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The Complete Taiji Dao . The Art of the Chinese Saber. By Zhang, Yun.  Blue Snake Books, 2009.  464 pages.  ISBN:1583942270.   ...

The Twelve Principles of Natural Liberation 1.  All forms are interconnected, constantly change, and continuously arise from and return t...

"One egg's lower half transformed And became the earth below, And its upper half transmuted And became the sky above; From the ...

"Know the masculine, but keep to the feminine: and become a watershed to the world. If you embrace the world, the Tao will neve...

One of my favorite fitness activities is walking outdoors.  For many years I have read books about walking and collected quotes and sayin...

My big focus today was helping my wife, Karen.  She had successful hernia surgery this morning at the St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Re...

I take a long 3.5 mile walk four days each week.  Walking is one of my essential "contemplative" practices. In the winter month...

If you enjoy doing exercises with a medicine ball, you might enjoy practicing my Magic Pearl Qigong . This body/mind movement art practice...

Get those binoculars off the shelf in your home, clean them up, and take them outside to see your local neighborhood with new eyes.  Get a c...

Buddha's Charter of Free Inquiry “Do not go upon what has been acquired by repeated hearing; nor upon tradition; nor upon rumor; nor...

New Ways of Seeing Reflections in puddles along Kilkenny Way. Take some time to look at the ground while you walk, stand or sit. Ei...

"A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. A...

Over the past decade, as I have prepared webpages on Taijiquan and Qigong topics of interest to me, I have added a link to the new webpage t...

"Tackle difficulties when they are easy, Accomplish great things when they are small. Handle what is going to be rough        when i...

Current 2011 Taijiquan and Qigong Class and Practice Schedule Michael P. Garofalo, Instructor Red Bluff, Northern California Outdoors, M...