Readers Respond (December 1999)

Dear Noel,

The Community Education director telephoned me today [Nov. 12] about a T’ai Chi Teacher. There have been three T’ai Chi Ch’uan teachers hired all unsatisfactorily. Another T’ai Chi Ch’uan teacher has applied. They would prefer to omit all TC classes rather than have another failure. . . There would be two hours evening classes a week. I started out this way but their were so many signing up I was teaching five 2-hour classes a week in a couple of years. T’ai Chi Chih appeals to the New Zealanders.

Just in case one of the teachers has other skills for other work and would enjoy Napier it is a thought!! . . . If anyone is interested:

Joan Clark, Director
Colenso High School
Community Education
Arnold Street
Napier 4001
New Zealand
(From U.S.A.: 011.64-6

With love and best wishes to all.

– Theda Gillespie
Napier, New Zealand

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Hi Noel . . . The website looks great!! I even sent me a test e-mail, I got it immediately.

I was wondering if you know of any studies that have been done about T’ai Chi Chih helping women through menopause, or if you could put the question in the Vital Force. I have faith that it will help me through what I’m told is a difficult time, but with some people it helps to have written documentation. Thanks again,

– Tonya Setzke
Wyandotte, MI

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Wow!!!!!!!!! I am really impressed!!! I had not gone into our website for quite awhile so when I went in today I really liked what I saw. Keep up the good stuff. . .

– Jean Horton
Grand Junction, CO

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Hi Noel — I wanted to say that your last issue came together very well. You are doing a wonderful job as editor! The layout is fantastic! I know VFJ will continue to uphold the uplifting flavor and spiritually beneficial values it always has.

I am writing for permission to use Ed’s article entitled, “Softness and Continuity” in the recent summer issue of the Vital Force as a handout in my classes. I would photocopy it and distribute it to my classes. It is an excellent article and I think that students, as well as teachers, will benefit from reading it. Please let me know if this is possible. Thanks!

Much admiration and respect,

– Roberta Taggart
Cupertino, CA

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.. I’d like to have printed a particular call-out to any TCC teacher(s) who has taught within the public school system or is in the process of bringing TCC into the system. Please contact me. Much thanks for all that you do!

– Amelia Roache
San Diego, CA

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Dear Noel and Ed……

Greetings from the sunny tip of the globe. . . I have given a few presentations in the last year to adult groups and they have been good listeners. Then the penny seemed to have dropped when I did another presentation at the annual Catechetical gathering at the end of August. Now a group have gathered and have asked me to teach them right from the beginning. So South Africa is now moving on to the map……. The little children are still loving it, and are being helped to settle down and start the day off well. Well the days we may forget due to unforeseen reasons ends up with me and the children ready to scream and at the end of the day they say, “Sister I know why you were so cross today; we forgot to put the tape on this morning and do our ‘Joy Thru Movement'”.

– Sr. Marie-Ann Main
Brighton Beach Bluff
Durban, South Africa

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A small group of women religious is interested in development of a retreat for sisters by sisters who teach or do TCC. If you are interested in a retreat based on the practice and the principles of TCC, call or write for further development. Date, place, cost yet to be determined.

Alice Holden, CCVI
4707 Broadway
San Antonio, TX

– Sr. Alice Holden
San Antonio, TX