Sunday, February 5, 2023

WORLD TAI CHI DAY


Contributed by Ron

World Tai Chi Day is coming:

Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Saturday, April 26, 2025.
Saturday, April 26, 2026.
See details below.

Come back from time to time for an update
on how you can participate. 

   
"World Tai Chi and Qigong Day is an annual event that takes place on the last Saturday of April, to promote the related martial art disciplines of Tai Chi and Qigong across the world."
 
"Starting in 1999, the movement saw people in up to 80 countries take part in Tai Chi and Qigong activities to help foster a greater understanding of the art forms, as well as the medical and spiritual benefits that they bring."


 

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Crystal Cove Tai Chi



Friday, Feb. 3, 2023 Elle volunteered to be our official and exceptional Historical Crystal Cove guide.  Scroll down for Scott's new photos.
After the tour she found a place for our Tai Chi practice.
  
  
Photos by Ron





Photos by Scott









Click below for the Crystal Cove map

 


 
 
 
 
 
 

  

Friday, January 27, 2023

TAI CHI BY THE WEEK

THURSDAYS 10:30 AM we practice at Baby Beach Park in Dana Point Harbor. 
(Open to newcomers, no fee (see map below) 




FRIDAYS 8:30 AM We practice at Aliso Beach.
Open to newcomers, no fee (see map below).  Followed by coffee and conversation at Epiphanies. Bring a cup of tea or coffee, join us on the pool deck above the beach. 







Saturday, January 14, 2023

ARTICLES WORTH A 5 MINUTE READ

 
 
The term "tribal" is an anchor word left over from the era of colonialism that reflects a view of "us VS. them" (a distructive way of seeing people different than what we've seen before.
 
 
 

QUOTE FOR THE DAY

QUOTE FOR THE DAY





"There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children."  --Nelson Mandela
Contribution by: Virginia


The unexamined life is not worth living. --Socrates
Contribution by: Elle

 



 


Water seeps into cracks in granite,
then, at night as that water freezes,
it expands to split 
even the hardest granite. 

The result gives us rock formations that have become familiar icons like Half Dome on the right.

Monday, December 19, 2022

COFFEE, PANETTONE-STYLE FRENCH TOAST, AND FRITTATAS ON THE UPPER DECK

FRENCH TOAST FRIDAY DECEMBER 16, 2022 
Wonderful Community
 
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Photos 1-6 contributed by Ron Cohan
 
Send your photos too!   
Invitation: Send your captions for photos 1-6.



Send your photos. I'll post them below.           

#6           Additional photos below.
 
 
Elle will be in the Netherlands January 6th, but she is ramping up for guiding our field trip upon her return.  Maybe January 13, 20, or 27, 2021. Will post the confirmed date here.
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Friday, November 18, 2022

BRAIN BOOSTING FOODS FROM A HARVARD NUTRITIONIST

 Turmeric reduces anxiety and protects the Hippocampus which has major roles in learning and forming new memories.  

 
 

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People who regularly eat dark chocolate
have a 70% reduced risk of depression... and saffron...

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