Categories: Teacher Experiences & Reflections
Time To Reboot
By: Mary White
Albuquerque, NM
I was installing software on my computer recently and things weren’t going well. The software kept requesting a reboot of my computer, so I would restart but the same thing would happen. It was like an old habit that keeps popping up. My life before T’ai Chi Chih was like my internal programming had an error; I was replaying the same habits over and over. Then I attended a TCC class and things began to change. As I continued practicing and taking additional classes, friends and family began to notice that I was behaving differently. Interactions with my three boys improved tremendously. I began allowing them to be adults. My thinking changed and with it my world changed. Joy began creeping into my being; fear was being pushed out. My internal programming began to change. It’s like TCC is a gentle reboot clearing away the clutter and bringing clarity. As I continue practicing TCC and Chi begins flowing, my life becomes more balanced and joyful. Thank you Justin Stone for such a wonderful gift.
Pyramid Poems
joy
justin
t’ai chi chih
transforming us
to conscious
knowledge
now
– Mary Ruiz
in-
side us
a vast world
is waiting to
be found; we
glimpse it
now
– Mary Ruiz
pure
love flows
without thought
judgment or stuff;
Chi flows in
love light
me
– Mary White
flow
softly
flow gently
see rivers flow
see the hands
flow soft
flow
– Joyce Veerkamp
change
through joy
effortless;
move into new
space; feel love
expand
life
– Mary Ruiz
Originally appeared in: May 2010
