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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Sounds interesting, but I am busy on Thursdays. Will there be a recording to share?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'> Massachusetts-NFB <massachusetts-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Shara Winton via Massachusetts-NFB<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 10, 2026 3:45 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB of Massachusetts E-mail List' <massachusetts-nfb@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> sharawinton@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> [Massachusetts-NFB] Are you interested in learning more about lifelong practices of cultivating balance, awareness, and inner peace using the art of Tai Chi and/or Qigong<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello NFB Family,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We have a new member who would like to tell and teach us about the practices of Taichi and Qigong. We will have a zoom meeting with him on Thursday, August, 20 at 7:00pm on Zoom. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The zoom details will follow Scott’s beautiful letter to us below, describing his work. We hope to see you there. Here is Scott’s letter: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Dear Friends, I hope this letter finds you well. My name is Scott Greenblatt, and I recently became a member of our local chapter of the National Federation of the Blind. Ever since shortly after I began my practice, I found myself wondering whether there might be others who share a curiosity about Tai Chi and Qigong—not as martial arts or exercise alone, but as lifelong practices of cultivating balance, awareness, and inner peace. I want to begin with an important thought. I am not a master, nor do I claim to be an expert. I am simply a fellow traveler who has spent the past several years walking this path. Every day my practice reminds me how much there is still to learn. If anything, Tai Chi has taught me humility before it has taught me technique. Over time, these practices have quietly changed the way I experience the world. They have taught me that balance is not something we achieve once and then possess forever. It is something we continually rediscover, moment by moment, breath by breath. They have taught me that strength often arises from relaxation, that stillness can exist in the middle of movement, and that slowing down sometimes allows us to move through life more gracefully than rushing ever could. As blind people, many of us spend our lives developing an intimate relationship with the body. We learn to trust our feet, our hands, our hearing, our sense of space, and the subtle messages our bodies constantly provide. In many ways, Tai Chi and Qigong ask us to cultivate those very same qualities. They invite us to listen inwardly, to feel rather than simply observe, and to discover that awareness itself can become a kind of vision. One of the ideas that has stayed with me throughout my practice is that no two people walk exactly the same path. Each body is different. Each breath is different. Each person’s experience is uniquely their own. Yet when people gather to practice together, something remarkable happens. We are no longer striving to become identical; we simply support one another as each person discovers their own balance. That is the kind of gathering I hope we might create. Not a class. Not a performance. Not a place where anyone needs to prove themselves. Just a circle of people willing to slow down together. A place where we can breathe a little more deeply, move a little more mindfully, and perhaps leave feeling a little more centered than when we arrived. I would happily share what I have learned over the years, while remaining a student myself. I have no desire to place myself above anyone else. In fact, one of the beautiful lessons these arts continue to teach me is that every person we meet has something to offer. We all become both teachers and students simply by practicing together. Whether you have practiced Tai Chi for decades or have never heard of Qigong before, you would be warmly welcomed. There is no expectation beyond a willingness to be present with yourself and with one another. If enough people are interested, I would be honored to help bring such a group together. My hope is not merely to practice movements, but to cultivate a small community built on patience, encouragement, curiosity, and mutual respect. The Tao The Ching reminds us that nature never hurries, yet everything is accomplished. I have found great comfort in that simple truth, and I believe there is something profoundly healing about gathering together—even for a short while—to breathe, to move, and to remember that we are already enough just as we are. Thank you for taking the time to read my thoughts. I hope our paths have the opportunity to cross, and I look forward to the possibility of learning alongside you. With warmth and friendship, Scott<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Join Zoom Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="https://nfb-org.zoom.us/j/93680114722?pwd=En2OGaaVMvWMMhVLuTyOkfy0s4gVLa.1">https://nfb-org.zoom.us/j/93680114722?pwd=En2OGaaVMvWMMhVLuTyOkfy0s4gVLa.1</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Meeting ID: 936 8011 4722<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Passcode: 1940<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>---<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>One tap mobile<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>+13092053325,,93680114722#,,,,*1940# US<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>+13126266799,,93680114722#,,,,*1940# US (Chicago)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>---Dial IN-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=510 style='width:382.5pt'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>• +1 309 205 3325 US<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>• +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>• +1 646 876 9923 US (New York)<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Meeting ID: 936 8011 4722<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Passcode: 1940<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Scott, and I Hope to see you all there on Thursday, August 20, at 7:00pm.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Have a beautiful and mindful week. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Warmly,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Shara Winton<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>President, National federation of the Blind of Massachusetts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="http://www.nfbma.org/">www.nfbma.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="mailto:sharawinton@gmail.com">sharawinton@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>617-304-0347<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>