Cloud Hands

"Even before I could speak, I remember crawling through blueberry patches in the wild meadows on our hillsides. I quickly discovered ...

The first Taijiquan form I learned in 1986 was the Standard 24 Movement T'ai Chi Ch'uan Form in the Yang Style of T'ai Chi Ch...

"So many gods So many creeds This wind, that wind. While just the art Of being kind Is all the sad world needs." - Ella Whee...

"The five colors blind our eyes. The five notes deafen our ears. The five flavors dull our taste. Racing, chasing, hunting, driv...

Study with Mike Garofalo in Beautiful Red Bluff, California Beginning T'ai Chi Ch'uan Opti...

We are blessed with a bountiful supply of fresh figs.  We have planted six different varieties of figs, and enjoy the produce from twelve fi...

"For the Eastern mystic, all things and events perceived by the senses are interrelated, connected and are but different aspects or man...

There are many T'ai Chi Ch'uan exercise forms which make use of a fan.   Most are shorter forms, under 25 movements, but some, like ...

Advice for Young People "Young people need compassion and guidance, not obscure mysticism. Here are some guidelines for young people...

The cottonwood tree is slowly loosing its leaves, or should I say that the leaves are one by one letting go to float down to their death.  ...

Master Chang’s Pepper Talk Coming through the clear and cloudless skies whereabouts known the master comes walking to my home. Smiling,...

"creative spirit vital soul wondrous bodymind can you combine these into one phase and gently hold onto it one phase one part on...

"What is the color of your head from the standpoint of your eyes?  You feel that you head is black, or that it has not any color at...

I continue my research into the Chinese Five Elements Theory (Wuxing).  There are many books and webpages with a Table of Correspondences ...

"Begin by walking your normal walk a little more slowly. Become aware of your breath, breathing through you nose, and count the numbe...