T’ai Chi Chih Conference Impressions

The last TCC Teachers’ Conference that took place this July at Orange, CA was a very well organized from the beginning to the end, You could guess that Timothy spent a great deal of time to prepare such an event. Thanks!

The Candlelight [Rededication] Ceremony on Friday night conducted by Sister Antonia Cooper was very dear to me. Until the age of seventeen I attended a Catholic School run by nuns. Those were the times when Spain was under the dictatorship of General Franco. My experience there was not always a happy one. To meet someone like Sister Antonia has an especial healing affect on me in a time of my life when I seem to be trying to heal my past. Also, on that same note, it was very interesting and great fun to talk over breakfast with Alice Holden, another very especial nun. Such a wonderful healing energy going around at that gathering.

At the talent show I enjoyed a poem by Mark Moloney dedicated to Federic Mompou and my city of birth, Barcelona. And then, when I met with him I even got to sing in catalan, my maternal language. TCC conferences hold all sorts of surprises. My most especial moment was Sunday when for a brief period of time I got to be alone with Justin [Stone] at the meeting room while he was playing the piano. What a delight!

My overall experience this year was that TCC is experiencing a new beginning. It’s renewing its self. My concern is that TCC could become too organized, too structured. I hope TCC will keep the beginner’s mind.