TAI CHI TEACHES

**  Celebrate World Tai Chi  and Qigong Day
Saturday April 28, 2018 at 10 AM-11 AM in your time zone~

*Poem Created by Isabel Brady Jackson:

Tai Chi Teaches

          natural posture

         

          even breathing 

           flexibility

           coordination

           concentration

To which may be added

            contemplation

  

            comprehension

            compilation

            commendation

            commission

            completion

* Tai Chi Teaches, Poem by Isabel Jackson from Observaions & Affirmations Little Book of Poems 2017

Poem published with permission


** World Tai Chi and Qigong Celebration: Tsui-Lien Chang, Tai Chi expert and owner of Lotus Tai Chi, many forms and programs, Grand Opening World Tai Chi Day, April 28 Sat at 10-11 AM, open house 10AM-4 PM

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Related Post:

Universe:  Shadows of Cranes, story and poem

Resources:

World Tai and Qigong Day created by Bill Douglas, author, tai chi and qigong expert

Dr. Paul Lam, Tai Chi expert and teacher

Dr. Yang, Zwing-ming, Taiji and Qigong traditional styles and teachings

18 Form Taiji Qigong (3 parts), originally created in Beijing in 1982 by He, Weiqi and Lin, Hou Sheng 

The Yang Family traditional forms from the Yang Family linage 

Jou,Tsung Hwa,  traditional methods: books include The Tao of Tai Chi Chuan Way to Rejuvenation and The Tao of Meditation Way to Enlightenment

Special Thanks:

Gu, Jiong  my teacher and Dr. of Traditional Chinese Medicine originally from Shanghai, the Gu Family Style Tai Chi, the 88 pattern, 108 movements with coordinating  music originally developed in Shanghai area of China

Seminars at A Taste of China 1998-1999, Winchester VA 

Jou, Tsung Hwa

Dr. Yang Jwing-ming

He, Weiqi co-creator of the 18 Form Taiji Qigong

The Yang Family

Dr. John Painter

Seminars

Dr. Paul Lam, certification to teach Tai Chi for Health, Various Programs 

"Thank You for All you Teach Us~"

Tai Chi and Qigong Friends and Experts

Supportive Family including our son Rob, a student of Dr. Gu's, who taught me Tai Chi at home for 8 months until I was strong enough to attend Tai Chi classes in 1997.

Charlene X. Jiang, Dr. of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Medical Qigong

Shihan George Eddy, 88 Pattern, Gu family variation of Yang Long Form 108 movements

Andy Green, 18 Form Taiji Qigong

Unlimited Students and Friends Learning Together! 

Dahlis Roy:  Visionary Artist, Author, and Tai Chi Instructor

Paintings by Dahlis:

Universe:  Shadows of Cranes, oil painting owned by Dr. Paul Lam.  

Tai Chi on the Beach (detail) oil painting 

Sky and Sand, oil painting 

ONE LINERS

What is a one liner? 

A one liner is resting the pen or pencil on paper and letting it float around, creating  images in any style or shape.  The bunny is a great example, one line continuous and full of fun.  Drawing with pen on paper at night is a quiet relaxing yet adventurous event.  Free of thought in mind, body and spirit, what will appear?  Recently this bunny made an entrance.  Someone commented, "This is the real essence of a bunny!"  

What Fun~

Back in school in art class we learned about contour drawing, gesture drawing, drapery studies, detail, and more.  Black and white and shades of grey plus colors with pencil, water color, pastel, and oil.  Lights and darks with action and stillness scenes dance across our vision boards in endless harmony, disharmony.  Cascades of brightness and darkness add accents.

And now we have technology to help us!  Parades of images light up our days and nights.

Simple unplanned sketches at bedtime open windows of freedom and give a feeling of success and accomplishment at day's end.  Sleep and restorative rest can come more quickly.

"But I don't draw," you say.  

No matter!  Lines or squares or swirls, of diamonds or heart shapes and random scribbles are all good, and you can color them in if you like.  Crayons rule!  Real easy and no clean up~

A bit of fun goes a long way.

These sketches developed over a period of days or even weeks.  Usually I try for three quick drawings per night, real quick.  Sometimes one or two are drawn, or sometimes nothing at all. 

All OK

"Look Out, here I am!"  A terrier is on the alert.  His true watchful protective personality comes alive with a few lines.  This is a more scribbly drawing than the bunny above.  A few circular lines are in the dog, keeping it simple and edgy yet complete.

The young hound stares wistfully at us, inviting.  This drawing almost looks like it's made with loops of string.

Moving right along into more fanciful energies, a tree appears and then a dancer in motion springs from the its truck and branches.  This drawing contains some elements of the gesture (fluid motion) drawing technique.  Quick as a wink, a picture is born, fun and playful.

Night time is near and the stars come out.  Star Speed feels wispy yet powerful, universal yet personal, ethereal yet solid.

"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper,"
W. B. Yeats

Related Posts:

Drawing the Curtain 
Curtain Call
Ruff Sketch
Time Castle
The Reel World
Life and Depth
Deer Dreamer
Escape Artists

Resources:

The Yoga of Drawing, Jeanne Corbonetti, Uniting Body, Mind, and Spirit in the art of Drawing

The Natural Way to Draw, Nicholaedes

Vermeer a quiet visionary artist, ahead of his time

William Blake, The Seer and His Visions, Milton Klonsky

Claude Monet, impressionist master, Monet's Years at Giverny, Beyond Impressionism, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Meditation:
Deepak Chopra, M.D. 

Tai Chi and Qigong
Dr. Paul Lam, Born Strong, book, Dr. Lam's inspirational story

Dr. Yang, Jwing-ming, Traditional Chinese Instruction Taiji and Qigong


Dahlis Roy:  Visionary Artist, Author, and Tai Chi Instructor


Drawings by Dahlis, pen on paper
Bunny Love
Look Out, Watchful Terrier
Wistful Dachshund
Dancing Tree
Star Speed