The Dragon's Head Blog
Changing habits
56 years ago my mother passed away. I was 10. Since then I have lived a pretty wreckless life. Smoking has been one of my coping mechanisms for the last 40 years until 6 years ago, when Taoist Tai Chi gave me the strength to stop. I ordered a plaque for my mother, for All […]
Pain is out!
During the latest lockdown, I hardly found time to practice. Indeed, I was having twice my normal amount of work, in addition to the daily household chores (including looking after 4 kids). My body paid for it: I felt more stressed and tensed and recently got a block in my upper back. I called the […]
The best out of the worst
During the first months of self-practice, I was practicing very high Don-Yus. This allowed me to relax a lot the cervical and lumbar area. By spending so many hours working in front of the computer, they were parts of the body very vulnerable to pain. I managed to incorporate the 50 Don-Yus into my daily […]
Costa Rica
I would like to share my experience in these times, and something that was said at some point in the meetings on Saturdays comes to my mind: « In difficult times opportunities arise … ». For me it has been a great opportunity to learn more about the Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism. The teachings […]
The right course
We’ve recently discussed one of the guidelines from Fung Loy Kok directors at our ZOOM meeting with Polish members. It was about having a notebook to make notes regarding our individual practice and the progress we make and changes we can observe while being on the Taoist Tai Chi® training path. Włodek, a member from […]
Take responsibility
Thanks to regular zoom meetings with the leaders of our organisation, I’ve come to realise several challenges in these difficult times when restrictions change our ordinary lives. One of the key messages for me is to take responsibility for yourself, for your training. It means trusting yourself, trusting instructions we have received and still receive […]
Opportunities through Adversity
The adversity of this time of pandemic has given me the opportunity to realize the importance of being conscious and consistent, both in the practice of tai chi, as in the zoom and chanting sessions. Sharing all this gives way to words and emotions, such as: consistency, patience, awareness, connection, attention, observation, letting go and […]
Finding A New Grace
Everyone probably has lockdown stories to tell: here is mine. Even after years of Tai Chi, I still sometimes wondered if I could get through a set without clues from my fellow practitioners, but was determined to try and do a set each day during lockdown. I had fallen in love with Tai Chi from […]
Making The Pain Go Away
« I just wanted to tell you about something that’s happened since Lockdown. I’ve been diagnosed with osteoarthritis in both hips, and was getting quite a bit of hip pain until I finally got a diagnosis. Then I remembered something that we had been told at CIT week in Orangeville, back in 2009, about how dan-yus […]
Personal Stories / USA
Since doing sets on my own for over eight months now, an interesting thing has happened. At first it seemed strange to practice alone, without a group. I felt oddly self-conscious, even though no one was watching. Over time, though, I stopped worrying about that and just started focusing on how my body felt while […]
Chanting lunaire
A la pleine et à la nouvelle lune, le 1er et le 15 de chaque mois lunaire, 1000 participants de 26 pays chantent le Northern Dipper Scripture ensemble à distance. Ce texte sacré exprime l’interconnexion entre l’univers externe (à l’extérieur de nous-mêmes) et l’univers interne (à l’intérieur de nous-mêmes), une idée qui résonne dans l’expérience […]
50 ans d’arts Taoist Tai Chi®
Depuis d’humbles débuts à Toronto en 1970, les enseignements de Maître Moy se sont répandus dans le monde. Aujourd’hui, plus de 1000 participants de 26 pays célèbrent 50 ans d’aide aux autres et de service à nos communautés à travers les arts Taoist Tai Chi®. C’est le cœur rempli de reconnaissance que nous nous tournons […]
Joyeuses fêtes de fin d’année
Nous espérons que chacun trouve la paix, l’amour et la joie, malgré cette période difficile. Joyeuses fêtes de fin d’année et meilleurs vœux à tous
Growing through the pandemic
My experience these past nine months has been of physical, emotional, mental and spiritual growth. On March 13th we were confined. I have a 12-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl with special needs, quite an experience. I would get up at 6 in the morning to practice Tai Chi. It was my moment of peace, […]
Managing stress and anxiety with daily practise
Before the pandemic, Taoist Tai Chi® arts was something I only practised when attending a weekly class on a Friday night. In between classes, I rarely gave it a thought. Having been suffering with anxiety and stress, I attended a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy course in February which gave me some tools to use. This became […]
I’m grateful to the Society
I am 75 years old. I have been doing tai chi for seven years, but a year ago I had to stop attending classes because I am taking care of my husband, with senile dementia. Thanks to the years that I have been doing tai chi, today I can say that I am doing quite […]
« At Home” retreat from 1-5 June 2020 – Retraite “At Home” du 1er au 5 juin 2020
Après avoir vécu très difficilement le début du confinement, malgré une pratique journalière, j’étais envahie par le stress et la peur. Je me suis accrochée aux DY et TY, et aux encouragements des instructeurs. Au fil des semaines et de mes pratiques, ce confinement m’a fait réaliser combien par nos retraites, nos intensifs et nos […]
Self-Practice is Self-Care
Self-practice has been a struggle for me. My husband spent eight weeks in hospital after February 29th, and passed away in early May. During that time my focus was on him, not myself. I have found the chanting and Zoom meetings invaluable to my mental health. Not only are they very educational, they also make […]
Feeling the energy and the togetherness
On Saturday I logged on to ‘Chanting for the world’ for the first time. I didn’t chant but just soaked up the feeling and followed one of the chants that I had printed out. I found it very relaxing and enjoyed listening to the speakers. When the chanting was finished I realised that I […]
Devoting time to improve my health
I had been practicing more or less regularly, but I did it as a kind of homework: I practiced what I had seen at a class, at a workshop or a correction I had received. Lockdown began and with it my fear of getting infected, the uncertainty about the future and sadness about what was […]
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