Journal Entries

Thoughts During T’ai Chi Chih Practice

Vicki Brodie, Burlingame, CA

* * * Morning TCC practice in backyard, September 15, 1990 * * *

I see the fence crisscrossing in front of the trees.

I hear an airplane crisscrossing over the sound of passing autos…
then a piano over a wind chime.

I feel the wind crisscrossing through the still air
as the Chi is flowing through me.

* * * Late night TCC practice, November 4, 1990 * * *

Light and shadows dance across my hands
as I make circles in the air.

The flowing movement calms my racing thoughts
so I can slumber in the night.

* * * Morning practice, February 14, 1991 * * *

Shadows on shadows…
Negative and positive.

Yin…..Yang.

You touch my soul.

I am uplifted,
And my spirit soars.

* * * Morning practice, October 25, 1991 * * *

The robins come and take their splashing baths,
then they are gone.

The blue jays come and survey the scene,
and scare everyone away.

The hummingbirds beat their tiny wings, feed and rest…
feed and rest.

This I see making circles round and round.
My eyes see them as I move.

What a way to start one’s day!