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Invest in loss
“Invest in loss” is a popular saying in tai chi that implies that since you do not use muscular force, you must yield to gain or...
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Joseph Eber
Mar 18, 20235 min read


Sitting While Standing
“Sit!” I have heard my teacher, William Ting say it a million times, and I have said it to my students a million times. Sitting while...
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Joseph Eber
Nov 26, 20225 min read


The Stages of Learning Tai Chi
THINGS "TOO SMALL" TO BE SEEN “There are no secrets hidden in Taiji, but only things too small to be seen.” (Huang Sheng Shyan). ...
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Joseph Eber
Oct 27, 20222 min read


Hold Your Body Like You’re Slow Dancing!
No, not like the picture; that was just a cheap trick to get your attention. But, To do tai chi well, the entire body must be relaxed...
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Joseph Eber
Aug 10, 20221 min read


Posture, Trauma and Teaching Tai Chi
In tai chi we spend a lot of time on the physical aspects of the art. But as teachers and students of Tai Chi we sometimes overlook how...
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Joseph Eber
May 5, 20224 min read


Keeping The Balance Between Yin and Yang
Tai chi is balance; physical, mental and energetical. Imagine an old-style balance scale where one side has a pound (or kilo) of metal,...
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Joseph Eber
Mar 21, 20222 min read


How To Continuously Expand The Spine
By Joe Eber The spine When you do tai chi, your spine should feel as if it is continuously expanding. This may seem to be unrealistic,...
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Joseph Eber
Mar 10, 20223 min read


Everything I’ve learned About Tai Chi
I have studied tai chi with Master William Ting (Ting Kuo-Piao) since 1995. Through the years I have learned many things, and I am still...
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Joseph Eber
Nov 10, 20214 min read


Let go already!
One of the hardest things to in life is to let go: letting go of toxic situations; letting go of bad habits; letting go of negative...
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Joseph Eber
Sep 20, 20213 min read


Be Still As a Mountain, Flow As a River Part 1
“Be still as a mountain,” is a beautiful description of what Tai Chi should be as described in #TaiChi #classic literature and...
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Joseph Eber
Sep 20, 20212 min read


Hang In There
Feel suspended by your hair.” We’ve all heard this from our teachers, or we read it in the tai chi literature, but what does it really...
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Joseph Eber
Sep 19, 20217 min read
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