This document discusses combining cooking utensils and movements from Taichi to create a unique exercise called Chi Pengrèn. Practicing Chi Pengrèn involves using kitchen tools like a frying pan and skimmer in flowing Taichi motions to cook food while getting exercise for both the body and mind. It quotes a 13th century Japanese chef encouraging awareness during food preparation beyond ordinary senses and thought. The goal of Chi Pengrèn is to achieve a balance of Yin and Yang through mixing cooking and exercise in a way that is relaxing yet energizing for both the individual and when practiced with others.

1. Assignment Connect &
Combine
Jeaninne Horowitz Gassol

2. Chi Pengrèn
Energy for Cooking

3. A frying pan and a skimmer
Guō Zhào lí

4. Typical kitchen
utensils….
However…when
you combine them
with the movements
of Taichi…
You get…..

5. Chi Pengrèn

6. Chi Pengrèn
“When you prepare food, do not
see with ordinary eyes and do not
think with ordinary mind.”
Chef Eihei Dogen 13th century Japan

7. Bringing awareness by
flipping pancakes in the air

8. The chi (energy) flowing
through the body into the
Guō and the Zhào lí

9. Yin Yang and Chi
Pengrèn – Mixing
Cooking and Exercise in
an exquisite balance

10. Everyone can practice it

11. Can practice it alone or
together

12. An explosion of energy flow

13. You will feel great (mind and
body) and your cooking will
taste fantastic
YIN YANG AND YUMMY!!