Talking Tai Chi with the teapotmOnk

By Paul ReadAlternative Health Health & Fitness

Talking Tai Chi with the teapotmOnk episodes

December 15, 2022Is Less really More and why should we get to know our Cutlery?
What does this - now cliche - mean and does it have anything useful to tell us about our tai Chi practice? Can Tai Chi help us counter the culture of consumerism?
Minimalism, Voluntary simplicity, downsizing, and going slow. Discover the secrets to getting to know you cutlery in this fascinating episode.
Every other Thursday - a new episode. Subscribe for the whole series.
Find out more about learning Tai Chi in the 21st century with the teapotmonk
Tai Chi Training and Resources: https://www.21stcenturytaichi.com

The teapotmonk: https://www.teapotmonk.com

Ways we learn Tai Chi: https://www.21stcenturytaichi.com/ways-of-learning-taichi
10 min
December 01, 2022Applied Tai Chi Part 2: The Wu of the Wei
In the second part of this mini series we explore Wu Wei - often misunderstood as "non-action" - when it has more to do with timing, patience and when ready - action.
Link Gene Burnett
Every other Thursday - a new episode. Subscribe for the whole series.
Find out more about learning Tai Chi in the 21st century with the teapotmonk
Tai Chi Training and Resources: https://www.21stcenturytaichi.com

The teapotmonk: https://www.teapotmonk.com

Ways we learn Tai Chi: https://www.21stcenturytaichi.com/ways-of-learning-taichi
8 min
November 17, 2022Applied Tai Chi 1: The Way of the Tao
New 3 part series on Applied tai Chi - looking at the ways we can use this art outside the classroom and into our daily lives. Today we look at the Tao - and listen to what Bruce Lee, Alan Watts, water, cats and yielding can teach us.
More on Alan Watts here
Every other Thursday - a new episode. Subscribe for the whole series.
Find out more about learning Tai Chi in the 21st century with the teapotmonk
Tai Chi Training and Resources: https://www.21stcenturytaichi.com

The teapotmonk: https://www.teapotmonk.com

Ways we learn Tai Chi: https://www.21stcenturytaichi.com/ways-of-learning-taichi
10 min
November 03, 2022Chi, Cheese and a Gerbil's toothache: Part 2
Part 2 in our internal energy investigation and exploration of the elusive Taoist concept of Chi or Qi.
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Find out more about learning Tai Chi in the 21st century with the teapotmonk
Tai Chi Training and Resources: https://www.21stcenturytaichi.com

The teapotmonk: https://www.teapotmonk.com

Ways we learn Tai Chi: https://www.21stcenturytaichi.com/ways-of-learning-taichi
10 min
October 20, 2022Chi, rice and energy: Part 1
How do practitioners define this elusive concept? How can we make sense of it? How do we even spell it? Find out (or not) in todays episode in a new 2 part series.
The mOnks infamous Gazpacho recipe
Every other Thursday - a new episode. Subscribe for the whole series.
Find out more about learning Tai Chi in the 21st century with the teapotmonk
Tai Chi Training and Resources: https://www.21stcenturytaichi.com

The teapotmonk: https://www.teapotmonk.com

Ways we learn Tai Chi: https://www.21stcenturytaichi.com/ways-of-learning-taichi
8 min
October 06, 2022Language Abuse in the Classroom
Cliches can be harmless, if ineffective. But they can also be insulting, condescending and belittling. What are they? And how can we avoid the use and abuse of such phrases in Tai Chi?
Every other Thursday - a new episode. Subscribe for the whole series.
Find out more about learning Tai Chi in the 21st century with the teapotmonk
Tai Chi Training and Resources: https://www.21stcenturytaichi.com

The teapotmonk: https://www.teapotmonk.com

Ways we learn Tai Chi: https://www.21stcenturytaichi.com/ways-of-learning-taichi
9 min
September 22, 2022How to Keep healthy Knees in Tai Chi
Why do your knees ache after practising Tai Chi? Is it normal or is it a sign that something is wrong. Find out how to make sure your knees stay healthy in this weeks episode.
Links:
Webinar on Knee Health
Articles on knee health

Every other Thursday - a new episode. Subscribe for the whole series.
Find out more about learning Tai Chi in the 21st century with the teapotmonk
Tai Chi Training and Resources: https://www.21stcenturytaichi.com

The teapotmonk: https://www.teapotmonk.com

Ways we learn Tai Chi: https://www.21stcenturytaichi.com/ways-of-learning-taichi
7 min
September 08, 2022That was Then. This is Now
A new updated podcast 10 years later to quickly review the changes and directions over a decade. Find out where we have been and where we may yet go...
LINKS
Health in tai Chi Articles
An Interview with Anthony Gilbert
Every other Thursday - a new episode. Subscribe for the whole series.
Find out more about learning Tai Chi in the 21st century with the teapotmonk
Tai Chi Training and Resources: https://www.21stcenturytaichi.com

The teapotmonk: https://www.teapotmonk.com

Ways we learn Tai Chi: https://www.21stcenturytaichi.com/ways-of-learning-taichi
10 min
August 25, 2022 Meditation in Movement
What can help you navigate your way back to the here and now, other than Google maps? In this episode we explore how to return to the moment.
Every other Thursday - a new episode. Subscribe for the whole series.
Find out more about learning Tai Chi in the 21st century with the teapotmonk
Tai Chi Training and Resources: https://www.21stcenturytaichi.com
The teapotmonk: https://www.teapotmonk.com
Ways we learn Tai Chi: https://www.21stcenturytaichi.com/ways-of-learning-taichi
9 min
August 11, 2022Beyond the Mechanics of Tai Chi #2
Can Tai Chi cure toothache? Will it enable me to leap tall buildings in a single bound? Can it stop a locomotive? Will it help me develop a six-pack?
How can we go beyond the mechanics of the moves in Tai Chi? Part 2 or a 2 part series looking at the health aspects of the art.
Every other Thursday - a new episode. Subscribe for the whole series.
Find out more about learning Tai Chi in the 21st century with the teapotmonk
Tai Chi Training and Resources: https://www.21stcenturytaichi.com

The teapotmonk: https://www.teapotmonk.com

Ways we learn Tai Chi: https://www.21stcenturytaichi.com/ways-of-learning-taichi
10 min

About Talking Tai Chi with the teapotmOnk

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A series of insights into the diverse world of Tai Chi from a 21st century perspective with the teapotmOnk. In this series, he looks at everything from learning the tai chi form and martial practices, to learning locally and online. But it is not just the moves, it's ideas too from the I Ching, Tao Te Ching and the philosophical as well as cultural influences that have helped shaped the art into the practice we know today.