If you have ever taken a Tai Chi class with us, you have most likely heard us talk about balance. What is balance? I am so glad you asked! A quick google search of the word gives a few different definitions. Each one is important and meaningful. During a class you will hear us talk aboutContinue reading “Filing Up Cups”
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Harmony Between Yin & Yang
Balancing yin and yang has several different aspects to it. This is based on how these two very different sides of the coin interact. Yin could be in harmony with yang, where they both agree. The yang aspect could initiate the idea of wanting to learn another language. The yin aspect would nurture that ideaContinue reading “Harmony Between Yin & Yang”
Rule #4
We have many “Rules” in our Tai Chi class. Rule #1, for instance, is: “If it hurts, don’t do it”… We know that some of us have had injuries and cannot perform each move the same as the instructors. This is perfectly ok. Tai Chi is about doing the most natural thing for your bodyContinue reading “Rule #4”
Five Areas of Health
Chinese Martial Arts consider five different areas when they talk of health: how we eat, exercise, the environment we are in, rest and spiritual practice. The first two areas of health are very obvious. Most people understand that to maintain good health throughout their lives, they need to eat well and exercise. If we eatContinue reading “Five Areas of Health”
Rolling With What Life Offers
In the martial arts being led around by an opponent will mean that I’m under his control. He will do what he wants with me. I’ll lose, and my opponent will win. Life treats us similarly. If I am constantly under life’s direction I will be its victim. I will not get what I’m lookingContinue reading “Rolling With What Life Offers”
Body Knowledge
Body knowledge is a term used when it’s more than just our brain, or mind which knows a thing. It’s when the body knows it too. When the body knows it better. When we practice something over and over again, It is ingrained deep within us. In learning a Tai Chi or Kung Fu move,Continue reading “Body Knowledge”
Our Mission
What we teach here at AFC716 helps people stay healthy, active, mindful, energized, slimmer, calmer, and more relaxed. It helps people improve their balance, mental focus and improve their happiness! It helps people develop an integrated mind/body/spirit approach to exercise and their health. As this is developed it will spread into other areas of ourContinue reading “Our Mission”
Teachers and Students
When we learn Tai Chi and Kung Fu, we receive knowledge from our instructor, and practice that. We do this over and over until we have it ingrained in ourselves. Ingrained in our bodies, so we don’t think about what to do, we just do it! This is called body knowledge. We as students willContinue reading “Teachers and Students”
Balancing Yin and Yang
Most people have heard of Yang and Yin (light and dark, initiating and receiving, advancing and retreating; respectively). What, however, is the point of knowing about these opposites, without being able to apply it to your life, Tai Chi and/or Kung Fu practice? Too much yang in ones life, they can be too aggressive, tooContinue reading “Balancing Yin and Yang”
Worry
Usually when we worry we have an issue, or a problem to solve. However, worrying just gives us one more thing to overcome. It only adds to our problem, or issue. Giving into the negative energy of worry starts this self perpetuating cycle leading down into despair and overwhelm. We can probably all totally relateContinue reading “Worry”