Tai Chi Ireland

Sanita Devi

Jan Golden — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:00:38 +0000

“I attended Jan’s Body Scan Meditation class and found the experience , venue and ambience extremely relaxing. Its like for the first time in many years I tuned in to my body and myself and actually paid attention.… Read More »

Fiona Byrne

Jan Golden — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:57:18 +0000

"I have come to define my weekly Chi Gung class as my Serenity Hour. Simply because I emerge a calmer me. Restored. Jan¹s classes are informative and educative all the while delivered with personality, integrity and speckles of his innate

Sturm und Drang

Jan Golden — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:00:59 +0000

" In individual moments we all know how the most elaborate arrangements of our life are made only so as to flee from the tasks we actually ought to be performing, how we would like to hide our

Ataraxia

Jan Golden — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:14:12 +0000

There are really only 2 kinds of addiction: I want it, I don't want it. However, the roots of I Want It may not dwell solely in the dark bowels of childhood exposure or some Damascene Teen Epiphany.

Cian O’Reilly

Jan Golden — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:01:45 +0000

"About three years ago, I had tremendous back problems. I lost hours of sleep during many nights from the pain around my upper back, neck and shoulders. I went to see some physiotherapists. After this, I was able to lie

Perfect makes Practice

Jan Golden — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:17:38 +0000

One of my teachers of yore used to say that his teacher used to say to him, ” Practise like you were doing it perfectly” and ” What you practise, you become”. Given his propensity for Pinocchio Quantum

Lineages

Jan Golden — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:32:54 +0000

There is always something comical about a tai chi practitioner declaring their "Lineage". I was trying to think of what it reminded me of, and then I remembered. Many warrior societies avoided mass conflict, but usually had some

China Sky

Jan Golden — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:26:14 +0000

Shanghai stole the Milky Way at night and hid the stars in the endless teeming blocks, where they burn like reactors. The city shimmers in powdery neon blue clouds, the overhead roads stitch a tail-light red ribbon around

Some Babel Antics

Jan Golden — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 22:10:38 +0000

To give you some idea of the hazards of the Chinese language,here is a conversation I had during lunch in the eatery next to my hotel in Shanghai this year. I translate the conversation literally: Jan: You good!

Being and Feeling

Jan Golden — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:12:02 +0000

"Human beings live in silent, objective, physiological levels. Words are brain created and have nothing to do with how the body is feeling. The world of words gradually removes us from that feeling as our immediate experience becomes progre