It is my 60th birthday. According to Confucius, at 60, you know who you are and what you can offer the world. Looking back on my life, one word summarizes my feelings: gratitude.

T'ai Chi and Qigong for Back Pain: Using an Eastern Practice for Better Spine Health

Dr. Yang was a guest on the Weill Cornell Medicine Center for Comprehensive Spine Care’s “Spine Time” Zoom conference, hosted by Dr. Roger Hartl and Stephen Pier, Artistic Director of the Dance Division at the University of Hartford Hartt School.

You might have heard the Greek story of Hedgehog and fox: the fox know many small things whereas the hedgehog knows one big thing. When I read this story, I was thinking about the names: a Taiji hedgehog or a taiji fox. It is an issue of depth vs width of your taiji practice.