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Taiji at Amsterdamse Bos

09 Thursday May 2019

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Last February, in a cold and windy Saturday afternoon, I decided to go to Amsterdamse Bos (The Forest of Amsterdam), along with my daughter Cecilia, to shoot some photos to be published on Internations.nl’s platform. One of the organizers had kindly invited me to give a Qi Gong workshop for the members of this association.

I felt honoured and decided I needed more recent photos. Then the decision to go to Amsterdamse Bos. I had to push myself out in the cold Northern European winter, I really didn’t want to face such a freezing wind. And I had to push my daughter as well…

 

 

These were the result of the photo shooting.

I feel happy and proud I was able to push myself and proud of my daughter Cecilia who was able to catch the right magic light!

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How the benefits of Tai Chi are perceived in an urban area- An anthropological study.

21 Thursday Apr 2016

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Two months ago I received this message from Erika Persson, a student in Medical Anthropology at Amsterdam University College:

“Dear Monica, I am writing to you as you are listed as organizer in the Tai-Chi group here, and I have a question for you. Or rather a request. I am a student of Amsterdam University College who currently studies Medical Anthropology. As a part of the course we are conducting a visual anthropology project in which we are filming a chosen group/practice to answer a research question. Me and my research group are interested in knowing more about how the known health benefits of Tai-Chi are perceived in an urban areas, and to assess this we are looking for a practice that we could join for a meeting, and possible find people who would like to tell us about their experience regarding the activity. As it is a visual anthropology project, the aim is to film the meeting. However this will be done discretely, and not without consent will all practitioners! Please let me know what you think!”

I was very enthusiastic and so were my students. Erika came with two college mates and practiced with us. After the class there was an informal conversation about the benefits of Tai Chi in an urban area like Amsterdam.

I am sorry that the video including the interview is no longer available.

 

Summer break

21 Friday Jun 2013

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Dear Tai chi lovers,
Summer is here and most of us are planning to leave for their home country for few weeks, to spend time with relatives and friends.
This is a special moment of the year, a moment during which everybody who’s leaving will quit, for quite a long time, all the usual activities.
This break can be refreshing for someone, frustrating for others.
If you belong to the second group of people, then Tai chi can help you, because you can practice it wherever you find a quiet place. Practicing Tai chi will help you out a great deal when you suffer from jetlag, either when you arrive to your home country or when you come back to Japan.
I strongly encourage you to keep practicing without your mates and sensei; this is the moment when you deeply internalize what you have practiced during the class.
There’s no advancing in learning without personal, independent practice.

Tai chi can be your internal treasure, the source of refined and dynamic energy that you can store up and reuse whenever it is necessary.

Keep that in mind and enjoy your summer!

Many blessings.