TCC Alive and Well in Canada!

Course Host

Fourteen teacher candidates from across Canada and the U.S. recently came together in Edmonton, Alberta for the first TCC teacher training ever held here. The candidates arrived for an intense week of practice, practice and more practice. New friendships were formed and deeper commitments to TCC were no doubt made. It was a week of hard work and great satisfaction. We laughed, we cried …… we shared the Chi.

As the course host I was most delighted in meeting and working with the students, some coming from as far away as Montreal, Quebec, Lake St. Louis, MO, Orange, CA, Salt Spring Island, BC, and Victoria, BC. Joining them as well were five local candidates from Edmonton. I couldn’t help but admire the effort and sincerity they each brought to the training. Nowhere was this more evident than in their very well done, and often moving presentations. It was a pleasure to get to know each and every candidate.

My appreciation for the auditors also is immense. They came from across Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. We were all enriched by the sharing of their TCC experiences, both personal and teaching. Being together as a group of fellow Canadian TCC teachers, working with the students and sharing TCC with each other was a great joy and thrill for me personally.

Of course we have Ed to thank for being willing to come to us when we called, and for being so available to us at all times during his stay. With his example of leadership and steadfastness, have we got any good reason to doubt where we are heading?

Feedback from candidates and auditors:

What was the most important thing you learned at this training?

Trust T’ai Chi Chih—let T’ai Chi Chih do T’ai Chi Chih. I am a student.

– Guadalupe Buchwald

1) Continuing awareness of the opening of my hips/waist, 2) Awareness that “lifting” is not part of moves . . .

– Garret Tayler

That I can be in better tune with the inner workings of myself. Progress is possible.

– Tamara Zujewskyj

That with all the movements I could truly enter the Cosmic rhythm.

– Marilyn Wilson

That the candidate must be well prepared.

– Denise Cirino

How to maintain alignment — stack of coins.

– Louise Bureau

Everything was important, valuable, significant.

– Chery Ann Hoffmeyer

What part of the training did you enjoy most?

Visiting at lunches.

– Garret Tayler

The corrections. The connections with every participant. Everything I learned, I cannot put into words but hope someday I will maybe put it in a painting or drawing.

– Denise Cirino

I enjoyed the practice, listening to Ed’s stories and the positive reinforcement!

– Tamara Zujewskyj