The Art and Science of Yoga and Tai Chi
Welcome to the world of Yoga and Tai Chi. This website offers additional information to what is presented in class. It is also intended to serve as a venue for thinking and reflecting on topics that relate to the world around us through the lens of yoga and tai chi. This journey always begins where you are at the present moment. The only limit is the extent of your imagination.
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Syllabus
Latest class syllabus
Forms List
Find here an array of Tai Chi Sequences and a listing of the forms
Videos
Here you will find videos that can help you visualize the different forms and sequences
Class Videos
Examples of some of our classes
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Read more: Ganesha’s Inspiration
India has 2,000,000 gods, and worships them all. In religion all other countries are paupers; India is the only millionaire.” ~Mark Twain In most western yoga classes (and I teach in a western class) the concern and emphasis is placed mostly…
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Caesura – What is it and why is it important in Yoga and Tai Chi
Read more: Caesura – What is it and why is it important in Yoga and Tai ChiThe Merriam Webster word of the day for July 16 was “caesura” pronounced sih-ZYUR-uh. Caesura means a break or interruption. Caesuras are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse. We often need these little stops to set the…
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Moving Gracefully from Position to Position During a Yoga Session
Read more: Moving Gracefully from Position to Position During a Yoga SessionHave you ever been in a yoga class where you are instructed to move from supine to standing, standing to kneeling, kneeling to prone, prone to standing, then down again to your knees. You get the gist. You are bobbing…
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13 Tips on How to Find Ease in a Yoga Pose
Read more: 13 Tips on How to Find Ease in a Yoga PoseThese are emotional times. I awoke yesterday morning to hear of yet another two deaths of my black citizens by police officers. The FBI director was being interrogated concerning Hillary Clinton’s emails during her term as Secretary of State. My tai chi…
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Dialoguing with Resistance
Read more: Dialoguing with ResistanceEver feel like you are fighting yourself in a yoga pose? I have heard many students say that they will not attend yoga classes that include poses with long holds. They tell me the long holds are too difficult even…
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I honor that place in you…Strength, friendship, humility.
Read more: I honor that place in you…Strength, friendship, humility.I like ritual in my classes. It adds a structure and a serious tone to the class. In my yoga classes I always start with the ringing of a Tibetan bowl. I end class with Namaste. In my tai chi…
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