscape of our physical body. Check out Feeling Internally with the Breath for suggestions on how to do this....enjoy!

Members of the Brookline Tai Chi community are invited by the Board of Directors to attend an all-school meeting on Saturday, January 9 from 2:30-4:30pm

The January-February 2010 issue of Harvard Magazine features a great survey article of current issues surrounding Tai Chi in the West. I'm excited to share it because the author has really captured the range of concerns we try to address in classes.

Robert returns this winter to teach more material from his teacher, Master Wang Hao Da. Students who attended any of this past Cloud Hands workshops will already be somewhat familiar with this material, but now Robert will teach this set in full.

Here's a great list of "Hand Warmers" for cold winter days, compiled by our instructor Ruth Schechter.

1. Invisible Finger Circles (with thanks to Kathleen Ahern)
   With hands relaxed and down at your sides, let your mind rest in your thumbs. Then gently make tiny circles with your thumbs, first one way, then the other. It doesn’t matter if your movement is imperceptible—make the circles with your mind. Then move on to index fingers, middle fingers, ring fingers, and pinkies.