The Vital Force Archive

Sherri Taylor punctured her left palm with a paring knife in August 1999 and credits daily Bass Drum, Push Pull and Pulling in the Energy, plus massage, with restoring sensation and avoiding nerve surgery.

Sharon Sirkis collects classroom moments, from seniors interlocking fingers during Around the Platter to a student doing Pulling Taffy at red lights, and Nancy Vermond's seated class flows to Frank Sinatra.

Jeremy Williams, six weeks into Sharon Sirkis's class, describes using Rocking Motion, Pulling in the Energy, Perpetual Motion and Push Pull before shifts waiting tables at Phillips Seafood in Baltimore's Inner Harbor.

Roberta Taggart reports on the November one-day workshop in Cupertino where Ed Altman led three refinement sessions on flowing from the center, with student notes on Push Pull and the taffys.

Sharon Sirkis collects five classroom mishaps, including the senior center gentleman who wanted to push away his wife, a student aware only of his bladder, and a newsletter that billed her as Sharm Sinkis.

Four teachers report student results: Virginia Shilson's introverted student felt his heart center open after learning Push Pull, Caroline Chavez's diabetic student leveled her blood sugar, Ellen Tatge's midwife used chi during labor, and Gordon Wade's Elderhostel walker eased his knee problems.

Ralph Garn of Syracuse reports that after the teachers' conference, chi vibrations grew strong in his left hand during Rocking Motion and later in both hands during Daughter in the Valley and Push Pull.

Diana Daffner recounts how she and Richard led a Sarasota Peace & Justice Center beach picnic through Bass Drum, Push Pull and Around the Platter as metaphors for awakening, breathing and sharing peace, with poems from two participants.

Jeanne Jacobs recounts a Teacher Review in Victoria B.C. where the suggestion to return before arriving in Push Pull kept her hands flowing and, in teaching, kept her non-attached.

Sharon Slater's pyramid poem follows the flood tide filling lagoons and the ebb returning boats to the flats, calling the endless tidal exchange Push-pull, Push-pull.

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.

In a letter to Jean Katus after a Naples workshop, David Belz reported a blood pressure reading of 110/78, down 20 points, and an electric surge of energy while practising Push Pull.

Meredith Robbins recounts her first class at the Stone House in Lakewood and the teaching images she relies on, from ducks on a pond for Around the Platter to rhythm words and the lesson of Push Pull's reserve.

Short on time before going out, Jane Klingensmith missed her afternoon practice and instead braced her feet against the tub end, working Around the Platter, Push Pull, Pulling in the Energy and Carry the Ball while bathing.

Peggy Knorr, accredited in both TCC and the Bates Method of natural vision improvement, matches Dr. William Bates's swings and relaxation principles to Passing Clouds, Pulling Taffy, Push Pull and other movements.