Minnesota TCC Teachers: November 2019 Meeting

We had a joy-filled meeting in early November to celebrate and recognize Justin Stone; to celebrate the 2019 T’ai Chi Chih conference and those who worked on it; and to thank our local leadership. Nineteen teachers attended. We started with a great practice, a reading from Spiritual Odyssey and then moved onto food and a meeting. We were happy to gather as we felt the conference had gone well, our local leadership team had helped us be more inclusive and we were eager for our next year’s plans.

We discussed the issue of no conference for 2020. Mostly we talked about how well our local leadership fulfilled our hopes for spreading TCC. After a couple years of losing some very strong teachers, we celebrated a year or two of growth on many levels. We watched a video presentation by Mary Strom which recalled some of the conference highlights. We thanked Mary Weddle and Susan Sobelson for their three years of leadership. Their focus on students helped us grow. We discussed possible next year’s plans and how they might be implemented, and we discussed updates to our local TCC website. We happily welcomed a Wisconsin influence with Lorel and Jim Maple present and thanked them for taking care of conference registrations. We also welcomed Denise Clemen and Pete Gregory into the circle as they had moved here recently from California.

We have local and national challenges to face, but from our point of view 2020 has the potential for great rewards and great joy. Minnesota teachers wish great growth for all TCC teachers and students in 2020.

I end with a pyramid poem. Remember that we are happy and have gotten record snow falls this last fall.

snow

snow globe

t’ai chi chih

we are moving

with nature

grateful

stones