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World Tai Chi & Qigong Day Coming soon!

World Tai Chi (Taiji) & Qigong Day will be held, as always, on the last Saturday of April -- Saturday, April 26th, 2008. In hundreds of cities in over 60 nations -- 10 a.m. local time, worldwide. Check at the official website for more information.

AROUND THE WORLD, taiji and qigong players will perform their forms and movements to permeate the universe with peace and harmony. A world community event happening here.

On Saturday April 26, join others for a peaceful day of taiji and qigong in Columbus, Ohio. We will be at Goodale Park in the center of Columbus. Beginning at 10 a.m. until about 11:30 a.m., various forms and styles of taiji will be performed. Frances Gander and some of her students will be there. Free workshops and presentation will take place the rest of the day. Our festivities will combine with those of Earth Day in Goodale Park. There will be music throughout the day until 10 p.m.

Taiji and qigong . . . they are good for you and good for the planet!

For more information about the WTCQD celebration at Goodale Park contact Monkeys Retreat, 614-294-9511, or visit www.MonkeysRetreat.com/TaiChi.

"Play your Taiji body like the perfect instrument of a bamboo flute. Lift it up to the wind-it plays by itself, and the music comes from its emptiness. You too can have an empty space within that plays. Don't overwork to fill yourself with muscles, ideas and stale information. A stuffy, rigid body cannot dance! If the many legs of a centipede were controlled by a thinking mechanism, they would cross, tangle and interfere -- and the poor creature would never take another step. Fly, centipede! Let your legs be unimpeded by thoughts of legs. Allow the breath of your body to flow through spine, limbs, and all extensions. Within us, the Earth-Body-Sky continuum can transform into a kite-a dragon riding on the wind!" --Chungliang Al Huang.

Click here for photos from World Tai Chi Day 2005, and click 2004, 2002, 2001 and 2000 for our photos from previous World Tai Chi Qigong Days.

On May 4, Master Wang, Yen-Nien passed away at the age of 94. He is the well-known founder of the Yang Michuan Tradition International Center in Taipei, Taiwan and has taught thousands of students all over the world. Learn more about him at the Yang Michuan Tradition International Center website.

Tai Chi Boosts Immunity to Shingles Virus in Older Adults, NIH-Sponsored Study Reports. A new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society reports that Tai Chi may help older adults avoid getting shingles by increasing immunity to varicella-zoster virus (VZV) and boosting the immune response to varicella vaccine in older adults. Read more here.

Exercisers Slow It Down With Qigong. An article in the New York Times discusses the increasing popularity of qigong. "Qigong is growing like crazy in the United States in the past few years. People want to be more proactive with their health care." The whole article is here on the Times site. Registration may be required.

Taiji strengthens immune systems in older adults. Read about it in the Baltimore Sun.

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