The Vital Force Archive
Eighteen years of The Vital Force (2007-2025), 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.
Pulling in the Energy
Pulling in the Energy is one of the T’ai Chi Chih movements, frequently examined for its circularity and its quiet gathering quality. These pages include teaching observations, close looks at the details of the movement, and reflections on awareness, connection and shared intention in a class.
Anne Perkins expected to teach a handful of after-school students at Central Catholic St. Nicholas School, but Sr. Gail Tippett wanted the whole school, and Perkins ended up leading thirteen groups from kindergarten through eighth grade.