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Master Mei Juan Luo practicing Tai Chi with students in China

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Luo Mei Juan practises the Chen Style 13 form with students beside the River Yulong at her school in Yangshuo, China. Mei usually finds time once a year to teach in China and in 2011 hosted the Wandering Dao Retreat at her school near the beutiful Yulong River. Students had the opportunity to train in the inspiring setting just outside Yangshuo, in southern China. For more information about Long Tou Shan have a look at the website and make sure you check back for dates of Mei’s next trip to China.

Taiji and Qigong for Immune System Health

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Human Immune SystemAnother interesting article from Yang-Sheng e-magazine.

There is considerable evidence that taiji and Qigong can help strengthen your immune system. Doctors do not claim to fully understand what happens, but they do agree that taiji and Qigong help. One way that they may work is by activating our relaxation response. Another way that they may work is by activating our lymphatic system.

Read more here.

Mei’s December Tai Chi Workshop in Boulder, Colorado

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Mei's December WorkshopIn December, Mei taught a very successful weekend Tai Chi workshop in Boulder, Colorado.

Seen here some of her students showing a little of what they learned during the intensive two-day session.  Students were able to complete the Tai Chi 18-form.

Afterwards, one of her students wrote to her and said, “The tai chi form feels amazing! Very blissful and peaceful. Thank you for teaching me.”

Slow down your slow motion!

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Webmaster Roy enjoyed this piece on Yang Sheng:

If you really want to explore the deeper layers of your mind and how it connects to your body, you have to stand.

When you do your taiji form, you catch glimpses of deeper layers of stillness inside your movements. However, without a standing qigong practice, your taiji form will never give you complete access to the summit.

Imagine being on a hike, when you are just about to cross the tree line and you get a glimpse of the trail leading just a little higher. Before you arrive at the summit of a mountain, you catch glimpses of what lies waiting at the top. As you come closer to the top, a panorama spreads out before you. You breathe in the crisp air at the summit and see other distant peaks out on the horizon.

When you do your taiji form, you also catch glimpses of deeper layers of stillness inside your movements. But here’s the problem, without a standing qigong practice, your taiji form will never give you complete access to the summit. Just like that feeling of being there at the summit, breathing in different air, and gazing out onto the unfolding landscape of still, distant peaks all around you; standing qigong lets you soak in layers and layers of stillness that slow-motion movement can never quite reach.

Read more: Why Your Slow-Motion Movement Practice is Not Slow Enough

Students win gold medals at the CFWS Beijing competition

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Mei and her gold medal winning students at Xianghe 2011

Mei and her gold medal winning students at Xianghe 2011

Taking time out from teaching at the Long Tou Shan Martial Arts School this October, Mei travelled to Beijing with three of her students to the CFWS (Chinese Martial Arts Association) 2011 Beijing competition at Epoch City, Xianghe. While she was judging the senior level competitors, three of her students including her son Da Zhu won gold medals performing Chen and Yang style routines. “The weekend was an excellent opportunity to see a broad range of styles and forms including taiji and kungfu” said Roy, one of Mei’s students, “there was also a chance to watch two famous calligraphers at work and we all got to take home personal pieces of art”.

WordPress site goes live

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Mei Tai Chi, with the able assistance of Roy Hanney, has been redeveloping the web site under WordPress, and we have just gone live!  Please bear with us while we correct any broken links and plugins.  We hope everyone will find the new web site to be informative and interesting!

Qigong Journal December 7, 2011

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Exploring Meditation

Qigong meditationA reader asks, “Can the people who have a natural talent to quiet their thoughts and clean their mind, not by effort and struggling, but only through insight, point the way for others?” I feel they can, or I wouldn’t be writing this column, though each person has to awaken meditation, or whatever name one [...]

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November 2011 issue of Yang Sheng eMagazine

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November 2011 issue of Yang Sheng: Lots of articles on Qigong, Tai Chi, biophotons, training tips, research, and more.

Yang Sheng November 2011 Issue eMagazine
Yang Sheng November 2011

The emagazine is available for download here

.Yang-Sheng (Nurturing Life) is an E-magazine and a network for all Qigong, Tai Chi, Yoga, Reiki, mindfulness and meditation practitioners, health seekers, and spiritual cultivators. It promotes philosophy and methods of self-healing, positive mind and health preservation, and shares knowledge and experiences with those who are interested in the subjects and their applications in everyday life.

Yang-Sheng merges traditional life-nurturing knowledge with modern scientific research and clinic evidence, and combines ancient wisdom with our own experience to support our daily practice and well-being,  and to reach true meaning of health in body, mind and spirit… Your contribution, participation, sharing and suggestions are truly appreciated.

Meditation improves the immune system

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Meditation improves the immune system, reduces blood pressure and even sharpens the mind, according to research.

Meditation

Regular meditation appears to actually increase the size of the brain

The practice – an essential part of Buddhist and Indian Yoga traditions – has entered the mainstream as people try to find ways to combat stress and improve their quality of life.

Now new research suggests that mindfulness meditation can have benefits for health including improved immune function, reduced blood pressure and enhanced cognitive function.

The study, published in the latest issue of the journal Perspectives on Psychological Science, draws on existing scientific literature to attempt to explain the positive effects.

Read more HERE.

Chen Zheng Lei makes a visit to Yangshuo

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Chen Zheng Lei

Mei & students with Grandmaster Chen Zheng Lei

While Mei was teaching at the Long Tou Shan Martial Arts School this Spetember she had the opportunity to introduce her students to Grandmaster Chen Zheng Lei.

Mei has been apprenticed to the The Grandmaster since 2003 and though she trains with him once a year this was a unique opportunity for her to intrioduce some of her students to Chen Zheng Lei in person.