"My journey with Tai Chi began during one of the most challenging moments of my life. I suffered a facial stroke that completely changed my perspective. My father had passed away from the same condition, and when I looked at myself in the mirror—with a crooked mouth, a drooping eye, and unable to speak or eat properly—I felt a deep fear:

If I didn’t change, I would be next.
At that time, I was like so many others—living only for work, trying to provide for my family and care for three children. I always told myself I’d do something for me “later”—but “later” never came. I wasn’t doing any physical activity, and I constantly felt exhausted and disconnected. Then the stroke hit me like a brutal warning: either I took care of myself, or everything would fall apart.

It was at that moment I decided that my health, my balance, and my life would come before any commitment or obligation. That’s how I started practicing Tai Chi. At first, all I wanted was to recover, but over time, I realized that Tai Chi didn’t just heal my body—it transformed my mind, my emotions, and my energy."