From the Editor (November 2007)

Unrelated but Important Mentions

Web Site: Our community site, www.taichichih.org, exists under the aegis of The Vital Force. I am in the process of “branding” it and making more reflective of www.gkpub.com. Now (through early December) is the time for your feedback. The new site should be ready to unveil in the next edition of The Vital Force.

Intention: It is my hope and expectation that this newsletter will be in every reporter’s hands who writes about wellness, healing practices, and the like. It is also my hope and expectation that it will be in every hospital waiting room in the country. Please join me in affirming many, many more venues and outreach.

Wikipedia.com and YouTube.com: Welcome to the 21st century: I have recently posted entries about T’ai Chi Chih and Justin Stone on www.wikipedia.com. And I have uploaded a video clip of Justin Stone teaching Bird Flaps its Wings on www.YouTube.com. Now, even more people can be exposed to the pearls of T’ai Chi Chih.

Google Alerts, from Ken Gray, a hip and tech savvy teacher in NYC: What? How? A Google Alert is a means of creating a do-it-yourself customized Internet clipping service for the subject of your choice. I created two alerts for Tai Chi Chih (without the apostrophe) and T’ai Chi Chih so that any news story which appears virtually anywhere in the world will be relayed to me via email. It may relate to medical news, classes, intensives being offered, or a new research project. To sign up, follow these instructions.

Go toHYPERLINK “http://www.google.com/alerts” http://www.google.com/alerts. Enter the topic you wish to monitor. Under search terms, write Tai Chi Chih. Under type, select News or Comprehensive, Under how often, choose once a day, once a week, or as it happens. Then fill in your email address. Press the Create Alert. Then repeat the process and create a second alert using the correct variation of T’ai Chi Chih. You will then get an email from Google with a link to confirm that these are alerts you wish to receive. You must follow through with this last piece.

To All Subscribers & To Teachers: Thank you for your outreach donations for The Vital Force! From $5 to $150, your generous contributions enable us to cast a wider net spreading the word about TCC. You have large hearts.

If you are teaching somewhere and think it would be beneficial to have an additional subscription to leave where you are teaching, please let us know. Or, as Donna McElhose suggests, consider buying an extra subscription that you can circulate among your students.

KG, Albuquerque, NM

Submission Guidelines

When thinking about submissions, it’s good to keep in mind that a 1/4 page in this newsletter is about 200 words and a 1/2 page is 400 words. Please send articles as Word documents, electronically. Look at the page headings and tailor your submission to a particular section. The newsletter will hang together better that way.

We are always in need of photos and artwork. Please send as high resolution jpgs as your camera takes. The Editor will crop and edit them. If you have 8-12 pieces of related artwork – calligraphy, drawings, photographs, or something that will reproduce well in black and white – please submit them. They might be featured in an entire issue.

The Vital Force reserves the right to edit submission for length and clarity.

Deadlines & Ideas

SubmissionPublicationThemeMovement

DeadlineDate(as it relates to TCC)(Teaching Tips)

Jan 1Early FebOpennessAround the Platter Variation

April 1Early MayReleaseBass Drum

(Abandon Hope)

July 1Early AugFreedomDaughter on the Mountaintop

Oct 1Early NovSharingDaughter in the Valley

MISC

The Vital Force is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization serving T’ai Chi Chih practitioners worldwide. • Board of Directors: Dora Derzon, Guy Kent, Lisa M. Otero.

Copyright 2007 The Vital Force Journal Inc. Not for reprint, redistribution, or reuse in any format without written permission. All rights reserved.

T’ai Chi Chih® is a federally registered trademark owned by Good Karma Publishing, Inc.

Table of Contents

Justin Stone1

Teaching Tips:

Around the Platter3-5

Guiding Thoughts / Sr. Antonia6

Sandy Says / Pam Says7

Harmony 8-9

Events10-11, 20

Justin Stone12-13

Conference 200714-19

Karmic Comments 21

Community Calendar 22

Pyramid Poetry 23

Contacts/Subscribe 24