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.
Passing Clouds
Passing Clouds is one of the T’ai Chi Chih movements, often taught with attention to the turning waist and swiveling hips. Articles here include teaching tips, close descriptions from several teachers, and reflections on the clarity of no effort and on moving and stilling.
Rosalind Braga's linked haiku, written at a June 1991 teacher renewal, trace hands floating like passing clouds, legs rooted earthward, yin-yang balance, resting pose and the grand circle of chi.
Rosalind Braga
Five letters: Doris Dandridge on the toning and the Acoma presentation at the teachers conference, Jean Doan on her first class and a blind student, Jean Katus on improved eyesight, Corine Reeber on the teacher packet, and Tim Stuetz on Passing Clouds in meditation.
Peggy Knorr, accredited in both TCC and the Bates Method of natural vision improvement, matches Dr. William Bates's swings and relaxation principles to Passing Clouds, Pulling Taffy, Push Pull and other movements.