Love and Tai Chi

By Karen Glotzer

The practice of tai chi is an embodiment of poetry, with its peaceful, balanced forms. Karen Glotzer, who is both a poet and a tai chi instructor, compares it to moving through gentle water, lifting off the ground like a bird in flight, or standing like a tree with the wind gently blowing through its leaves.

Through poetry, Love and Tai Chi relates the philosophy of tai chi to many different aspects of human existence. It provides simple explanations about the multiple benefits of the art, one that few Westerners are familiar with, despite the fact that it is lauded by Harvard Medical School for its meditative and health aspects. Glotzer also applies the yin and yang theory of opposites upon which tai chi is based toward a variety of subjects. These verses consider romantic love, animals, nature, life, death, and friendship, all through the lens of tai chi.

This collection of poetry seeks to express in verse the feelings experienced in tai chi—what it feels like to walk upon clouds, move like water, take root like a tree, or fly like a crane.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Oct 19, 2018
• ISBN: 9781532058233

Karen Glotzer

Karen Glotzer is a retired teacher who fell in love with the art of tai chi when she acted as a chaperone for a group of students going to the People’s Republic of China. She holds a black sash for mastery in tai chi chuan and teacher qualification certificates in tai chi. This is her second published collection of poetry. She is married, has three children, and divides her time between New York and Florida. She is also the author of Emotional Explosions.

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ISBN: 978-1-5320-5822-6 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5320-5823-3 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2018911263

iUniverse rev. date: 10/12/2018

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Table of Contents

Gratitude

Introduction

Thirty-seven Yang Form Postures

First Glimpse

The Magic of the Tai Chi Energy Ball

I Swim in Morning Air

Why

Touched by Tai Chi

Meditation

What is Tai Chi

Bagua, Memory of 9/11/2001

Doctor John Painter’s Lesson

Dragon Eats Sun

Sonnet to Jet Li

What is the Black White Circle Thing

Wuxi

Tai Chi is a Martial Art

On Dragon Hill

Return to Readiness

The Anhinga, the Snake Bird

Seeking Stillness

The Two Pools

Tiger Iris

Friendship

Lesson for the Advanced Tai Chi Practitioner

Fibromyalgia

The Anemone

Poker Face

The Memory of You

Return to Wind

Pre-Birth Meditation

Camp is for Making Friends

For Love of Water

Prayer to Buddha

Dreaming the Palms of Bagua

Seven Stars

The Elements

My First Friend

Part the Wild Horse’s Mane

Sonnet to Bruce Lee

Gratitude

Karen has truly embraced her journey in the practice and beauty of tai chi both externally and internally. It has been a pleasure to watch her develop from a beginning player to a dedicated student of the art.

Sifu Linda Morrissey - elitechinesemartialarts.com - Rockland County, New York

Karen Glotzer is a dedicated tai chi student and poet. She consistently practices the principles of harmony; expressing herself poetically with calmness, patience and balance. She is a poet at heart, and tai chi is poetry in motion; an expression of one’s true self.

Sifu Gary Tong – atouchofchi.com - Palm Beach County, Florida

"Karen Glotzer is a true Taiji poet. Her works bring much to the table for one to contemplate. Karen’s poems are as descriptive as a video in your mind. I personally like them very much. We will be featuring her