Donations for QOLnow

Donations for QOLnow

Thanks for your generosity. Keep practicing your movements.   Donations  help keep our Sunday lesson free and available to everyone. Pay at Square Pay at Paypal or Credit...
Qigong Components: The Spinal Pump

Qigong Components: The Spinal Pump

Description Horse Back Rise up while turning your thorax upward to turn your heart toward the sun. (You are not leaning backward nor straining your lower back). Head looks up. Turtle Back Pull in chest. Roll pelvis under. Lower back is flat as if pressing kidneys...
Practice with Music

Practice with Music

A Practice with Music Last week we learned how to use music to practice. This week we will move to the music. Moving with music increases our mental focus, allowing us to gain control over the timing so we can move through life with more grace. The ‘Standing On...
Wu – Unasking the Question

Wu – Unasking the Question

Wu The character 無 (Wu (Chinese); Mu (Japanese)) connotes the meaning of ‘not’, ‘nothing’, or ‘nothingness’. Our interest here is used by the Chan/Zen schools of Buddhism, where it indicates a kind of intuitional knowledge  ...
Online Schedule

Online Schedule

Our new schedule is: Sunday mornings, 11 AM EST (I am in Boston) This will be a 30-40 minute class once a week teaching the basic skills: Taichi Walking Posting: Feet-Waist-Hands Hand Movements: Turn-the-millstone, Wave-hands-like-clouds Warm-up: various Qigong...
Tai Chi 101: What you are learning on QOLnow

Tai Chi 101: What you are learning on QOLnow

What you are learning Things may seem chaotic but there is a pattern to our teaching. The movements your are learning here are aimed at: Improving your general health, balance, and mental acuity. Building a sound base for Tai Chi and Bagua forms. General steadiness,...