T’ai Chi Chih Teachers Unite for 50th Anniversary Conference
Senior Teachers Speak
This May issue has three amazing Q&As from longtime T’ai Chi Chih (TCC) teachers: Paul Ciske (accredited in 1991), Christina Tillotson (1993), and Kathy Grassel (1994). Their stories are inspirational, personal, and universal. These are the lights of our TCC community. These are the people whom other teachers can meet in July and students can learn from in classes.
Speaking of the 50th Anniversary Conference
Please jump to page 14 article by Lauren Marble, accredited in 1991. She emailed: “With the upcoming Teacher Conference in Albuquerque this summer, I wanted to pay tribute to Justin Stone for creating TCC 50 years ago. Attached is a piece I wrote about the first time I met Justin in 1988 at a weekend retreat on heightened awareness.”
To state the obvious, there will not be another 50th anniversary TCC gathering and celebration. Many of us will not be here for the 75th.
To all teachers: Please join us if at all possible. Financial help is available.
To all local students in the Southwest: Please attend the open practice on Saturday afternoon at 3:30 in the main ballroom of the Albuquerque Marriott Pyramid North hotel.
For teachers already signed up, consult the ‘Look Who’s Coming” list and hyperlink on taichichih.org/conference-2024. See someone missing from your accreditation cohort? Reach out, let them know why you are attending, and that you want to share this once-in-a-lifetime gathering. We all like to know that our presence makes a difference.
Conference 2024 & Teacher Listing Pages
Teachers: Come to the conference ready to create, finish, or finesse your teacher listing page. Come with a photo of yourself, bio/TCC story, and a list of your classes, accessible on your phone or laptop, or even a printout. I’ll pop them into your listing.
20th Century Psalms
With a little luck and the help of a patron saint, this title of Justin’s will be back in print in time for the conference.
Events
If you normally skip reading about events, I encourage you to break that habit for this issue. Pages 19–21 reflect on TCC events in Italy, the UK, and Pennsylvania.
