http://maxfulcher.com/ Max's Orchid House Articles http://maxfulcher.com/?process=views/article.php&articleId=1596 http://maxfulcher.com/?process=views/article.php&articleId=1596 When woman owns a closet full of high heels and stilettos its a safe bet man is in there watching her walk the walk. Me? All the above, but even happier when lost in a cupboard full of fruit. Tropical fruit. It takes me back to childhood. Fashionable footwear and luscious fruits were an important part of pre-school education. The family owned a shoe factory a jot away from Steve the fruiter who operated a fruit-and-veg at Stones Corner. Many... http://maxfulcher.com/?process=views/article.php&articleId=3907 http://maxfulcher.com/?process=views/article.php&articleId=3907 A long history of movement and exercise systems isassociated with Taoism where the basic goal is to balance and harmonize the two poles ofthe yin and the yang, thus creating awareness and contributing to the climate from which Tai Chi has emerged.Interestingly enough this tension between opposites is reflected in the human brain which is divided into right and left hemispheres that mirror that same dual structure, a state called brain... http://maxfulcher.com/?process=views/article.php&articleId=3772 http://maxfulcher.com/?process=views/article.php&articleId=3772 Tai Chi is a gradual process - not a race against time. It addresses pain and reduces the sense of panic evolving from stressful situations. It is a wonderful form of meditation in motion where stillness of mind is blended with movement of body.We can use individual Tai Chi postures as a breathing stance for the healing of certain organs but, as applies to developing most skills, it is important to first learn correct posture as each step... http://maxfulcher.com/?process=views/article.php&articleId=3770 http://maxfulcher.com/?process=views/article.php&articleId=3770 http://maxfulcher.com/?process=views/article.php&articleId=3624 http://maxfulcher.com/?process=views/article.php&articleId=3624 Just as, the word Lan generally describes a flower In China, it can also be used to identify a specific species orchid. Things can become confused. Similarly, the CHI in CHINA is pronounced with an eye sound whereas CHI in Tai Chi the fitness and healing art form is pronounced chee. The notion of Chi is extremely important in Chinese medicine and well-being is closely monitored in the Yin Yang cycle of Chi flow, because Chi and movement are... http://maxfulcher.com/?process=views/article.php&articleId=3527 http://maxfulcher.com/?process=views/article.php&articleId=3527 Following the orchid pathway around Asia and the Pacific is most rewarding. In this clip youll see shots of the boathouse in the royal Shugakuin Garden in Kyoto and a deserted coconut house on a plantation in east coast Malaysia near the Thai border. Travel shots from mt PHOTOFILE intermingle with orchid photographs taken here, there, and everywhere. Many feature from my orchid garden in Queensland, Australia.nbsp;nbsp; MaX http://maxfulcher.com/?process=views/article.php&articleId=3526 http://maxfulcher.com/?process=views/article.php&articleId=3526 Aaahh, the things we can learn to do with iMOVIE and YouTube. Now begins a childlike approach to my orchid artworks. Rough, rough, rough, in comparison to the orchids illustration elsewhere on my site, but watch out Walt, MaX is on the way to a new Fantasia. XXM http://maxfulcher.com/?process=views/article.php&articleId=3448 http://maxfulcher.com/?process=views/article.php&articleId=3448 When La Nintilde;a paid east coast Australia a visit last month. the Queensland waterfront was awash, and dams in the mid west, not filled in17 years, began tumbling over. Whole towns were evacuated as the sunburnt county transformed into verdant greens ndash; especially around Noosa and the hinterland.Now grass remains knee high, and mowers are most overdue in the various parks where we practice Tai Chi, although that does not deter... http://maxfulcher.com/?process=views/article.php&articleId=3392 http://maxfulcher.com/?process=views/article.php&articleId=3392 Its early January and the impressive Woodford Folk Festival folds away for yet another season. Massive! That initial awe-inspiring impact of arriving on site. Droves of people housed in a man-made environment of shops, pavilions, tents ndash; sharing an eclectic mix of music, forums, theatre, circus, street performance, and film. Children had their own theatre within the structure of the main event which could hold up to 130.000 people... http://maxfulcher.com/?process=views/article.php&articleId=3213 http://maxfulcher.com/?process=views/article.php&articleId=3213 Tai Chi is a way of bringing yourself into the present moment, It generates feelings of wholeness and connectedness ndash; the opposite of separateness. Once heavily guarded inside traditional Chinese families it is now easily accessed globally.The Woodford Folk Festival, an event of international standing, is held over six days and six nights in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. It presents more than 2000 performers and 400 events in concert,...