POWER TO OVERCOME INJURIES

“Power comes from the stomach; love from the heart; wisdom from the mind.”     John, Thanksgiving 2014 at the age of 65, a few weeks after shoulder rotator cuff surgery. No matter how well we take care of our bodies, injuries, illnesses, and physical...

TEACHING AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS

August 2022 John (the old dog here) at the age of 69 with Toby who is trying to learn a headstand in 2017 I hear the complaint frequently that “I am too old to learn Tai Chi Yoga.” The excuses run the gamut from “I had surgery 20 years ago,” “My body is too...

SO RELAXED

John in a Sponge position relaxing with Gio and Bugsy in 2019 I hear the complaint frequently that “I am too old to learn Tai Chi Yoga.” The excuses run the gamut from “I had surgery 20 years ago,” or “My body is too arthritic,” or “I don’t learn as well as I did when...

PURSUIT OF THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH

The pursuit of the fountain of youth is a time-honored tradition dating back hundreds
if not thousands of years, especially by royalty and the rich or wanna-be rich. It has picked up even greater steam today. Consider this lead sentence in a
 recent article by Megan...

HOW DID HE KNOW?

I was in a health food store in Germany one morning in July 1977. I had been hitchhiking in Europe since February. On the bulletin board was an announcement about a tai chi retreat being taught in the Swiss Alps by Gia Fu Feng, renowned tai chi master of my friend...