This year, our DDA summer Taiji workshops were held in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and were hosted once again by Sifu Bubba Powell, featuring Sifu Rose Oliver teaching, Qigong, foundation exercises, Yang Style Taiji form and energy work, including tips on applications, energy and intention usage, as well as exercises for cultivating internal energy, root, waist and limb integration.
Once again Bubba Powell organized a great group of really enthusiastic students; many from his own classes, as well as Taiji brethren from Dr Jay Dunbar’s Magic Tortoise School in Durham, all of whom have since become good friends!
The workshop and classes were fun, warm and animated, with everyone enjoying the ambience and camaraderie.
Thanks again to everyone who attended, especially those driving over from Raleigh and Durham to join; it was great to see all the students’ hard work and progress from the winter workshop.
Plus, special thanks to Bubba Powell for organizing everything again; DDA appreciates both his and his father’s continued support and friendship over the years.
Apart from the scheduled Taiji workshops, Rose also had a chance to catch up with her stepdaughter Ariane in Asheville NC, who’ll be getting married in the UK in August; and spend time sightseeing with friends and family in Chicago.
We’re looking forward to seeing everyone again next year, and follow on from this summer’s workshops for the next stage of Master Dong Bin’s Yang Style Taiji form.
Thanks again to everyone for their support and hospitality, and all the best to everybody with their practice!
