T’ai Chi Gardening

T’ai Chi practice is like tending a garden. How does your garden grow? We experience vibrant health through these methods:

Cultivating the soil
as a beginning student of T’ai Chi Chih.

Sowing the seeds of success
by regular, daily practice when you feel like it and when you don’t feel like it.

Providing fresh air and sunlight
by practicing T’ai Chi Chih outside and inhaling Universal Chi.

Nourishing with water
by keeping a balanced diet with plenty of fluids, especially water.

Staking your plant
by always being aware of “lifting in the head top” and “being rooted in the soles of the feet.”

Using a hoe
by creating “motor pathways in the brain” through regular practice so that movement is effortless.

Weeding the garden
by discarding what is not needed and simplifying the movement patterns.

Getting rid of pests
such as agitated thoughts and feelings by emptying the mind and focusing with “feeling awareness.”

Using Clippers
to snip off all extraneous movements and tension so the chi flows unencumbered.

Mulching and Fertilizing
with varied readings from the T’ai Chi Classics and books by Justin and Steve.

Crop Rotation
by practicing in different locations so that your practice does not stagnate and wither.

Calling in the experts
by participating in Teacher Renewals and attending workshops and the Annual Conference.

Letting the soil lie fallow
by allowing plenty of time between movements for complete stillness and integration.

Harvesting the Crop
of Unlimited Chi through a vibrant life that manifests creativity, serenity, and joy.