Cultivate Calm Awareness - Meaning and Heart

04/27/2012

Tomorrow, April 28, is World Tai Chi & Qigong Day. At 10:00 a.m. , around the world, practitioners gather to practice their form and generate a wave of healing energy. In Washington, the SkyValley Tai Ji celebration is in Greenbelt, Maryland.

"Nurturing the 'water' aspect of the art," my instructor says, "we cultivate gentleness, sensitivity and calm awareness through our practice."

Xie, xie, Taj.

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