development

On the mountain, a tree:
The image of DEVELOPMENT.
Thus the superior man abides in dignity and virtue,
In order to improve the mores.

The tree on the mountain is visible from afar, and its development influences the landscape of the entire region. It does not shoot up like a swamp plant; its growth proceeds gradually. Thus also the work of influencing people can be only gradual. No sudden influence or awakening is of lasting effect. Progress must be quite gradual, and in order to obtain such progress in public opinion and in the mores of the people, it is necessary for the personality to acquire influence and weight. This come about through careful and constant work on one's own moral development.

I Ching, 53. Development (Gradual Progress)

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Books & Links
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TC3 Support Team
Odds & Ends & Friends


Books & Links

Tai Chi Program
    Hsu, Fun Yuen translated by Elizabeth Wenscott, An Investigation Into the Methods of Practice
    To be purchased by Elizabeth Wenscott

    Brian Kennedy and Elizabeth Guo, Chinese Martial Arts Training Manuals, A Historical Survey
    ISBN=9781583941942

    Cheng Man Ch'ing translated by Lo and Inn, Cheng Tzu's Thirteen Treatises on T'ai Chi Ch'uan
    ISBN=0938190458

    Wile, Douglas, Master Cheng's Thirteen Chapters on T'ai Chi Ch'uan
    ISBN=0912059001

    Wile, Douglas, Tai chi Touchstones: Yang Family Secret Transmissions
    ISBN=091205901X

    Professor Cheng Man-ch'ing and his Tai Chi Chuan by Wolfe Lowenthal, There Are No Secrets
    ISBN=1556431120

    Further Explorations in the Tao of Cheng Man-ch'ing by Wolfe Lowenthal, Gateway to the Miraculous
    ISBN=1883319137

    Cheng Man Ch'ing translation by Mark Hennessy, Master of Five Excellences
    ISBN=188331903X

    Cheng Man Ch'ing and Robert Smith, T'ai-chi "The Supreme Ultimate" Exercise for Health, Sport, and Self-Defense
    ISBN=080480560

    Jou, Tsung Hwa, The Tao of Tai Chi Chuan
    ISBN=0804813574

    The Official Wu Kung Tai Chi Association of America Website
    If you want to know where Grandmaster Hsu is, check out this site.
    Cheng Tze Tai Chi Chuan Study Associatione
    Cheng Tze Tai Chi Chuan Study Association, founded in 1982 by a group of senior students in memory of Professor Cheng Man Ching.
    Bu Jin Design
    Weapon bags. Not sure which one to order? Just ask them to look up my account and you will see the bag of my choice.
Health & Philosophy Program
    Health
      Eckert, Achim, Chinese Medicine for Beginners: Using the Power of the Five Elements to Heal Body and Soul
      ISBN=0761506136 to purchase

      Tara, Bennett-Goleman Emotional Alchemy; How the Mind Can Heal the Heart
      ISBN=0609809032

      Colbin, Annemarie Food and Healing
      ISBN=0345303857

      Connely, Dianne M., Traditional Acupuncture The Law of the Five Elements
      ISBN=0912379014

      Hadady, Letha D. Ac., Asian Health Secrets
      ISBN=0517700557

    Philosophy
      Lectures on Tao Teh Ching by Man-jan Cheng, Translated from Chinese by Tam C. Gibbs, Lao - Tzu: "My words are very easy to understand."
      ISBN=0913028916

      English, Jane and Feng, Gia Fu Lao Tsu, Tao Te Ching
      ISBN=0679776192

      Henricks, Robert Lao-Tzu's, Tao Te Ching
      ISBN=0231118163

      Mair, Victor, Tao Te Ching: The Classic of Integrity and the Way
      ISBN=055334935X

      Pine, Red, Lao Tzu's Taoteching
      ISBN=1562790854

      Translations and Elucidation by Taoist Master Ni, Hua-ching, The Complete Works of Lao Tzu, Tao Teh Ching and Hua Hu Ching
      ISBN=0937064009

      Translated for Chinese by D.T. Suzuki and Paul Carus, Treatise on Response and Retribution
      ISBN=0875482449

    Taoism (Religious and Philisophical)
      Little, Steven, Taoism and the Arts of China
      ISBN=0520227840 Hard Copy
      ISBN=0520227859 Soft Copy

      Silvers, Brock, The Taoist Manual Applying Taoism To Daily Life
      ISBN=0967794811
      Order at www.smpress.com for a discounted price
    I Ching
      Wilhelm, Richard and Baynes, Cary F., The I Ching or Book of Changes
      ISBN=069109750X

    Resource Guides
      Some of the below resource guides are not available in the bigger book stores, search the internet and see if you are lucky!

