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Hi there. If we haven't met, my name is Eric Borreson. I am a tai chi teacher, writer, and blogger (in my spare time). I also have one of those things called a job that keeps me away from what I want to be doing.

I decided that a post like this was long-overdue, since many of the readers of the blog are pretty new. As I write this, I have written over 200 articles for this blog. It can be a little confusing trying to find something.

Here are a few tips:

Top 10 Articles All Time:

1: The 13 Elemental Postures of Tai Chi 

2: What I Wish I Had Known at the Beginning

3: Silk Reeling (Spiral Force) in Tai Chi: Part 1 of 3 – Role of the Dan Tien

4: Tai Chi Warmup Exercises 

5: Radiant Lotus Qigong

6: Chen – Sinking the Qi to the Dan Tien

7: Ignore the Noise

8: Zhan Zhuang (Standing Post) in Tai Chi Training

9: Leg Strength and Balance in Tai Chi

10: TaiChi – Stages of Development

Articles for Beginners:  
1: Who's in Charge of Your Tai Chi?
2: What I Wish I Had Known at the Beginning
3: Moving Slowly in Tai Chi
4: A Simple Tai Chi Technique to Calm the Mind 
5: Agility in Tai Chi 
6: Heng– Perseverance
7: The Bamboo Story - Perseverance and Plateaus
8: The Art of Tai Chi (Watch his eyes to see his intention.)
9: Three Ways That Tai Chi is Not Just a Fitness Program 
10: The Commencement Form in Tai Chi

Articles for Beginning Teachers:

1: Moving Slowly in Tai Chi

2: Tai Chi and Plateaus

3: Using Tai Chi to Integrate Mind, Body, and Spirit

4: Tai Chi – Stages of Development

5: A Simple Exercise for Song (Relax and Loosen)

6: Jing – Mental Quietness and Serenity in Tai Chi

7: Tai Chi in the West

8: Silk Reeling in Tai Chi: Part 1 –Role of the Dan Tian

9: Core Tai Chi Principles

10: Hidden Depths of Tai Chi

© 2014  by Eric Borreson