The Vital Force Archive

Justin Stone offers a brief winter note that nothing is in a state of Being but everything in a state of Becoming, and that T'ai Chi Chih can greatly influence that path.

Chris Curran recounts Justin Stone's Heightened Awareness Seminar in Fargo, where a United Airlines delay forced daily rescheduling, radio and television interviews turned to T'ai Chi Chih, and last-minute registrations swelled attendance to 37.

In a brief prose meditation, Timothy T. Stuetz lists brisk walking, whole foods and chanting, then locates his real source of health in THAT which walks his body.

Teacher news roundup with Pam Towne's public access video, Carmen Brocklehurst's class for Digital Equipment Corporation marketing reps, Oonagh Perdue's PBS interview, and letters to Ben Levitan reporting lowered cholesterol, vanished hay fever and restored circulation.

Timothy T. Stuetz describes how daily T'ai Chi Chih and Reiki practice turned his gaze inward, surfacing long-hidden hurts and leading him toward love, light, life and laughter.

David Belz of Ft. Myers reports a 20-point blood pressure drop and a surge of tingling energy while doing the Push Pull hand movement, and Dave Arenz practices in a Fargo garden.

Carmen Brocklehurst recounts an Albuquerque evening when a scheduling mix-up sent Justin Stone, ten teachers and some 110 people outside at sunset, with teachers relaying his directions to the back rows.

Justin Stone names Steve Ridley acting head of T'ai Chi Chih, says Ridley will lead future Teachers' Training Courses, and offers a Seijaku course once twenty teachers request one.

Jean Katus reports on the northern leg of Justin Stone's midwest and southwest "Heightened Awareness" seminar tour, crediting Jean Carlson-Linscott and Chris Curran for the planning and turnout.

Steve Ridley's pyramid poem traces how far we stray like windblown autumn leaves through conceptual strivings, with the Spirit-Heart awaiting our return, and Justin's praise appended.

Art Herman spins a fairy tale in which T'ai Chi Chih Land wakes to a rocking motion at daybreak, children run to the circus and the taffy machine, and everyone sleeps happily in cosmic consciousness pose.

Loretta Shiver's first eight-week class for five children aged 7 to 10, including two with motor problems, one of whom her occupational therapist noted had improved.

Christeen M. Curran reports on the two-day Teacher Training Preparation Course she led with Jean Katus and Jeanne Carlson-Linscott for nine students, and their plan to repeat it twice yearly.