Thanksgiving in North America
In almost every society there is a ceremony where people express thankfulness for life’s blessings. In agrarian societies, these ceremonies were directly connected to the harvest season. As evident from most of the cultures, people would associate these with harvest festivals in gratitude of the God who protects them and their crops. In USA Early […]
World Taiji and Qigong Day 2010
World Tai Chi and Qigong Day (WTCQD), also spelled World T’ai Chi and Ch’i Kung Day, was celebrated this year on Saturday, April 24th, 2010, at 10:00 am local time. This year was the eleventh year of this international event! Everything began in 1998 when the local Tai Chi Club held a mass Tai Chi […]
Sad Anniversary for Qigong
This year marks a decade from a very sad event not only for the Qigong community, but also for the entire humankind: the ban on Falun Gong and the wave of persecutions against its practitioners that followed. Maybe not everybody knows or remembers the development of the events, so I will give here a short […]
Qi Gong at The Marina
We practice Qi Gong (Chi Kung) in our living room or on our deck when the weather allows it. This year, we decided to use the beautiful setting of the Leamington Marina and the unique energy of Lake Erie and do our exercises under an early morning sky. Our dear friend Lynn, who is also […]
World Tai Chi and Qigong Day 2008
Like every last Saturday of April in the last 10 years, this coming Saturday the World Tai Chi and Qigong Day (WTCQD) is celebrated. The Event The first event was held in Kansas City, Missouri in 1998 on the lawn of the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, where the local Tai Chi […]
Energy Training with Qi Gong
Qi Gong or Chi Kung is an energy training system involving the co-ordination of different breathing patterns with various physical postures and motions of the body. It represents the practical application of the concept of Qi (Chi) in three different areas: health, martial arts, and spirituality. Qi Gong was historically practiced extensively in Taoist and […]