      Wieger,S.J., Dr. L., Chinese Characters, Their Origin, Etymology, History, Classification and Signification.
      ISBN=0486213218

      Havard University Press Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary
      ISBN=0674123506
      This is a Wade Giles Dictonary

      Han Yin Cidian A Chinese - English Dictionary
      ISBN=7100001307/H59

      Beijing Forien Languages The Pinyin Chinese-English Dictionary
      ISBN=0471867969
      Other Pinyin Chinese-English Dictionary are available at the Peking Book House

      A New English - Chinese Dictionary (Enlarged and Updated)
      ISBN=810124058
Qigong
    Kuhn, Dr. Aihan, Natural Healing with Qigong
    To be purchased at the school
Meditation
    Saso, Michael The Golden Pavilion; Taoist Ways to Peace, Healing, and Long Life
    ISBN=0804830606
Environmental Arm - Sustainable Return
    Shiva, Vandana Stolen Harvest, The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply
    ISBN=0896086070

    Jacobsen, Rowan, Fruitless Fall: The Collapse of the Honey Bee and the Coming Agricultural Crisis
    9781596916395

    Pollan, Michael, The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
    9781429535823

    Bartholomew, Alick, Hidden Nature, The Startling Insights of Viktor Schauberger
    9781429535823

    Sustainable Return
    Sustainable Return is divided into four categories: Water, Air, Land, and Lifestyle. It has a dual function of increasing awareness and creating a format for student body at large to jointly volunteer for environmental causes in the name of the school. Angelic Organics
    A community supported Illinos family farm, growing an astounding array of vegetables and herbs since 1990, farming in accordance with Organic and Biodynamic principles. Great website! Be sure to check out the page "Stirrings."

    Tom Brown's Tracker School, Tracking, Nature & Wildeness Survival
    To be "one" with the Earth, it is not enough to just have good survival skills but a more rounded philosophy and skill level. That is why each of my courses cover equally the three major categories of survival: tracking, nature awareness, and the ancient philosophy of the Earth. To learn more about Tom Brown and his school check out his website and read some of his incredible, must read books!

    The Story of Stuff
    A 20-minute animation of the consumerist society, narrated by Anne Leonard
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqZMTY4V7Ts

    Waterlife
    The story of the last great supply of fresh drinking water of earth. Beautiful website!!!
    http://waterlife.nfb.ca

    350.org
    Scientists say that 350 parts per million CO2 in the atmosphere is the safe limit for humanity. Learn more about 350 Ð what it means, where it came from, and how to get there.
    http://www.350.org

    Carolyn Steel
    Food is a shared necessity -- but also a shared way of thinking, argues Carolyn Steel. Looking at food networks offers an unusual and illuminating way to explore how cities evolved.
    http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/carolyn_steel_how_food_shapes_our_cities.html
Yoga With Instructor Tracy Von Kaenel
    Farhi, Donna, Yoga Mind, Body and Spirit, A Return to Wholeness
    ISBN=9780805059700

    Erich Schiffmann, Yoga, The Spirit and Practice of Moving into Stillness
    0-671-53480-7

    Lasater, Judith, Living Your Yoga: Finding the Spiritual in Everyday Life
    9780962713880

    Self, Philip, Yogi Bare, Naked Truth from America's Leading Yoga Teachers
    978-0966689402

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Tai Chi Center of Chicago Links

   The Tai Chi Center of Chicago - Facebook
Become a friend, and keep up to date with all that is going on!

  The Tai Chi Center of Chicago - Twitter
For the short and sweet of it all!

