{"id":2,"date":"2013-02-17T02:03:57","date_gmt":"2013-02-17T02:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/socaltaichi.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-05-21T08:34:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:34:33","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/socaltaichi.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/socaltaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pure-Joy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3470 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/socaltaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pure-Joy-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"631\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socaltaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pure-Joy-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/socaltaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pure-Joy-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/socaltaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pure-Joy.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/socaltaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TAIJI2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-352\" src=\"http:\/\/socaltaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TAIJI2-295x300.jpg\" alt=\"taiji2\" width=\"145\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\">If you cannot teach yourself to seek possibilities for doing good and to do good at every possible occasion, then at least do not miss a chance to do good.<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\u00a0&#8211; Leo Tolstoy &#8211; A Calendar of Wisdom<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"layout_zone1\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"50%\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;If there is no self, there is no enemy.&#8221;\u00a0 Master Swordsman Yamaoka Tesshu<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div><em>.&#8221;You create a God to your own image, however, dismal the image. \u00a0Through the film of your mind you project a world and also a God to give it cause and purpose. \u00a0It is all imagination &#8211; step out of it&#8221; &#8211; <\/em>Nisargadatta Maharaj,\u00a0<em> I Am That\u00a0<\/em>(81)<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/socaltaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/tai-ji-calligraphy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-351\" src=\"http:\/\/socaltaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/tai-ji-calligraphy-269x300.jpg\" alt=\"tai-ji-calligraphy\" width=\"269\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socaltaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/tai-ji-calligraphy-269x300.jpg 269w, https:\/\/socaltaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/tai-ji-calligraphy-920x1024.jpg 920w, https:\/\/socaltaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/tai-ji-calligraphy-800x890.jpg 800w, https:\/\/socaltaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/tai-ji-calligraphy.jpg 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table style=\"width: 85%; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">Looking for Tai Chi classes, lessons, instructors and workshops?<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">Are you interested in Qi Gong and the other Internal Marital Arts?<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">At SoCal Tai Chi you can learn about Taijiquan and Internal Martial Arts.<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\">Checkout the <a href=\"http:\/\/socaltaichi.com\/?page_id=18\">directory<\/a> of tai chi, qi gong, bagua, and xingyi <a href=\"http:\/\/socaltaichi.com\/?page_id=18\">classes<\/a> in the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley area.<\/h4>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"1\" summary=\"\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">Get the latest news on taiji and qigong events in the Los Angeles area and around Southern California.<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">Want information on local classes, instructors, or workshops? 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