Great explanation! I've seen a lot of tai chi practitioners hurt their knees and hips.This is one of the reasons why I prefer Wu style to Yang style taichi - less pressure, higher postures.

It is good there are many different approaches to managing stress and anxiety - and we can choose among them.

@Jake Hill here is a list of the first things that come to mind when I am asked about my country. I started short, then more tings came to mind 🤩 💛 Bulgaria is one of the biggest world producers of rose oil used in premium cosmetics. Rosa Damascena is grown in the Rose Valley, thousands of tourists visit the annual Rose Festival to participate in the ritual of morning gathering of rose petals. 💛 We are famous with yogurt - one of the key beneficial probiotic bacteria strains is Lactobacilum Bulgaricus. Apparently, we export daily tones of Bulgarian yogurt to Japan as this bacteria is hard to live outside of our territory. 💛 It is generally accepted that Bulgaria is the oldest country in Europe. It is also the only country that has never changed its name since its creation as a state back in 681. The oldest technologically processed gold in the world was discovered in the third-largest city, Varna - 7000 years old. 💛 We celebrate the Bulgarian (Slavic) alphabet - created by two Bulgarian priests in the 9th century AC. The key Slavic countries using it include Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria (of course), North Macedonia, and Serbia. Other non-Slavic countries also use variations of the alphabet, such as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Mongolia. 💛 We are also famous with our folklore music - one of the songs on the golden human heritage disk sent with Voyager 2 into the far away cosmos is a traditional folklore song performed by Valya Balkanska. The Mystery of Bulgarian Voices vocal group has been featured in many movies. Peter Gabriel, Lisa Gerard (from Dead Can Dance), Kate Busch have collaborated with them. I will link a couple of songs below. 💛 The Balkan peninsula has its name after our longest mountain - the Balkan (Stara Planina) which splits our country to Northern and Southern Bulgaria. The 3000m Musala summit is the highest on the Balkans. Some more current human achievements: 😊 💛 Sport achievements: - Volleyball: We have current (2025) world champions and vice champions. - Wrestling: This is the most successful sport, with a total of 73 medals at the Olympics (including 18 gold).

@Maria Tereza Goncalves I thank you, Maria. xx My explanation about how I got taller is that through the practice my spine relaxed, got more flexible and the vertebrae most probably moved apart (not in a wrong way). As for the eyesight, I have known since childhood that looking faraway and at something green relaxes the eye muscles. This is what I had been doing for ours practicing in the forest - we did our trainings outdoors regardless of the weather - at +43 or -18 Celsius.

@Jake Hill Thank you. So well said.

@Alvaro Perez Health is Life - a fundamental element, indeed. The rest as well - there are so many unhappy people who are healthy and in bade relationships (with themselves and others). I believe in balance, and would add to those three Purpose/ impact.

I personally find it impossible to limit a period between dates. My nature is distinctly cyclical, with sometimes smaller some times bigger cycles, non stop. I'd rather say that I lived through a couple of similar cycles... I remember some special events that took place on certain dates, or a 5-7 day/week/month period. I know other people feel and live differently - and it is beautiful that we are so colourful and different!

@John Meldrum I really hope that the energy of your wishes drives reality to manifest them for you, John! Wishing you a healthy and prosperous 2026!