https://earthbalance-taichi.com Chen Tai Chi, Qi Gong & Taoist Meditation for Mind & Body Health Thu, 26 Jun 2025 13:04:02 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://earthbalance-taichi.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Earth-Balance-Tai-Chi-Logo-150-Square-100x100.jpg https://earthbalance-taichi.com 32 32 https://earthbalance-taichi.com/2020/02/the-anti-guru/ Fri, 07 Feb 2020 10:30:41 +0000 http://earthbalance-taichi.com/?p=1234 The Anti Guru Person Centred Teaching Style I describe myself as the anti-guru. My role as a Tai Chi and Qigong instructor is not to elevate myself onto a pedestal, and to ensure that you as a student don’t elevate me either. I’m the average person, living the same complex life, experiencing through the same...

The post The Anti Guru first appeared on Earth Balance Tai Chi.]]> https://earthbalance-taichi.com/2019/09/how-do-you-do-what-you-do/ Mon, 30 Sep 2019 11:00:09 +0000 http://earthbalance-taichi.com/?p=6610 How Do You Do What You Do? This questions was posed to me by one of my students who lives with chronic health. She was aware of my health baseline, and asked how I do what I do as a Tai Chi and Qigong instructor. This is a great question. Delving deeper into her question,...

The post How Do You Do What You Do? first appeared on Earth Balance Tai Chi.]]> https://earthbalance-taichi.com/2013/12/compassionate-tai-chi/ Tue, 31 Dec 2013 15:37:07 +0000 http://earthbalance-taichi.com/?p=5226 Compassionate Tai Chi Taoist philosophy trickles down into our Tai Chi and Qigong practice, teaching us how to navigate daily life. Tai Chi and Qigong help us become more compassionate with ourselves and others, which helps us balance our heart-mind. Regular practice of the Classical Chinese arts helps bring about a positive change in personal...

The post Compassionate Tai Chi first appeared on Earth Balance Tai Chi.]]> https://earthbalance-taichi.com/2013/02/meditate-on-love/ Sun, 24 Feb 2013 22:21:38 +0000 http://earthbalance-taichi.com/?p=6150 Meditate on Love The art of happiness, compassion and love comes from within.  Meditating on love can be done anywhere and at any time. It is one of the open secrets of meditation, it’s simple, effective and requires very little instruction. Training Love and Compassion Qong/Kung in Chinese means ‘skilful work, hard training or endeavour’....

The post Meditate on Love first appeared on Earth Balance Tai Chi.]]> https://earthbalance-taichi.com/2012/12/struggle-is-opportunity/ Sun, 30 Dec 2012 17:57:56 +0000 http://earthbalance-taichi.com/?p=5611 Struggle is Opportunity I would like to share this article 'Struggle for Smarts' written by Alix Spiegel with you all.  The content of this article relates well to how we learn Tai Chi and Qigong. The main focus is that in the modern Western world, we tend to see struggle in the learning process as...

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