Making News (March 1992)

“T’ai Chi Chih–The balancing act of the ’90s”

Jeanne Jacobs’ extensive article was published in THE NEW TIMES, Seattle, WA, January 1992. To quote from the six column article:

“Our lives would be immeasurably improved if we could successfully handle and even bypass many of the pitfalls that cause imbalance and discord in our lives. The daily practice of T’ai Chi Chih (TCC) empowers us to do just that. Through it we find and maintain our inner balance and harmony by establishing a state of centeredness. We experience a more joyous and rewarding life. Walking each day with a renewed sense of adventure, joy, and an inner glow of serenity that maintains itself throughout the day is possible with this effective practice.

“With every practice session, no matter what the length, we continue to break steadily through the patterns of resistance that block us from being how we want to be and from doing all that we really want to do. As we evolve in our practice we find deeper levels of expression and adventure growing with ourselves to ever-deepening levels of self-awareness and realization…..T’ai Chi Chih results in a personal and continually evolving form that teaches us well beyond the beginning course. It is a practice that is self-initiated and self-sustaining. It delivers a lifetime of growth and an opportunity to experience the “ever-becoming” that we are all about……

“With each movement of TCC we develop a pattern of joy into our lives that moves as a continuum through all our experiences and adventures. The Vital Force, so intimately connected with the core and essence of our being, is stimulated and enhanced and a powerful vibration is set into motion. It is with awareness and action we achieve what we want. In T’ai Chi Chih practice we learn that this act of balancing our consciousness with the joyous energy, innate within us, is the truth of ourselves.”