Tai Chi Trilogy

Everything you need to know about Tai Chi, including how to find a class...what happens in a class...how long it takes to learn...the difference between the styles and a unique history of the art in China and its travels to the West. This fascinating audio version of the book is full of insights, anecdotes, facts, and humor about the world of Tai Chi. The Question and Answer format makes it easy to digest, so you will not only understand this ancient and noble art, but more importantly, feel empowered to choose the class of Tai Chi that is right for you. Written and narrated by Paul Read (the teapotmonk), an author, podcaster and online Instructor with over 25 years' experience of teaching Tai Chi in both the UK and Spain. He conveys the essence of Tai Chi in a delightful, entertaining and easily understandable way.

The Manual of Bean Curd Boxing is a curious book, for unlike most writings on mindfulness, Tai Chi, or oriental philosophy, this humble manual shows you how to move beyond the words on the page. So many practices promise happiness, security, health, wisdom, or enlightenment, but so few deliver. Yet, when you fuse together an ancient eastern practice with a thoroughly 21st-century take - you create something beautifully intriguing and inspiringly new that encompasses so many of these qualities: Bean Curd Boxing. Combining the simplicity of Tai Chi, the soft wisdom of the ancient sages and a tender light-hearted approach to learning, the Manual of Bean Curd Boxing shows you: How to absorb the basics of these arts into your daily activities with no sweat and no stress, How to remain tranquil and calm under the stress of daily encounters, How to perfect the ancient art of 'doing without doing' to softly Get Things Done, How to become a slow ninja amongst a planet of speed freaks. In a world of Information Overload, the Manual of Bean Curd Boxing offers an alternative source of wisdom: practical and original exercises for re-learning good posture, good breathing habits, and building powerful new energy-boosting habits.