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Body Awareness and Flexibility Julia Morelli, July 2024 Written well over a century ago, in Dubliners, James Joyce gave us a gift by...

So, in breaking down the mysterious nomenclature of the ancient Chinese internal arts, Garripoli substitutes the concepts and terminology of quantum mechanics, which itself is complex and evolving.  And yet I find that it works.  If everything that we are, and everything that we experience, are interwoven energy fields, then a knowledge of this (more like a meditation on it) can inform and enhance our personal practices, from sitting meditation to the various moving meditatio

FREE Tai Chi classes, Qigong classes, and Yoga Come be part of our local outdoor, family-friendly, global event, hosted by Peaceable Dragon. Watch, participate, experience, celebrate.

The presence of qi keeps the heart open, and the mind alert and clear. The more qi, the easier it is for the heart to experience its...

The universe loves you just the way you are. Through this unconditional love, you can experience your own divinity. You, in turn, should...

Suggested Exploration for your Practices this month: In Chinese 5 element philosophy, Late Summer is a season that brings us a pause. ...

The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that John Passacantando has been appointed to serve as Executive Director of the Peaceable...

Tai chi—a mind and body practice of Chinese origin that combines certain postures and gentle movements with mental focus, breathing, and...

The Northern Virginia event will be held at beautiful Meadowlark Botanical Gardens Park in Vienna, VA.  Demonstrations, mini-classes and...

Tai chi and qigong, two traditional mind and body practices from China, combine certain postures and gentile, dance-like body movements...

What I learned from the Peaceable Dragon instructors years ago has stood me in good stead during the long nightmare as my health...

One day some years ago, after a particularly meaningful Qigong session in San Francisco’s Huntington Park, I sprained my ankle. Paying...

After early morning qigong practice at Huntington Park, we stopped outside an apothecary in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Sifu Ko Wong was...

A recent article posted online by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health of the National Institutes of Health...

Though I did not realize it at the time, he was my first Qigong master. “Dominus vobiscum” Father Norbert Chateau sang those melodic...

Peaceable Dragon will once again sponsor World Tai Chi and Qigong Day in Northern Virginia.  The free event is held at 10am local time in...

Sandy was a couple years older, and my brother was oh so much wiser. He taught me “rock-paper-scissors” on the back seat of our Ford...

To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Peaceable Dragon Internal Arts Consortium, the Board of Directors authorized SPT/TRUE to develop...

An article in the Washington Post in May of 2016 announced that the practice of Tai Chi may be effective for relief of osteaoarthritis. ...

A recent NIH-funded study, reported in the February 9, 2012 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, reported results that show...