by Admin | Jul 8, 2015 | Tai Chi
Tai Chi, like any other group activity, suffers from a certain attrition. People come to class, try it out for a bit, and then leave. Other students immediately “get it” and stay for years. There is no clear rhyme or reason to this. Some get it , and some...
by Admin | Jan 9, 2015 | musings, Tai Chi
Yes. George Lucas’ STAR WARS movies were obviously influenced by basic Taoist ideas. Luke’s training by Yoda reveals what used to be the ideas behind the Force: an omnipresent force underlying the existence of all living things, connecting all living...
by Admin | Jan 5, 2015 | history and philosophy, Tai Chi
Have you heard of the Steps of Yu? Yu was a man in the prehistory of China, a man tied to its shamanic roots. He could transform into a bear, predict the weather and change the course of rivers. In some stories he is the First Man, the one who separated Heaven and...
by Admin | Dec 7, 2012 | musings
From “The Archdruid Report” blog: “The Tao Te Ching has been translated into English more often than any other book, and the title has received nearly an equal diversity of renderings. I’m convinced that most of this diversity comes out of our...
by Admin | Nov 17, 2012 | musings
Very interesting study: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/11/12/164793058/struggle-for-smarts-how-eastern-and-western-cultures-tackle-learning
