by ColaTaiChi | Dec 30, 2013 | Weekly Posts
The Future is Now! By Barbara (Bobbie) Purvis I grew up believing that by the time the year 2014 finally arrived, our world would be very different than it actually is. You can blame it on the media of my youth: the cartoons and big budget movies with high tech...
by ColaTaiChi | Dec 17, 2013 | Weekly Posts
Make or Break a Habit through Mindfulness By Barbara (Bobbie) Purvis I came across an article titled, “Making Happiness a Habit Through Mindfulness,” written by Susan Kaiser Greenland, author of the book “The Mindful Child.” Even though the article was written...
by ColaTaiChi | Dec 16, 2013 | Weekly Posts
Relax to Lose Weight By Barbara (Bobbie) Purvis I know Tai Chi is not as popular as many of the high intensity workouts you’ll see promoted on TV like P90X or Insanity, but it really DOES produce RESULTS, but in a DIFFERENT way. Tai Chi works from the INSIDE out!!!...
by ColaTaiChi | Dec 9, 2013 | Weekly Posts
Back to the Basics By Barbara (Bobbie) Purvis It’s been almost four weeks now that I’ve been away from the rhythm of regular workouts. I can literally FEEL the difference. I’ve missed being loose and relaxed through the day from Tai Chi practice. And although I did...
by ColaTaiChi | Dec 3, 2013 | Weekly Posts
The Importance of Daily Practice “Tai Chi Chuan is the art of concealing hardness within softness, like a needle in cotton. Its technique, physiology and mechanics all involve considerable philosophical principles, therefore students of this art must pass through...
by ColaTaiChi | Nov 25, 2013 | Weekly Posts
A Zen Moment By Barbara (Bobbie) Purvis There may be those who fully understood the depth and scope of our lineage when they enrolled at the Columbia Tai Chi Center, but I was not one of them. In my mind, lineage was lineage: it was all of the intangible stuff people...
