The Dragon's Head Blog

I’m an adrenalin junkie who loves to talk when I’m working out. A 20-mile run is a great chance for three hours of non-stop talking and usually my running buddies are more than willing to give me the floor. So I was nervous when Kathryn Campeau, of Fung Loy Kok Taoist Tai Chi, invited me to one of […]

Simple activities like putting on a coat were becoming a challenge for Assunta Scaini as she struggled with the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease such as constant tremors, stiffness, fatigue, poor balance and frequent falls. Assunta started practicing Taoist Tai Chi in Toronto 30 years ago. Within just a few weeks she started to feel good again […]

Group Health Research Institute recommends preventive steps including exercise as people age – not just any exercise, but those that can improve strength, balance and coordination. Tai chi is at the top of the list. Read full article >

More than 50 physiotherapy staff in the Edinburgh area (UK) will attend an event showcasing the health benefits of  tai chi. The free evening event takes place on 16 September at the National Taoist Tai Chi Centre in Edinburgh. Jo Gordon, an occupational health physiotherapist with the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh’s staff physiotherapy service, said: […]

We now occupy the basement of St Stephen Memorial Anglican Church. Finding the rental space was a welcome gift after a long search, not only because of the situation (a large main room, plus office space, plus kitchen!), but also because the church leaders have been so welcoming. They embrace our philosophy, and have even […]

Meanwhile, a short distance south of downtown, the Taoist Tai Chi Society is deep into its formidable rehabilitation of the 1920s era Mediterranean-style Fenway hotel property on Edgewater Drive (Alternate 19) it bought three years ago for $2.8 million. The interior has been gutted and the structure is being reinforced where needed, society President Pegoty Packman […]

Awareness Day in East Anglia, Great Britain, August 29 2015           A meal and an intensive on Friday night, then chanting, jai and Awareness Day on Saturday, the one day of the week it didn’t rain, made for a full and enjoyable weekend. We accompanied a rock concert in the park […]

Over the last years the Portuguese Association has been continuously sending information about the International Awareness Day (IAD) to the Portuguese Language Media of Toronto. The objective has been to reach out  the considerably big Portuguese Speaking Community resident in Greater Toronto Area. In 2011 the contact with the Consulate General of Portugal in Toronto opened […]

The Taoist Tai Chi Society of Australia was delighted to partner with the Global Health Conference (GHC) organized by the Australian Medical Students Association in Perth in August 2015. GHC is the flagship global health event for medical students from Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific. More than 650 delegates attended the event.  We […]

I knew that this would not be like taking a pill where 20 minutes later you feel better. I understood that this was (and is) a developmental practice, that it takes time. And it takes what we in Taoist Tai Chi call intention. But it didn’t even take a year for the pain in my hip […]

A morning-long power cut didn’t stop 61 participants continuing to benefit from a lok hup program at the International Centre. As the light darkened in the Quiet Cultivation Centre practice hall, program leader Chris Lewis suggested we take our lok hup outside. Centre staff and volunteers also kept everything working, serving breakfast and lunch despite […]

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The first pictures are in, have a look! View pictures IAD 2015 >

On August 12th, the Vancouver, WA location/Portland Branch enjoyed hosting a booth at the  Prime of Your Life Day at the Clark County Fair.  The orange BALANCE banner flew all 10 days of the fair visible to over 270,000 attendees.  Members from Washington State and Oregon enjoyed doing a stage demo and were still smiling […]

On June 27-28, we had the opportunity to hold a first international workshop in Switzerland. We feel really privileged to have had the chance to experience such a nice adventure. Thank you! From the very beginning, the workshop planning conveyed a nice “working together” and “helping each other” spirit within the organization team. Very rapidly, […]

50 Taoist Tai Chi Society participants from 3 different branches took part in the Awareness Day celebrations in Millennium Square in central Bristol.  Sparkling summer sunshine, combined with a vibrant part of Bristol city, provided a perfect setting for the display.  Many flyers for local classes were handed out, and it was perhaps our most […]

That was the cry from a small boy looking from a hotel room down on to Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square during International Awareness Day. In fact there were two dragons, politicians, Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism directors and hundreds of participants in the square. The participants all wore bright yellow t-shirts which glowed in the […]