Posts by Scott Prath

Silk Reeling is an extremely misunderstood and mystified set of movements. On one hand, they are indeed a fairly simple and repetitive part of tai chi practice. For this, they suffer a reputation of...

We have all experienced times in life when everything seems to easily go well. We get the new job, we graduate, or we work towards achieving some larger goal and things in life support our efforts...

Davidine Sim and David Gaffney have put together a new book which shares interviews with 8 of the greatest (and currently living) tai chi grand masters.  Chen Taijiquan: Masters and Methods...

I have come to be in awe of the high level of sophistication and intelligence that has gone into a proper tai chi warm up set. No matter where a person is mentally, energy-wise, physically, or...

Our class undertakes short challenges to make tai chi practice something that happens consistently so students continue to make progress. This works really well when we are trying to get a new group...

I wanted to write an article contradicting the disastrous notions in our culture that 1) great mental health is reserved for a selected few, 2) that there is nothing we can do independently without...