by Robin Brooks | Mar 3, 2026 | News and Events, Tai Chi with Robin, Teaching and Learning
Lines from Life 3, acrylic on canvas paper, 18 x 18″, 2026 Light and art–learning to see As one winter month rolls into the next and the full moon shines once again, I find myself in the studio. Currently I am working through the fifth exercise of the...
by Robin Brooks | Dec 31, 2025 | News and Events, Tai Chi with Robin, Uncategorized
Robin Brooks, Youth Leads, silkscreen on paper with acrylic markers, 2025, 5″ x 7″ Best Wishes for 2026–Hope, Courage, and Solidarity. No doubt, we will need all three–hope, courage, and solidarity–to move into 2026. I am glad you are...
by Robin Brooks | Sep 24, 2025 | News and Events, Tai Chi with Robin, Teaching and Learning
A Fan Dance for the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival I was invited by Kim Chen, who teaches Chinese Dance, to learn the Fan Dance for the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival celebration in Portland. This celebration of Mid-Autumn is one of two important celebrations in the Chinese...
by Robin Brooks | Jun 29, 2025 | News and Events, Tai Chi with Robin, Uncategorized
Here I am, paddling on the Pemigewasset River in New Hampshire, June 22, 2025 photo credit: Jen Jelliffe Time Outdoors– absorbing the healing energy of Nature Aligning myself with summer’s energy can take many forms– from a cold plunge in the ocean,...
by Robin Brooks | Jan 5, 2025 | News and Events, Tai Chi with Robin
Robin Brooks Golden Pine, collagraph monotype with chine colle, 2011, collection of the artist. This is a peaceful image of a tree to contemplate. I often feel most peaceful and connected when I spend time in nature. Tuning our Inner Compass How does each of us find...
by Robin Brooks | Aug 12, 2024 | News and Events, Tai Chi with Robin, Uncategorized
The Qi of Nature: Observing a White Admiral Butterfly, Topsham, 2024 Butterfly Qi–Learning from Nature In Qigong and tai chi, we often speak of learning from nature, our own human nature and also the natural world. This past Saturday at Head of Tide Park, as we...