My Connection With Push Pull

When I was a new student of T’ai Chi Chih, Push Pull really spoke to me and it still does. At the time it represented letting go of what I didn’t need as I shifted my weight forward, releasing my arms, and then drawing in positive energy on the return weight shift. The tan t’ien: my gentle navigator.

The visual I associate with this movement? This movement still takes me to the edge of the ocean where I practice whenever possible. I have my own very personal connection with the consistent movement of the ocean; the tide goes in and out. The waves roll in and out with their own unique rhythm and I find myself breathing the same rhythm.

This is one thing I see and feel that remains constant in the universe – each day and night, each season. Oftentimes I connect with the cleansing the ocean offers (the letting go). I allow myself to toss into the ocean what is negative and not needed, and I feel the renewal of the water as it crashes with positive energy and spills onto the sand. The Push Pull in nature, the Push Pull in my TCC practice.