Late day practice: Activating your QI; Winter Qi; Stillness; 10 minutes of form Before: tired - Long hike today and lots of personal business tasks to complete After: body still tired :) but my mind is calmer

Practice: Activating your Qi; Grounding Qi; Tai and Qi flow recorded session 2-15-2026 Before: Waking up for early morning practice After: Warm and alert, found my Qi. Still ragged form but getting a bit better. Found the hands focus to be informative and helpful.

Great video. Thanks for posting it. The martial aspects are less important to me than the health and mindfulness components of the study, so I am glad Sonny touched on that. I really enjoy the history and etymology aspects of his discussions too. I view my Tai and Qi practice as a long term endeavor, as he noted. I am enjoying the journey and not fixated on the destination.

David I retired for the third time in May of 2025. I was a Technology Director for two different very large Healthcare Systems. It was difficult to give up the relationships established over decades as well as the structured routine. The first time I retired I found myself a bit lost after just 30 days. I was fortunate to have skillsets that allowed me to jump back into the same role in another organization and I did find that "need to be needed" once again intoxicating. I did not need the retirement income but I did need purpose. I struggled constantly with the idea of retiring again until last year. Out of the blue it dawned on me that I was fooling myself when I thought that work was the only purpose. I decided to find other "purposes" like wife, healthy lifestyle, travel, grandchild, and just stillness in my day to reflect and imagine the next purpose. I told my employer in late April that I was leaving in late May and felt like the clouds had suddenly cleared. I have not regretted that decision for one moment. I find the days fly by with with planned and unplanned activity. I love my freedom to do whatever. I admit that some days I have a moment or two of boredom, but then I reflect on those endless meetings and stressful deadlines and those moments of boredom become priceless :). I am going back to work in the late spring, not in IT, but at a golf course doing menial tasks. I will be a 72 year old newbie and I look forward to it with anticipation. I was fortunate to love my career, but also fortunate enough to know when it was time to leave and find "purpose" next.

Practice: Stillness; Vitality Qi; Winter Qi; Before: Busy day so had to cut practice short - Cold morning After: More energy and more flexible . More stillness and focus to face a busy day.

Practice: Winter Qi: The Eagle ; Bagua flow ;Elemental Qi; 20 min form practice After: warmed and better energy

Marvelous - I tell everyone I know what an asset it has become for me.