Tag Archives: tai chi

Improving Your Meditation: Moving Toward Stillness?

Numerous physical and mental benefits await you when you calm and quiet your mind through meditation – improved concentration, deeper relaxation, the release of stress, greater awareness, more patience – the list can keep going. But if you’re like most people, when you first try to take up meditation you find that your mind is […]

Charlotte Martial Arts Newsletter January 2018

 The Peaceful Dragon Newsletter: January 2018 January Holidays! National Blood Donor Month 3rd Festival of Sleep Day                          16th Appreciate a Dragon Day 6th Cuddle Up Day                                     20th National Cheese Lover Day 10th Houseplant Appreciation Day      24th Compliment Day 13th International Skeptics Day            31st Inspire your Heart with Art Day Message from Master Eric Sbarge Happy […]

Charlotte Martial Arts for Weight Loss

At The Peaceful Dragon, we approach every martial art with a goal for a healthy mind, body, and spirit. Our comprehensive programs use martial arts instruction as the foundation for building good health. Sometimes achieving good health means working towards weight loss goals. The most obvious ways that Martial Arts, including Kung Fu and Tai […]

Charlotte Martial Arts Newsletter December 2017

The Peaceful Dragon Newsletter: December 2017 December Holidays! Write a Friend Month 4th Santa’s List Day                      21st Look on the Bright Side Day 7th Pearl Harbor Day                   25th Christmas Day 13th Violin Day                              27th Nat’l […]

Charlotte Martial Arts Newsletter November 2017

The Peaceful Dragon Newsletter: November 2017 November Holidays! National Novel Writing Month 2nd   Men Make Dinner Day           18th  National Adoption Day 4th    Book Lovers Day                     21st World Hello Day 11th   Veteran’s Day                        23rd Thanksgiving Day 15th  America Recycles Day            28th Red Planet Day Message from Master Eric Sbarge I’m not one of those people […]

Charlotte Martial Arts Newsletter October 2017

The Peaceful Dragon Newsletter: October 2017 October Holidays! Adopt a Shelter Dog Month        1st     World Vegetarian Day           17th  Nat’l Pasta Day         5th    World Teacher’s Day             21st  Babbling Day         9th    Curious Events Day               29th Hermit Day         14th  Nat’l Dessert Day                   31st  Halloween   Message from […]

The Science & Health Benefits Behind Tai Chi

Written By: Lao Shr B. Dale Saufley, certified teacher, The Peaceful Dragon  As a student who came to the martial arts kind of late in life, I am now a firm believer in the benefits of our system and approach. Even though my main focus has been in the internal arts of tai chi, pagua, yoga […]