Do you have a favorite movement practice? When I studied massage in the early '80s, my mentor taught the importance of using good ergonomics as we worked. With that in mind, she recommended we take Tai Chi, and a couple of us did so that fall. My teacher Maria Liu had come from China, and learned Tai Chi and Qigong as a little girl, at her father's side. I had opportunity to teach Tai Chi at our retreat center, and studied several forms over the years. In the early 2000s, I took 'Soaring Crane Qigong.' A benefit of qigong is its focus on INTERNAL movement; while practicing the form, one's mind is on vitality (qi or chi) & the movement. Dawn Redwood at Linfield Master Zhao, Jin-xiang began teaching his form in 1980, & it was brought to the US by professor Chen, Hui-xian. My teacher JoAnne learned it from Prof. Chen, at the Oriental Medicine College (OCOM) in Portland Oregon. Master Zhao had pleurisy & tuberculosis, & was sent to a sanatorium in 1...