Dispatch from San Francisco

Editor’s Note: Judy reflects and writes in response to the free monthly newsletter from Justinstonetcc.com. Sign up on the popup screen when first visiting or via this link: . The newsletter contains excerpts and links to chapters from Justin’s books.

I have been teaching Mind Body Health in San Francisco for three years now, both live and online during Covid-19. I really appreciated this month’s email newsletter from JustinStoneTCC.com, especially with teaching T’ai Chi Chih (TCC) so much in the larger community of San Francisco. I especially enjoy teaching in the Chinese senior community here. I better understand how much our work with this practice means to the large and varied community of this city at this difficult point in our city’s history.

Thank you so much for this opportunity to review Justin’s work. The Photo Text article about how to move was great to get today, and I will take some time to check my practice. Now that I also understand much more about Qigong and what Justin was trying to introduce to people in 1974, I would love to know more about his life. I want to know more about his connection to Wen-Shan Huang, especially since I will be working with the Chinese Cultural District here next Fall. As my own practice of TCC has evolved over these last three years, I truly love it more than ever. Thanks for these monthly reminders.

For those interested, I recommend the Fundamentals of T’ai Chi Ch’uan by Wen-Shan Huang with a preface by Justin Stone from 1966. I would love to know more about their history as pupil and future teacher. Wen-Shan Huang was teaching T’ai Chi Ch’uan in Los Angeles in the 1960s for 10 years. Justin was a band master there also. Wen-Shan Huang also taught internationally as a cultural anthropologist. Always more to learn, isn’t there? My Mind Body YouTube channel shares what I am doing here in San Francisco. I love the connections I am making online, and it continues to grow here in 2023.

This Year of the Rabbit is supposed to be softer, kinder, and have all the qualities of continuity we need as a community — kind of like TCC.