About Silence (5)

eyes

soft now

look. you point

you are light

in silence

blessed

see

– Jeneth Rundle

come

come closer

come over

now! overcome

retreat not

boldly

now

– Jeneth Rundle

be

in the

moment of

serenity

focus on

being

still

– Robert Montes de Oca

crane

silent

motionless

still sentinel

wings lift: flight

clear light

free

– Mary Ruiz

calm

stillness

will bring you

warm and thoughtful

responses

for each

need

– Bo, Atlanta

About Justin (4)

ah

you say

when I stop

being restless

demanding

Justin

knows

– Jeneth Rundle

Stone

Justin

thankfulness

for T’ai Chi Chih

being so

grateful

me

– Joyce Veerkamp

T’ai

Chi Chih

a moving

meditation

grateful to

Justin

Stone

– Joyce Veerkamp

not

teaching

T’ai Chi Chih

flowing within

Seijaku

outside

time

– Tudor Oprea

>>>>>>>>>

it’s

softness

that matters

to bring spirit

into you,

flowing

thru

– Anon

a

teacher

knows the way

not by talking

but by act.

by flow

show

– Anon

two

retreats

back to back

forward and back

up and down

side to

side

– Anon

goal

no goal

keeping still

moving within

flowing out

total

peace

– Anon

rain

clears the

air sun dries

the rain the mud

becomes dust

all is

change

– Anon

When I teach Six Healing Sounds, I usually teach the sounds first – before I add the arm and leg movements.

“Ho,” I said, like … Ho, Ho, Ho, Merry Christmas.

“Hu,” I said, like … Who did it?

“Szu,” I said, like … the name Sue, and you sneezed.

“Hsu,'” I said, like … Shhhh, don’t make a sound, or rhymes with Chih.

When I got to “Hsi,” I was all prepared to say like … She did it, but a student interrupted me and said, “I know, like … sushi.”

– Sharon Sirkis, Columbia, Maryland

Penny told a tale of arriving in Florida to visit friends and exclaiming “Oh, no!” to her hosts, who then asked, “Did you forget your pills? Your bathing suit?” “No,” she responded frustratingly, “I forgot my TCC DVD.”

Penny also mentioned that her friends fall asleep while watching her practice, sometimes awakening briefly and drifting off again. They find it so relaxing.

The LivingWell Cancer Resource Center fell into my lap. Or I fell into theirs. Which came first? No matter. Volunteering is a gift. After class, peace and joy. Who is the teacher? Who is the student? We share the label.

Receiving/Giving

Giving/Receiving

Yin/Yang

– Terry Slaney, Geneva, Illinois