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Whistlin' T'ai Chi Improvisation

Judy Combined T'ai Chi Moves with Whistling
​American and British Folk Songs and Spirituals

Whistlin' T’ai Chi Chih 19 movements & 1 pose

Movements and accompanying whistled songs
1. Rocking Motion- Flow my Tears- (John Dowland)
2. Bird Flaps its Wings- That Old Oaken Bucket
3. Around the Platter- Red River Valley
4. Around the Platter Variation- Beautiful Dreamer
5. Bass Drum- Loch Lomond
6. Daughter on the Mountaintop- O Shenandoah
7. Daughter in the Valley- Amazing Grace
8. Carry the Ball to the Side- Scarborough Fair
9. Push/Pull- Michael Row the Boat Ashore & Yo Heave Ho
10. Pulling in the Energy- Down in the Valley
11. {Basic} Pulling Taffy- O Susanna
12. Pulling Taffy, Variation #1 (Anchor)- Swing Low,Swet Chariot
13. Pulling Taffy, Variation #2 (Wrist Circles)- He’s got the whole World in His
Hands

14. Pulling Taffy Variation #3 (Perpetual Motion)- Go Down Moses
15. Working the Pulley- Nobody Knows the Trouble I seen
16. Light at the Top of the Head/ Light at the Temple- O Give Me a Home
17. Joyous Breath- The Grandfather Clock
18. Passing Clouds- O' Danny Boy
19. Six Healing Sounds: Ho (Heart), Hu (Spleen), Tsu (liver) Shuh (Lungs), She
(3 heaters), Chui (kidneys)- Shalom Ch’avarim
20. Cosmic Consciousness Pose- ‘Til we meet again

NOTE 1. 19 Movements and one Pose as Tai Chi Chih! Joy Through
Movement. Originally published in 1974 by Justin F. Stone and dedicated to
his Tai Chi Ch’uan master, Wen-Shan Huang
NOTE 2. These are “Non-martial movements dedicated to the circulation &
balancing of Energy”
NOTE 3. Song selections in italics for whistling are by Judy Hubbell

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