A Student’s Remembrance of Workshops Present and Past

In 1991 I attended a T’ai Chi Chih/Meditation Workshop at the suggestion of my T’ai Chi Chih teacher, who just happened to be leading the workshop. To be exposed to so many wondrous flows of energy and peacefulness was awesome to me! How could anyone feel so good, so peaceful, so centered. At the time I didn’t know the real effects this day would make. Now I can see how everything in my life has unfolded, and see that this was a major turning event in my life.

From that weekend on I was more diligent in my practice of T’ai Chi Chih. I didn’t always “feel” the energy moving (I thought maybe something was missing) but I was assured by Steve that all was well. A year later (June 1992) I went through the teachers certification process with Steve. Since that time I have studied with Steve learning more about meditations, breathing techniques and other Chi Kung movements on a regular basis.

I recount the happenings of the last two years to illustrate how a simple suggestion, followed through with by the student, can open a vast new perception of Life. A Life not yet perceived by this student at that time, but knowing I was intuitively drawn to the Teacher.

When Steve announced that he was having another workshop in Denver, April 14, I knew that I would be there, not only to support him in his efforts, but to renew my unfoldment on a personal level. What I got was even more than expected.

It was another beautiful day in the Rocky Mountains, this student was eager to share the day with his teacher. What I noticed most during the workshop was how Steve shares all of who he is with those who attend his workshop. Sharing himself beyond ego-personality, T’ai Chi Chih/Meditation techniques, and social graces. Steve shares the Truth about who we are, how to be grounded in Truth at all times, that we can live our lives from a different perspective of Higher Self, and most of all – to have fun doing what it is we are here to do – Express the Truth of who we are. Steve expresses the Truth about himself by seeing it in everything/everyone and by being a living example for others.

I share with everyone that the T’ai Chi Chih teachers around the world have a wonderful opportunity to share in this experience when Steve has a workshop in your area.

Thank you Steve and Lia for presenting another wondrous workshop in Denver.

– Michael W. Merriman
Denver CO