  The Tai Chi Center of Chicago - Myspace
The practice of Tai Chi Chuan (Taiji) has had an unmeasurable influence on those that have partaken. This site is dedicated to tai chi'ist that are musicians (professional or no-professional) or musicians that offer the musical background for our practice.

  The Tai Chi Center of Chicago - YouTube
Video Library

  The Tai Chi Center of Chicago - Blog
Posts by Elizabeth Wenscott (All Subjects) Don Tomei (Wellness Qigong) Lisa Hish (Health and Sustainable Lifestyle) Kipling Swehla (Neigong/Philosophy) Rob Wittig (Tai Chi Historian) Chris Zalek and Sas Stark (Discussed in Class).

  Yoga at the Tai Chi Center of Chicago
Instructor Tracy Von Kaenel is a degreed dance and yoga instructor with over 20 years of teaching experience. Tracy received her Advanced Level II Certification for Yoga Instructors from the Temple of Kriya Yoga in Chicago. We are glad to have her here at the Tai Chi Center of Chicago.

  Tracy Von Kaenel's, Yoga Chicago - Blog
Class Updates, FYI, Philosophy Corner, Physical Fixes, Student Discoveries, and more

  Qigong Chicago
All Qigong and Tai Chi practice promotes wellness --- in fact health and longevity are traditionally considered the primary goals of these arts. Qigong and Tai Chi have been proven to help people advance along the road of wellness from wherever their starting point happens to be. This is the official site for Wellness Qigong at the Tai Chi Center of Chicago.

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The Tai Chi Center of Chicago's Support

  • NCCA Certified Acupuncturist/Herbalist
    Dr. Xin-Xiang Feng or Dr. Hui Yan Cai
    228 W. Cermak Rd. 2nd Floor
    Chicago IL 60616
    312-326-7906
    Falculty Memebers of the Midwest College of Acupunture

  • Licensed Acupuncturist, MSOM
    XueHua Feng
    634 W. Addison
    Chicago IL 60613
    773-934-0199
    fengtcm@yahoo.com

  • Grandmaster Hsu Fun-yuen of Tai Chi and Herbs
    Hsu Fun-yuen

  • Chiropractic Physician
    Neil A. Sussman, D.C.
    1700 W. Irving Park Rd.
    Chicago, Il 60613
    773-935-9595
    773-294-2919

  • Wellness Qigong
    Don Tomei
    http://www.qigongchicago.com
    info@qigongchicago.com
    773-396-2653 Office
    773-608-5474 Instructor

  • Yoga
    Tracy Von Kaenel
    http://www.yogachicago.us
    tvonkaenel@sbcglobal.net
    773-720-YOGA
    773-720-9642

  • Linda Spriggs
    The Pilates Method of Body Conditioning
    Joel Hall Dance Center (1511 W. Berwyn, Chicago)
    Body Endeavors ( 1526 N. Halsted, Chicago)
    773.791.4107

  • Certified Advanced Zentherapy Practitioner
    John Bannick
    847-922-3182


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    Odds and Ends and Friends

    My Mothers first book!
      Judith L. Wenscott, True Wind
      It's a murder mystery (like mother and daughter, except she uses her words and I use my sword!). Go to Barnes & Noble or Amazon to find out more.
      ISBN=059530902-X
    Kipling Swehla Photography
    See images from our trip to :
    1996, Mainland China documenetation the life of monks and nuns in several of China's most revered Taoist temples.
    2000, Taiwan, Cheng Man-Ching Cup International Tai Chi Chuan Championships

    Rob Wittig & Friends Practice the Language Arts
    Electronic Literature at its best! Check out the Blue Company 2002 archive, some of us are in it.

    Dan Menzel asks, When is the Best Time for Tai Chi

    Hedda Morrison; Harvard University Library, Visual Information Library
    Absolutely beautiful gelatin silver process on paper images of mountains, religious objects and priests. Search for Hua Shan then click Go!

    Evie Evil's tourography and more! Check out the photo's by Kipling Swehla! The Official Evil Beaver Website

    Fine Art (By my Tai Chi Brother) Steven Leavitts' Paintings

    last but not least.... the things we do when not in class

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