World Tai Chi & Qigong Day Newsletter May 2007

in this issue

:: A Few SPECTACULAR IMAGES !!

:: New PROCLAMATIONS for WTCQD 2007 !!

:: If You or Your Group has NOT Sent Photos Yet ...PLEASE DO

:: 2008 will be the TENTH ANNIVERSARY of World Tai Chi & QG Day - AND THE YEAR OF THE BEIJING OLYMPICS !!

:: View a 2007 EVENT Photo Sampling SLIDESHOW

World Tai Chi & Qigong Day Supporters

We have just today, finished posting the 2nd wave of WTCQD 2007 PHOTOS !!

Beautiful, moving, and growing . . .

The number of cities who've added WTCQD photos to our Event Photo Gallery is growing by leaps and bounds.

Please encourage your students, contacts, and organizations . . . not just to view your groups photos . . . but to look through the global event photos.

As someone who grew up in a small rural Western Kansas town, this event has been a huge education for me. I've learned about countries and cultures I'd had no knowledge of before. I've seen beauty from the farthest reaches of our precious planet, and seen beauty in humanity . . . and through our association as Tai Chi & Qigong enthusiasts and educators . . . I've seen a commonality of the human spirit that has moved me, and changed me forever.

In your moving messages I have witnessed a yearning for people to come together across ethnic, religious, and geopolitical boundaries for a larger vision of possibility for humanity . . . a vision, a hunger for health & healing on a personal level yes, but also on a global level among the multiple colors and consciousness of the human family.

Thank you for being a part of this profound global experience.

A Few SPECTACULAR IMAGES !!

I hate to single out any particular events, because you are all beautiful and moving, which is why again and again we encourage all to view ALL the WTCQD photo gallery postings, at www.worldtaichiday.org

However, we wanted to note a few photos of events that truly captured not only the beauty of their Tai Chi & Qigong practitioners and arts, but also the exquisite beauty of the land they live in.

It is moving to see groups take such pride in being part of a global event, and using the opportunity to share the great beauty of their homelands and community . . .

Edinburgh, Scotland employed a backdrop of an incredible ancient Scottish Castle for their 2007 event:

http://www.worldtaichiday.org/photos/2007WTCQD/Sco tlandEdinburgh.html

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Perth, Australia has outdone themselves this year capturing the stunning beauty of Perth augmented by the magical images of their Tai Chi & Qigong movements:

http://www.worldtaichiday.org/photos/2007WTCQD/Aus traliaPerth.html

As always the Caribbean nation of Bonaire's event has proven once again that Bonaire is a place we'd all like to do Tai Chi at:

http://www.worldtaichiday.org/photos/2007WTCQD/Bo naire.html

Guangzhou, China's urban beauty:

http://www.worldtaichiday.org/photos/2007WTCQD/Chi naGuangZhou.html

Paris France, where ancient architecture meets ancient mind / body arts and technology:

http://www.worldtaichiday.org/photos/2007WTCQD/FR ANCEparis.html

Portugal's Dia-Mundial-Tai Chi & Qigong (World Tai Chi & Qigong Day) reveal's Coimbra, Portugal's beauty:

http://www.worldtaichiday.org/photos/2007WTCQD/PO RTUGALCoimbra.html

Romania Bucharest's ancient natural/urban character:

http://www.worldtaichiday.org/photos/2007WTCQD/RO MANIABucharest.html#anchorBucharest

