For years, I have been writing about Taijiquan. A dictionary. Blog posts. Reference articles. All of them non-fiction, all of them trying to get things right. Then an idea hit. An idea for a Tai Chi novel! When I started writing, it was strange at first. To write fictionally. To just go with the flow. […]
Are you a book lover like me? Then you probably have many of the best Tai Chi books, Qi Gong books and TCM books. I like to read through them, sitting on my couch. But sometimes there are words or phrases I don’t understand. And as much as I love the Internet, I also love […]
Taijiquan (aka Tai Chi) has been showing up on screen for decades. In movies, in TV series, in animated kids’ shows. I find that fascinating, and I have been collecting these scenes for a while now. Taijiquan appears in movies and TV – quite often! What strikes me most is that directors, writers, and actors […]
Last weekend I attended an online conference organised by the Immortal Sisters of the Tao (a foundation that supports women in Qi Gong and Taijiquan). I enjoyed being in this space so much. To be with other women who have been practising for decades and who love their practice deeply. The call was about Qi […]
As I practice Taijiquan, I am constantly surrounded by Chinese words. They appear in books, on school walls, in form names. And at some point, my curiosity took over. So I started learning Chinese. Just a little bit: a beginner course, Duolingo. I take it easy. I don’t have plans to go to China anytime […]
I went to a Tai Chi class recently. We did a lot of applications, the martial side of the practice. I like exploring what each move actually does when practising with a partner. At some point, one of the students said that she doesn’t want to think about an enemy. She doesn’t want to think […]
When I wrote my Tai Chi novel Push Hands*, I started describing all the characters. I did not want to randomly assign names, I wanted them to mean something. And finding the right Chinese names turned out to be quite a joy. A little inside joke, if you will. Chinese names carry a lot of […]
