(3-6-2026 -SEE BELOW FOR THE ATTACHED EMAIL TO OUR STUDENTS AT WATTS) Odie and I are working on an email to share with our students. We will discuss what we covered in 2025 with the handouts attached; and some new ideas for 2026 Tai Chi Chuan/Qigong classes. Thought you might want to do the same for the students you have taught or are teaching now. This gives something of a teaching plan for everyone. Here's most of what we sent them. ======================================================== Hello Tai Chi Family at Watts Towers. Last year we covered a lot and this year we hope to share with you some new and interesting ideas for yourself and perhaps family and friends. In the past we have gone through 24 Tai Chi Chuan, Yang Style. We have shared our personal Qigong/Exercises as well as The Eight Brocades, Five Animals and the Ten Qigong Form. Meditation Walking, Tai Chi Walking have been part of our Tai Chi Journey together. For some cardio we added some Capoeira and Maculele. We did some basic Wave Hands and hope to continue with the more advanced form of Wave Hands this year. As 2025 ended we showed you some hand qigong for improving your health as well as some cognitive hand exercises. We had hoped to do the individual videos of your Qigong, but there wasn't enough group participation to do that. Hopefully, you will be more willing to do it this year for your own health benefits. This year we want to bring in some Chess, Wave Hands, and more of what we have learned over the twenty plus years we have been learning and teaching. As a parent, I also want to send a shout out to Russell when was a teen he told me, "Mom, you shouldn't wear that, you don't look good in it anymore." I was surprised and then very thoughtful. So I joined the 24 Hour gym and got my old body back, so that he became proud of me and how I looked to him and his friends. That was a serious wakeup call for me. Odie and I hope that you are as healthy as we are when you are 77 and 88 years old. In fact we hope you are even healthier than us. We hope that you will consider becoming more involved, not just for yourself, but to share with your family and friends. Last year we had too many friends who realized at 60 years...it was nearly impossible for them to improve their health. Some are on walkers now. One can't even get out of bed by himself. Odie and I think about all those who can't get up for one reason or another and are determined to continue to do our best each and everyday possible.

Thanks to all for your encouragement during my first zoom meeting with you. I also like what Dr Hoover said about (not a direct quote): "if you demand something of your body, your body will adapt." And so, I am demanding more.... slowly, of course. 😁

May the Year of the Horse bring growth and achievement to your practice.

We are officially in our second month of our weekly free community Tai Chi class here in Oaxaca, Mexico. A student recorded this video during yesterday’s session and shared it in our WhatsApp group with the caption: "Best class yet." The class started in January with about eight students, and over the past several weeks, it has grown into this beautiful, vibrant circle! This is such a powerful reminder of the impact we can have when we combine the art of Tai Chi with a spirit of service to the community. How is your journey going? I’d love to hear form all of you: - How are things going with your practice? Are any of you teaching your own classes yet? What are some of the challenges or wins you’ve experienced recently? A nudge for those in the Teacher Training... For those of you further along in the course, have you thought about completing your Community Class assignment? The task is simple: teach one free community Tai Chi class and record it. 1. The Plan: Create a simple class outline (feel free to copy the format from my Tai Chi for Beginners class, and then add your own flavor to it). 2. The Invite: Create a flyer, post it, and invite people. I’ve heard from many of our graduates that this is one of the most impactful parts of the course. It creates massive personal breakthroughs and often has the "happy side effect" of attracting new students who want to keep working with you! Check out the energy from yesterday's class in the video below! 👇