Puerto Rico's ancient natural forests:

http://www.worldtaichiday.org/photos/2007WTCQD/PU ERTORICOunknownforest.html

Serbia's two posted events from "Belgrade" and "Novi Sad" highlight the beauty of their cities behind their Tai Chi & Qigong performances:

http://www.worldtaichiday.org/photos/2007WTCQD/Ser biaBelgrade.html

http://www.worldtaichiday.org/photos/2007WTCQD/Ser biaNoviSad.html

The beach city of Brazil's Fortaleza Cearalra - Iracima Beach makes us all want to do Tai Chi there:

http://www.worldtaichiday.org/photos/2007WTCQD/Bra silFortalezaCeara.html

Great Britain's cities of Gorleston, Norfolk, with its ocean view and Sheffield's view of Britain's famed gardens:

http://www.worldtaichiday.org/photos/2007WTCQD/UK gorlestonNorfolk.html

http://www.worldtaichiday.org/photos/2007WTCQD/UK sheffield.html

I could go on and on . . . each cities photos are so incredible . . . and again this list isn't meant to favor one over another, but to encourage all to go through ALL of these amazing pictorial records of these events worldwide. All can be viewed at www.worldtaichiday.org. PLEASE encourage all your associates, students, group members, regional and national associations, etc. to view this historic photo record of this global healing event.

View ALL the world's photos at

If You or Your Group has NOT Sent Photos Yet ...PLEASE DO

We're caught up now, so please send in your event photos, if you haven't already.

Send them directly to wtcqd2000@aol.com as jpeg attachments. Please send ONLY your best or favorite 8 photos, as it gets mind boggling and page heavy when more are sent.

PLEASE CHECK YOUR PHOTO POSTINGS, to make sure we have no errors in your photos, message, spelling of your city name, etc.

Again, please send photos as .jpeg attachments to wtcqd2000@aol.com

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View a 2007 EVENT Photo Sampling SLIDESHOW

This is only a small sampling of 2007 Event Photos

View the slideshow at:

http://www.worldtaichiday.org/WTCQDPHOTO2005.ht ml

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NOTE: this slideshow will take a few minutes to load. You'll see the slideshow link at the bottom of the above sign on screen.

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New PROCLAMATIONS for WTCQD 2007 !!

A few of the new 2007 Official Proclamations of WTCQD came from:

National Health Minister of Bonaire

Canada's Mayor of Victoria, British Columbia

California's Mayor of Rancho Santa Margaurita

Florida's Mayor of Boca Raton

Governor of the US State of MAINE

Minnesota's Mayor of Minneapolis

Nevada's Governor

Patchogue (Long Island) NY's Council

New York State's Legislature

Wisconsin's Mayor of Milwaukee

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2008 will be the TENTH ANNIVERSARY of World Tai Chi & QG Day - AND THE YEAR OF THE BEIJING OLYMPICS !!

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The coming 2008 event is the PINNACLE of our ongoing global efforts. WHY?

As the 2008 Beijing Olympic's buzz gains momentum . . . global media will be looking for Eastern oriented stories to cover. THIS IS THE YEAR OF UNVEILING FOR WORLD TAI CHI & QIGONG DAY, if we move early to position our surf boards to ride the wave of interest in the East.

There are several things to do, and we hope all will get involved in them. We hope by now all consider themselves WTCQD Ambassadors:

Use the internet and phone book to CONTACT EVERY TAI CHI & QIGONG GROUP, SCHOOL, ASSOCIATION in your city, region, nation, continent . . . to invite them to get involved for WTCQD 2008

Let these groups know that FREE "Organizing Kits" "Media Kits" and other resources are available at www.worldtaichiday.org to walk them thru creating a 2008 event.

Begin contacting your national health ministers, governors, mayors, etc. to PROCLAIM WTCQD 2008 EARLY, so that you can use that as a catalyst to gain more media interest in your local efforts, and our global efforts

If you belong to a national or international Tai Chi or Qigong organization, please urge them to contact "Bill Douglas" at www.worldtaichiday.org and discuss ways to make WTCQD 2008 their own, partnering with the world to further their good works.

Many who belong to such organizations assume "someone else" is handling this. Don't. Organizations are busy doing their normal good works. It takes a few dozen suggestions from their members to truly build momentum in an organization to embark on an added opportunity.

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Again, thank you all for creating this global health & healing phenomenon that embraces our planet year after year . . . with a wave of good will, health education, and healing.

2008 is already gearing up to be a truly historic part of this global event's evolution.

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Sincerely,

Bill Douglas

World Tai Chi & Qigong Day

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