Articles
Seek Peace Within
I wrote this article about 20 years ago under the title "Peace starts from within". Then someone commented and said: "Yes, it's true, but the violence also starts from within." I thought how true this is and when I realized that actually everything starts and depends on us, what determines is where we will take what happens in our paths. And yes, the only place to find peace is within us. Tai Chi Chuan is a martial art
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Walking Like an Old Fox Across the Frozen Stream in Spring
By: Marek Wajsman "In the spring sun, the ice layer of the creek melts and becomes smooth and very fragile. To cross the creek, walking on the ice must be careful, slow, with a lot of listening, so that retreat is possible if the ice breaks. All foxes, young and old alike, know this. But the young fox, by his reckless nature, sees the end, speeds up, the ice breaks and his tail gets wet in the water the frozen ones" (I-Ching
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Marek Wajsman Interview on Kol HaShalom Radio
An interview on Segal Galil's "Muses" program from 2013, in which Marek Wajsman talks about Tai Chi, the training method and the connection between the practice and life. A personal conversation about presence, movement and how the principles of art accompany everyday life.
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Marek Wajsman: "Just Observe"
While traveling and visiting different yoga teachers around the world, we realized that many of them complement their personal yoga practice with other arts and traditions like Qigong, Tai Chi, meditation, etc. We have also met many martial arts teachers who use yogic techniques and meditation to enhance their own practice. It seems like it's
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Letting Go — Sung
Although Tai Chi students hear the word "relaxation" more than any other word, its meaning is still not understood - because the word "relaxation" Sung expresses certain ideas that are not found in the English or Hebrew language. The average Tai Chi student does not know how to release the "excess tension" in certain muscles. Furthermore, with the exposure of Eastern teachings to the world, most people in the West think that relaxation is
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