The Vital Force Archive
Forty years of The Vital Force (1985-2025), the journal of the T’ai Chi Chih community. Search for a word, a teacher, a movement or a place, or browse by category and topic.
May 2013
The May 2013 issue marks a year since Justin Stone’s death with more than twenty Pyramid Poems and Larry Bloom’s imagined interview drawn from Heightened Awareness. Carmen L. Brocklehurst carries “come to a graceful conclusion” into ordinary endings, Pam Towne demystifies Seijaku for teachers, and Jim Shorr writes about Don, a retirement center resident who set aside his walker.
Pauline B. Quimson, a physician from the Philippines and wellness program director, traces how Justin Stone's line "we do not heal symptoms; we become whole" shapes her practice and her work with at-risk teens and women leaving abuse.
Pauline B. Quimson
MD, American Canyon, California
Betty Dobberstein thanks Jean Katus for reviewing the movements and orders the Joy Thru Movement photo text, noting that old knee stitches, hernia surgery and spinal curvature limit her while flexibility grows.
Betty Dobberstein
Rapid City, South Dakota
Sr. Antonia Cooper suggests teachers turn students' Internet searching into a classroom exercise, comparing YouTube demonstrations by Travis Enerix and Chris Norkus against the six principles of movement in Justin's DVD introduction.
Sr. Antonia Cooper
OSF, North Plainfield, New Jersey
Merle Smith recounts a springtime women's retreat in the North Georgia foothills where Sheryl Adair led a Tai Chi Chih class for 48 first-timers, several of whom felt the chi flow.
Merle Smith
Atlanta, Georgia