A revival of a form.
Qi-filled T-shirts with new calligraphy by Tai Ji master Chungliang Al Huang.
Proceeds from this project benefit the Living Tao Foundation.
A revival of a form.
Qi-filled T-shirts with new calligraphy by Tai Ji master Chungliang Al Huang.
Proceeds from this project benefit the Living Tao Foundation.
Crisis is Danger and Opportunity! Calligraphy by Chungliang printed on tees for the first time for 2025. This is the long sleeve version on the tee.
A relaxed natural long sleeve T-shirt. Front side is printed with red and white water-based ink by Forthrite in Oakland, California. Sizing is Unisex.
Proceeds are donated to the Living Tao Foundation.
Shipping and Returns
This is a small fundraising project with limited resources. We ship once a week and we do not accept returns or exchanges. Please get in touch to arrange international shipping or with any questions and comments: qishirtsbringjoy@gmail.com Many thanks for your contribution.
A tote bag to celebrate the Year of the Fire Horse! Screen-printed on both sides with red ink by Family Industries in Los Angeles.
100% Cotton Canvas Tote, Black with Natural webbing handles. Dimensions are 20 × 15 × 5 inches.
Proceeds are donated to the Living Tao Foundation.
Shipping and Returns
This is a small fundraising project with limited resources. We ship once a week and we do not accept returns or exchanges. Please get in touch to arrange international shipping or with any questions and comments: qishirtsbringjoy@gmail.com Many thanks for your contribution.
Danger is Crisis and Opportunity
Hand-silkscreened print on medium-weight black paper. Limited edition of 50.
16 × 20 inches
Chi Everywhere! New calligraphy by Chungliang printed white and red on a sage-colored shirt.
A relaxed natural long sleeve T-shirt. Front side is printed with discharge inks by Family Industries in Los Angeles. Sizing is Unisex.
Proceeds are donated to the Living Tao Foundation.
Shipping and Returns
This is a small fundraising project with limited resources. We ship once a week and we do not accept returns or exchanges. Please get in touch to arrange international shipping or with any questions and comments: qishirtsbringjoy@gmail.com Many thanks for your contribution.
Crisis is Danger and Opportunity! Calligraphy by Chungliang printed on tees for the first time in 2025. This is the short sleeve version of the tee.
A soft medium-weight cotton short sleeve T-shirt. Front side printed with red and white water-based ink by Forthrite in Oakland, California. Sizes are Unisex.
Proceeds are donated to the Living Tao Foundation.
Shipping and Returns
This is a small fundraising project with limited resources. We ship once a week and we do not accept returns or exchanges. Please get in touch to arrange international shipping or with any questions and comments: qishirtsbringjoy@gmail.com Many thanks for your contribution.
Put The Heart Back Into Love! The radiant red brushstrokes in the center of the character for Love indicate Heart. This t-shirt supports Chungliang’s campaign for the simplification of the Chinese character for Love to return to its traditional form with HEART at the center. How can we take the Heart out of Love? Let’s put it back in!
A relaxed natural long sleeve T-shirt. Front side is printed with discharge ink by Family Industries in Los Angeles. Sizing is Unisex.
Proceeds are donated to the Living Tao Foundation.
Shipping and Returns
This is a small fundraising project with limited resources. We ship once a week and we do not accept returns or exchanges. Please get in touch to arrange international shipping or with any questions and comments: qishirtsbringjoy@gmail.com Many thanks for your contribution.
Chungliang Al Huang has been teaching Tai Ji wisdom and helping students feel their way towards the Tao for over 50 years with his unique combination of epic wisdom and playful authenticity and joy. Studying with Chungliang is a heart-opening dive into deeper resonance with the Tao. Through brushwork, breath, and music, Chinese characters come alive as energies that we can inhabit and dance with our bodies. We dance the hero’s journey and find new gateways and openings within ourselves.
Chungliang’s Living Tao Foundation was established in 1978 as a nonprofit organization devoted to East/West cultural synthesis, as a network for lifelong learning. From its home temple in Gold Beach, Oregon, it continues to support the creation of Tai Ji events and seminars applying ancient wisdom to modern living through the world.
While attending a Qi Gong workshop led by Chungliang at Esalen, we noticed that in addition to his bejeweled scholar’s belt—a parting gift from Alan Watts—Chungliang often wears a fantastic T-shirt featuring his calligraphy when he teaches. Longtime students among us were also wearing a variety of these calligraphic expressions of qi with pleasure. When Chungliang opened the floor for questions, our hands shot up. “How do we get a T-shirt?”
“Oh, you mean a qi-shirt?” Chungliang replied with a wink.
The whole room laughed and wanted to know, too. The shirts had been out of print for many years. And so a revival project began.
We are cooperating with the Living Tao Foundation to make this new wave of shirts. Chungliang generously provided new artwork and we have borrowed images and drawings from past publications to share on this website. Profits from the sales are donated to the organization. We hope these qi-shirts invite you to smile and to dance.
-Sara Bright and Cassie McGettigan
