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Between Our Steps: Taming the Monkeys of the Mind with Tai Chi

There are benefits and drawbacks to both group and private practice when it comes to Tai Chi.

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May 05, 2024
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Years ago, I meditated regularly. Not twice a day as I should have, but three or four times a week. I was not good at focusing on the mantra. I was a little better at acknowledging the thought bringing my mind back to the present.

The practice faded away when I left Montreal and the community wit…

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Cathy Hird lives between the escarpment and Georgian Bay, the traditional territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation. Retired farmer and United Church minister, Hird writes fiction and creative non-fiction, with seven published fantasy and SciFi novels.
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