The Dragon's Head Blog

  Last Thursday participants from the Québec City branch went to the Tall Ships Regatta to enjoy the festivities and do a few demos. Demos at the harbour may well become a summer tradition as the tall ships visited the area last year and we were there. After the demos we visited some of the […]

This is meditation … Being in the kitchen gives you the chance to stop the busy thinking and go into the moment. You need to be aware ­– keeping yourself open and focused at the same time. After ten days, you start to become a little bit of everyone else, not being so much in […]

The All Souls Festival is a major event in the tradition of Fung Loy Kok Taoist Tai Chi® practice, and took place at the International Centre  at the end of a week of chanting and quiet contemplation. Each year the gate of the realm of the dead is opened for the first half of the […]

The International Centre looked stunning today as participants took part in the All Souls Festival, welcomed visitors to an Open House, and continued preparations for CIT Week, the 10th Anniversary of the Grand Opening of the Three Religions Temple, and International Awareness Day. It was the penultimate day of the International Centre Anniversary Photo Contest […]

The Portland, Oregon branch was invited to do demonstrations and teach the first few moves at Portland’s first tea festival.  TeaFest PDX was a huge success drawing a full capacity crowd.  We found it easy to smile as we demoed for these happy festivalgoers.  They gave us a great location, the weather was hot and […]

We are now on Instagram! The window into our world has just got a brand new look – we are now on Instagram. Come check us out @taoisttaichisoc You can also find us on Facebook at Fung Loy Kok Taoist Tai Chi and follow us on Twitter @taoisttaichisoc  

If you happen to be in Italy during the celebrations for International Seniors’ Day, why don’t you come and share with us the events that we are organizing?  In Livorno on October 1st a number of demos, open classes and a lion dance will take place in different locations (public elderly centers, gardens, etc.) together […]

Renovations at the Southern European Centre have sped up. The photos show the progress in the different areas, including the new kitchen and dishwashing area, the wall between the hall and main dorm, the main dorm and the sewage system.  As with any renovations, changes occur due to unexpected issues that arise. However, everything seems […]

Many of us have been waiting for these days, and preparation for the workshop began weeks and even months in advance. Karen Laughlin led the workshop, with the support of European Regional Centre members. There were 176 participants for 5 days and 13 additional people joined the weekend. Like every workshop, this one was also unique. One […]

Recently in the centre in Heredia, Costa Rica we had the pleasant opportunity to explore the subject of physiology and Taoist Tai Chi® arts through a series of five illustrated talks. This series of sessions has given us a greater insight into the depth of the arts and motivated the participants to practice more, but […]

Get snapping – it’s the final week for entries in the International Centre Photo Contest, with the deadline extended till July 30. This allows for an Open House at the International Centre on July 29 for people to take photographs of our beautiful home on the same day as the All Souls Festival at the […]

A decade ago I was appreciating a deep sense of privilege; the opening and closing of 10 altars each day, chanting 21 sutras over three days, sharing the event with guests from Fung Ying Seen Koon, Yuen Yuen, and Chi Wo Tan.  Mr Sung’s presence, advice, bright eyes and energy (102 years old at that […]

The Taoist Tai Chi center in Louisville, Kentucky was privileged to host thirty Down syndrome teenagers from a local day camp named Achieving Dreams.  We not only had fun, we also exchanged many high-five’s and lots of sweet hugs–all the while managing to work on the first eight moves of the set!

Researcher Stephen Post has told CBC’s Tapestry program about studies showing the psychological and physical effects of being kind. Post,  a professor of medicine at Stony Brook University in New York, has written about the “helper’s high” and his research looks at the effects of being helpful and volunteering on things like pain management and […]

A beautiful setting for a beautiful art. Dr. Karen Laughlin treated us to a concise and concentrated form of the weekend workshop. How can three hours pass so quickly and enjoyably?

On Friday, June 9th, 2017 we were able to attend an international symposium about the challenges of religious freedom in Costa Rica, following a formal invitation by the parliament. Several representatives of different religions, including Catholicism, Christianism, Judaism, Mormonism, Baha’i Faith, Islam, Buddhism and also two members of the Taoist Tai Chi Society representing Taoism […]

The dinner tables are getting fuller and louder as people begin gathering from around the world for the programs about to begin at the International Centre. And everyone is helping with keeping the Centre running smoothly and looking beautiful. Even the pandas are getting new coats. The north field is looking like a real vineyard, […]

When the traditional red envelope was presented to Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism president Marsha Eberhardt at the end of the national program in Kingston on June 11, it capped 10 days of intense activity that gave most Kingstonians a taste of Taoist Tai Chi® arts. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the branch, participants […]

The society in Portugal was invited to maintain a stand and offer a presentation and demonstration in Lisbon on the 27th and 28th of May at the V Congress and Health Expo NATURALES MEDICINAE themed Intervention in Pain: Other Knowledges, Other Practices. The motto of the event was to make available information on the potentialities and […]

The Vancouver, Washington location of the Portland Branch hosted a potluck picnic and intensive at their longtime rental site, the Boys & Girls Club.  The food was delicious and abundant as were smiles and good cheer as we enjoyed perfect weather, good food, and good company.  Well over 60 enjoyed the picnic and over 50 […]