There is a story like this in Tao Te Ching. When we are boating or rowing on the river, if an empty boat comes from the other side and collides with it, we don't say anything. When a boat with people comes and crashes into it, it makes a displeased sound. Why? Because there are people on board. People don't blame the empty boat But they get angry and make noise at boats with people on them. Because ’I‘ am in my boat, it is always noisy. What if I become an empty boat? If we e

The part that many people misunderstand when starting tai chi is the starting posture. From almost every exercise in the West, and even in school, we learn postures that lift our chests, pull our shoulders back, and our lower belly to make us look confident and show off our beautiful muscles. While these postures are good in terms of physical strength, quickness and aesthetics, they are not good for controlling the mind by radiating energy to the outside and exhilarating. Tai