I moved to China a few months before COVID-19 emerged to study tai chi (sword & fan included) with China’s leading kung fu masters (while teaching university students and staging history-making events). I was so fortunate to meet, study with, and perform with the real Kung Fu Panda (whose moves the film animation is based on) and to train nightly with my women’s tai chi team on the river.
Tai chi has radically transformed my life on all levels — on the physical plane, its given me independence from my motorized wheelchair, and on the spiritual plane, it’s helped me completely re-orient my being to incorporate balance, harmony, and flow into my life and lifestyle. These days, I love practicing tai chi (barehand, sword, and fan) on the beach here in California — especially at sunset.
Overall, I’ve spent the last five years enjoying diverse and epic adventures across Asia, including studying Taoism in China, Buddhism in Tibet (talk about the Himalayan writing retreat of a lifetime), and shamanism in Mongolia, while teaching holistic well-being (tai chi included) in China and eastern philosophy (Taoism and tai chi included) in war-torn Myanmar. Now that I’m settled back in America, my new mission is to share the transformative healing power of tai chi and the wisdom of Taoism with others, so they might also enjoy its many health benefits in mind, body, and spirit and cultivate a life rooted in peace and harmony, flowing with whatever is arising.
Looking forward to sharing with you on my blog and my new lnstagram the joys and benefits of tai chi and a Taoist-inspired lifestyle to inspire you to nourish relaxation, tranquility, and spontaneity in your being and daily life — looking forward to seeing where the flow leads us…
