My new daily practice starts with meditation 🧘‍♀️ Eating healthy, walking and Tai Chi has helped me to sleep deeply and feel alert and present. Meditating takes discipline and patience. Taichi and Qigong has given me this 🙏✨️ Enjoy this awesome experience 👏

Hey everyone 👋 Just a little behind-the-scenes update from today. We’re filming a quick and fun Tai Chi stick drill that anyone can jump into, whether you’re brand new or already training regularly. It’s simple, accessible, and meant to support your daily practice. For those of you participating in the 10-day challenge, thank you for showing up and staying engaged. As a little extra motivation, you’ll have a chance to win one of our custom Tai Chi sticks, so keep going and enjoy the process. And if you’ve been curious about Tai Chi stick work, we’ll be sharing more updates soon. We’re excited to keep building this with you.

The Qualities of the breath. The breath is something that is intrinsically linked to our practice and something that is often overlooked in other physical practices. You can look up and google many different kinds of breath work and even become a certified master of breathing;). So how does qi gong view breathing? Well first, let’s not over worry about breathing wrong or incorrectly. If you are currently alive then your breath is doing a great job of keeping you functioning and thinking, especially since the brain uses way more oxygen than almost any other part of the body, so thank your breath for all those good ideas:). Rather than think that we need to control our breath, instead look to become a student of your breath. Listen and observe for how it is already working alongside your movement and posture doing a great job without you ever having had to do a thing. To quote Sun Tzu, “The breath sets the strategy”, and how we connect to our breath is directly related to our concept of ‘song’. By taking the mental posture of a student, we can then relax into the deeper systems that bring stabilization and ease into our state. It is also good to know that the air we breath and exchange with the environment is an aspect of environmental Qi, which is something different from the qi we are observing within our system. The beauty of the breath is that it is something we can use to ‘shine a flashlight’ or “create resonance” within our entire body, but the respiratory process is contained within some very specific spaces and uses logical mechanics. Overtime, there is an integration of sensory inputs that will help support and benefit the system. It is as simple as beginning to learn more about the breath and how to interact and perceive it. Below are a list of qualities we can learn to observe and look for in our breath. These are intentions that we can carry with us to gently influence the nature and quality of our breath over time. Remember, intention is like a rock you cast into a pool. We are looking and listening for the splash and ripples and feeling for the change in current. They are also guides for further study as we can begin to learn what other aspects of our practice need to be present and cultivated to draw out these qualities more easily.

Have a great practice wherever you may be! It's going to be a fabulous day ☺️

Have a great weekend everyone! It's been fun to see so many comments and pictures of others personal journey from so many other countries! We share a fantastic community!