The Dragon's Head Blog
Day 5 Lok Hup / Pain Relief Program – International Center Florida
Our bodies, hearts, and minds have been opened with the fullness of this week. Daily chanting and meditation nourished our spirit. As this Lok Hup/Pain Relief week comes to a close we can sincerely appreciate Master Moy’s vision of almost 50 years. The culmination of understanding has brought us here where we can take care of […]
Day 4 – Lok Hup /Pain Relief Program International Center Florida
Participants reflect on their practice this week. -Lok Hup is health recovery for me, I’m feeling like water and the quiet is so profound. -Lok Hup helps me maintain my mobility, especially with my hip injury. -Lok Hup is pain relief for my lower back. I’m finding the tor yu and don yu and enjoying […]
Day 3 Lok Hup/Pain Relief Week – International Center Florida
We have heard stories of Master Moy advising those with health concerns to practice more don yu and tor yu. So, how do we integrate don yu and tor yu with pain relief. Marsha suggests that applying intention of the principles of pressing down, expanding and letting go we become aware of how this makes […]
Lok Hup/Pain Relief Week – International Center Florida
Softer, quieter, less athletic, less work; more feeling on the inside; letting go for the movement to work on you. These opening comments greeted over 80 participants to the International Center in Florida on April 3rd for a combined 2nd half Lok Hup and Pain Relief Week. “Knowing the moves will only take you so […]
The feeling is more important than the form- International program in Lamballe, France
We were over 120 members attending the program led by Andrew Hung on 16-18 March. Andrew gave us many precious and precise instructions to explore and work on the lengthening of the spine and the full circles. The wind and rain were violent outside the building but we were hot inside while looking for the […]
Public displays in Southend, GB
A large group from the South East Essex branch of the Taoist Tai Chi Society of Great Britain gathered in Southend at the weekend, to practice Taoist Tai ChiTM Arts, and to hand out leaflets to promote the imminent Open House sessions and new Beginner courses in the branch. https://youtu.be/v4UmPlDuLiI Members of the general public […]
USA NATIONAL WORKSHOP March 16 / 17 – Manhattan, NY
82 participants had a full weekend of dropping elbows, turning the spine, and letting go / pain relief in a massive air filled space in midtown Manhattan! Folks came from Ithaca, Syracuse, Buffalo, Chicago, Corpus Christi, Austin, Dallas, Dunedin, Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan to explore the feeling of these „changes” when integrated into our […]
International program in the Southern European Center with banquet of the Chinese New Year
It was a splendid banquet and we were honored with the attendance of several representatives from different countries and associations of the field of health, all that in a festive and cheerful atmosphere. Both the organization and the realization of the banquet were carried out by volunteer members from thirteen different countries. We also had […]
International program in Prague – Expansion and contraction
Even the numbers can tell how much gratitude we feel about having such a wonderful opportunity to host a 5-day program of Taoist arts in Prague: 230 people came to experience the five days IWS, and 50 more joined for the weekend. For those who wished, every day started with a chanting session. Then we […]
Program in the South European Center
A great day to start the international workshop in the South European Center with Andrew Hung and more than a hundred participants.
Oregon Branch hosts National Workshop
The Oregon Branch hosted a National Workshop on the weekend of March 2nd/3rd. Western Region participants traveled from as far away as Texas and Alaska joining 2 participants from the eastcoast and many from the Oregon Branch for a total of 76. The focus was on toryus. We worked on toryus in the large […]
Pain Relief Week – International Center Florida
Feeling every move and ‘not holding’ were the directions given participants attending the February 2019 pain relief workshop held at the FLK International Tai Chi Centre in Dunedin, Florida. Our work focused on feeling every move throughout the set and ‘not holding’ while turning the spine, dropping elbows and arms, expanding diagonally, laterally and vertically, […]
A Tai Chi Ton
A Tai Chi Ton How much is a Tai Chi Ton? Several years ago when I started at the St Petersburg center there was an old laundry bin in the corner that had a sign on it for Food Donations I noticed that it occasionally would have food in it and every now and […]
First Texas Branch Intensive
On Saturday, February 23, Austin hosted the first Texas Branch Intensive, led by Virginia Amos. Attending were 77 participants from Austin, Dallas, Corpus Christi, and Pharr. We played with full weight shifting, roundness, softness, natural feelings. The group broke for a wonderful pot luck lunch prepared by the Austin hosts, and it did not disappoint! […]
Chinese New Year Banquet – Colorado Branch
Gung Hay Fat Choy The Colorado Branch held our traditional Chinese New Year Celebration February 23rd with a hundred of our members plus ten local dignitaries. Poor weather cleared in time to host the well-attended event. The program included welcome and opening remarks by member Donna Samuels, Year of the Pig remarks by Dan Hartman, a […]
Celebrating the Year of the Pig in Ipswich GB
More than sixty members from seven classes throughout Suffolk spent time together in Ipswich this week to celebrate the Year of the Pig. Members arrived early to help decorate the hall, prepare food, make puerh tea for the break, and start the sale of raffle tickets We enjoyed practising tai chi together, and hearing tales from the early days of the […]
A Saturday of Taoist Tai Chi in Brussels – Un samedi de Taoist Tai Chi à Bruxelles
Over the years, our celebration of the Chinese New Year has become a special event for us members of the TTCS. A time of meeting and sharing, where we work together to make this day a beautiful rewarding memory, between decoration, preparation of spring rolls, an intensive, our delicious meal, and a fundraising for the […]
Weekend Program – International Center Florida
Letting the light in and throwing out the trash! (from our bodies of course) Participants at the 2 day International workshop at International Center Florida learning anti-aging methods like loading up and elbows down. The circulation was moving as spines were turning. We worked on our cardiovascular health, and full body chain of motion. The […]
Welcoming new Beginners at a Weekend in Colchester GB
At our European Centre in Colchester, 63 participants enjoyed a Beginner Weekend, supported by 27 volunteer helpers. Two days of working on finding balance, standing tall, and expansion and contraction.
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