01/18/2026
🦋 Disclaimer: I recently came across a similar post on social media and it resonated with me deeply. This sounds so accurate!
I know so many people, friends, clients carrying trauma, emotional wounds, feeling stuck, not able to move forward. They’ve tried everything: somatic practices, plant medicine, energy work… and still nothing truly shifts. The body doesn’t feel safe enough to let go.
But sometimes healing doesn’t come from doing more.
Sometimes it comes from doing less.
From returning to Wuji—stillness.
Standing.
Breathing.
Not fixing. Not processing. Not analyzing.
Just being.
This is the essence of Zhan Zhuang.
It allows the body to reorganize itself, the nervous system to settle, and the mind to rest. No effort. No story. Just quiet awareness.
If nothing has worked so far, maybe it’s time to stop searching and simply stand.
I teach Zhan Zhuang every Monday at 7pm CST (online), and in all my in-person Tai Chi classes throughout Chicagoland.
I just completed a 100-day challenge, practicing Zhan Zhuang every day for 15 minutes. The result? I feel calmer, clearer, stronger. And safe in my body. It is a very powerful practice ❤️.