Jody Rubel Bio

After graduating Magna Cum Laude in Anthropology from Brandeis University, I set out traveling, in order to experience first hand knowledge by staying in places long enough to immerse myself in distant cultures; It was my first exploration of stillness through movement.
In 2007 at the One Drop Monastery in Washington State, I was introduced to Tai Chi and learned the principal of Non-Doing (ie. moving the body without a mover.)   Since then I have been studying the Yang 37 posture short form, sword, sensing hands and Dai Lu.   I continue to seeking ways to understand and convey the beautiful logic and natural physics of the form while honoring the healing, relaxing, mental focus, internal strength building, Chi (energy) flow and communal bonding that naturally takes place in a Tai Chi practice.  Today prominent researchers such as Katherine Kerr (Brown University) and Dr. Peter Wayne (Harvard Medical school)  are connecting movement based embodied contemplative practices to scientific findings, affirming that yes! This stuff is for real! Even for us skeptics!

In the words of my teacher Wolfe Lowenthal, (whose teachings are steeped in the Tao) in Tai Chi  “There are no secrets,”  only mysteries we unfold together. 

I have taught in libraries, nursing homes, Martial Arts schools, Neurology centers, parks, community and retreat centers.  For me, Tai Chi is a way of life; a method-less method for undoing and remodeling everyday excess, tension and imbalance.