The Vital Force Archive

Three students write in: Karen Greene no longer needs prescription medication for menstrual cramps, Yun Yu Hu regains movement in an inflamed shoulder, and John Schneider finds himself rooted amid confusion.

Two newspaper features reprinted in part: The Times on San Mateo teacher George Balliet, who found T'ai Chi Chih while recovering from an industrial accident and now runs a 12-week class, and The Albuquerque Tribune on Caroline Chavez leading seniors.

Letters from Fran Dukehart, Amy Hackenberg and Vicki Brodie thanking Justin Stone, with Brodie listing practice during a two and a half hour tow wait, after oral surgery, and under summer stars.

Bob Howells' Women's Sports and Fitness piece, reprinted from January 1991, reports how skiers, rock climbers and LPGA golfers taught by Christine Sproehnle and Pam Towne use T'ai Chi Chih for grounding, focus and faster recovery.

Teacher news from Joy Barbour's RV park demonstration, Donna Shaffer's pre-natal class at Apple in Cupertino, press coverage prompting a Palm Springs workshop, and Ruth-Marie Arguello-Sheehan's earthquake injuries and retiree classes.

Carmen Brocklehurst ran an eight-week pilot course for the City of Albuquerque in which employees on disability leave were required to attend, drawing 20 to 30 police officers, fire fighters and refuse workers weekly.

News that Mill Valley teacher Joseph Segal, comatose for six months after a head-on automobile crash, is home in Corte Madera, sitting up, practicing T'ai Chi Chih in a limited way, and recently visited by Justin.

Mrs. Marilyn P. Harrison, learning from Justin Stone's book and video in Sasabe, Arizona, writes to Corinn Codye about relief from a 2 1/2 year disc injury and asks for reading recommendations.

Teacher news: Theda Gillespie and Hannah Hedrick teaching at a Mexican health resort, Carmen Brocklehurst leading INTA mornings weeks after abdominal surgery, Harriet Henderson drawing 200 daily at Asilomar, and Joseph Pagano demonstrating in a Carmel restaurant atrium.

Carolyn Shaw writes after a teacher training class in Albuquerque, reporting that the calcium deposits once seen on her spine x rays are gone and her back pain and morning stiffness have disappeared.

A Sierra newspaper piece by staff writer Matt Miller profiles instructor Chris Worcester, whose Recreation Department class draws construction workers and others to moving meditation that eased his own back trouble.

Robyn McCulloch, a Recreational Therapist at Washoe Medical Center in Reno, taught the whole form to three Occupational Therapists in nine hour-long sessions and modified movements for chronic pain and rehabilitation patients.

Jeanne Carlson-Linscott describes crushing her shoulder, collar bone and seven ribs in a motorcycle accident a week after accreditation, doing one-handed and mental T'ai Chi Chih in hospital and leaving in six days.