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The Tai Chi Examiner

Tai Chi for Musicians By Violet Li Performing Guitarist and Senior Artist Teacher Joe Rea Phillips of the Blair School of Music of  Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN) has studied Wushu for 35 years.  He started with Northern Shaolin and then … Continue reading

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The Tai Chi Examiner

One member wrote, “Going slower revealed even more to me about the deep connections not just with my body, but with the interrelationships with my (Taiji) partners, and increased my capacity to ‘hear’ what was going on.” One described that during the slow practice, Qi was moving very fast. Dan Tian continued to move like a gyration ball even after the form practice. The other attributed to the Qi flowing smoothly in her body during Continue reading

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