YMAA Retreat Center

Taijiquan (AKA Tai Chi Chuan or Tai Chi) was developed as a martial art. A number of people practice for the many health benefits, but...

Though it was delayed by several weeks, the cold and rainy season has started, again. I am glad for the delay. Training in the cold when...

The internet has no shortage of videos of mediocre and poor quality martial arts. Very few come with self critiques and constructive...

Many years ago in a class during my freshman year as a naturopathic medical student, one of my favorite teachers, Dr. Sherman, shared an...

I've been back 'on the mountain' exactly one week today, but only training since Monday (5 days). It feels like a month already! With my...

As I entered my final year at the Retreat Center, I thought back to the beginning. Being in a bad place forced me to soul search and I...

It's been exactly twenty-one days since I returned home, returned to 'the valley.' The transition from being away on the mountain for the...

In 2012, one of my goals was to share martial arts with as many people as I can. I was doing exactly that before arriving at the...

Yesterday, for all intents and purposes, was the final day of formal training for this semester and concludes my first year of the 3-Year...

Do we ever get sick of each other? Yes! We live and train together all the time and it’s expected that we sometimes prefer to be alone or...