Posts by Scott Prath

Acupuncture Smackyoupuncture!  Early on in my tai chi practice, I barely got my head wrapped around all of the Chinese words and foreign concepts. Then, I found out there was a relationship...

Whether I am teaching tai chi, qigong, or meditation, eventually the conversation turns towards a discussion of how to find, focus on, feel, and build energy in the three dantians. New students want...

Here is a statement that needs to be intrinsically understood to progress in Tai Chi: Internal energy building and circulation, balance, and martial abilities are dependent on posture.  For...

So many people these days are inquiring about the health benefits of tai chi and for good reason: the research on the topic is exploding! Literally hundreds of studies have bene done and more are...

It is my DUTY to try to explain tai chi relaxation techniques in a way that is understandable even to a tai chi novice. Relaxation is the cornerstone of great tai chi and getting the health and...

There is really only one way to fully understand how vast and complex the teachings of tai chi are. We need to begin with the quintessential tai chi origin story and work our way up through tai chi...