Mastodawn

The Egg Painter

I found the workshop by accident, following the sound of singing through a village I was passing through. The voice led me to a small studio with windows overlooking a garden just coming into bloom. Inside, an elderly woman sat at a table covered with eggs in various stages of decoration, her hand steady as she applied intricate patterns with a tool that looked like a tiny pen. Finished eggs hung on a drying rack...

read on: 🔗 https://brush-and-tale.com/the-wanderers-tales/the-egg-painter/

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JBinnacle 2d ago

Taichi practitioners with fans. Parade in Usera to celebrate the Chinese New Year [农历新年] or Spring Festival [春节]. The year 2024 is the year 4722, a year of the Dragon [龍之年]. Distrito de Usera, Madrid, Spain 🇪🇸, 11th February 2024.

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#parade #ChineseNewYear #ChineseSpringFestival #农历新年 #春节 #AñoNuevoChino #AñoNuevoChinoMadrid #taichi #YearofTheDragon #WoodDragon #YearOfTheWoodDragon #龍之年
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thewanderer 4d ago

Pushing Hands (Tui Shou): The Art of Yielding and Listening Energy

Pushing Hands, known in Chinese as Tui Shou (推手), represents the essential bridge between solo Tai Chi form practice and practical martial application, serving as the primary method for developing sensitivity, responsiveness, and the subtle internal energies that distinguish internal martial arts from external styles. Developed in the 16th century from self-defense techniques that improved skills useful in close-quarter fighti...

read on: 🔗 https://brush-and-tale.com/taichi-taiji/pushing-hands-tui-shou-the-art-of-yielding-and-listening-energy/

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The Casual Critic Mar 28

My profile tells me it's just over a year since I joined Mastodon, so a bit late for an #introduction but I hear it is a good way to get started on here.

As per my bio, I'm an #ecosocialist from #scotland . I'm principally on here because I write #blogs where I #review things I read, watch or play.

Other than that, my key interests are #culture, #politics, #cats, #taichi, #SF, #books, #systems, #cybernetics, #taoism, #environment and #degrowth.

Recommendations for follows are appreciated.

RevDrMatthewFox Mar 28

#OrderOfTheSacredEarth members embody #spirituality in #practices: #work, #meditation, #study, #PrayingTheNews, #arts as meditation incl. chanting, #dancing, #painting, #clay, #yoga, #taichi, hiking, #marching, #running, #walking; #grieving, #ritesofpassage.
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thewanderer Mar 27

The River’s Choice

I followed the hiking trail along the ridge until it descended to where a river split around a wooded island. The water moved with spring energy, swollen from snowmelt, its surface catching the afternoon light in shifting patterns. At the split, I stopped to watch how the current divided – some water peeling left, some right, both flows wrapping around the island before rejoining downstream. There was no hesitation in the division, no ...

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Lee from Colorado Mar 25

running a Tai Chi school means we get some interesting emails.

Today's is from the "Military Auxiliary Programs Coordinator with the Colorado Department of Military and Veterans Affairs" asking us to partner with them since military service and martial arts share the exact same values.

Hmm ... staring in gazan, venezuelan, cuban ...

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Mike 🇬🇧 🇪🇺Mar 25

@BlytheCycles
I've been doing in-person Tai Chi for maybe 15 years and you are right, it covers all the mind-body bases.
My new teacher (for the last 3 years or so) also does a short Quigung session as part of the class which is hugely beneficial (it is supposed to link into traditional Chinese medicine).

I was originally advised to try it as part of my recovery from severe depression.

I've been through several teachers and they are definitely not equal.
There also a variety of styles & approaches to TaiChi, all rather different - this can confuse the unwary!

The form we've just started learning (or trying to learn) is seen at https://youtu.be/v6XjHE7yDlU?si=vHnz3XPX51UPyCPk

I'd definitely try to get to an in-person class if you can.

https://deyin-taiji.com/info/find_class.php

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Tai Chi 8 methods & 5 Steps - 太極拳八法五步

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thewanderer Mar 24

Wild Greens

The woman at the farmer’s market had a small table covered with bunches of leaves and plants I didn’t recognize. While other vendors sold early greenhouse produce – lettuce and herbs in neat bundles – her offerings looked wild and slightly chaotic. Dark serrated leaves, fuzzy stalks, delicate shoots with unfamiliar shapes. A handwritten sign read “Foraged Greens – Ask Me Anything.” She stood behind the table in worn overalls, hair in grey braids, boots caked with mud, looking more like she’d just walked out of the forest than set up at a market. ...

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thewanderer Mar 24

The Night Garden

I took a wrong turn on the way back to town and found myself on an unfamiliar road as dusk settled. Rather than backtrack, I followed it, curio...

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