Advancing In TCC

Is one of your intentions for the New Year to deepen your T’ai Chi Chih practice? Consider advancing to Seijaku, known as the advanced form of TCC. Don’t let that name deter you, thinking that you aren’t “advanced” enough in your practice. Actually, it may be the perfect next step.

Fortunately, you don’t have to do TCC perfectly to learn and practice Seijaku. It is best, though, to have practiced TCC for at least a year and be experiencing the flow of Chi. But don’t wait until you’ve perfected the “Taffies.”

One of the great benefits of the Seijaku practice is that it improves our TCC. It deepens our experience of softness and our ability to flow from the center and focus in the soles of the feet. After two years of TCC practice, I thought I knew what softness was. Then I learned Seijaku and discovered that there was much more softness to be experienced.

Seijaku practice has other interesting benefits, such as making it easier to adapt to change and to the increasing pace of daily life. It helps develop the ability to let go rather than holding on to that which no longer serves us. It cultivates the ability to be in the present moment rather than worrying about the future or regretting the past.

We know that the benefits of practicing TCC come from circulating and balancing the Chi. Seijaku greatly increases the flow of Chi, so it naturally accelerates the resulting health, serenity, creativity and longevity benefits of our practice. Try it and see for yourself.

Justin first taught Seijaku in 1986 to a group of TCC teachers. He told us that it was for our own evolution and to share with our best students. Justin also said that the most important event in his life was discovering Seijaku. That’s a powerful statement about the Seijaku practice.

You can learn Seijaku from Justin’s DVD (available on justinstonetcc.com), and it is very helpful to study with an accredited Seijaku teacher so you can ask questions and receive feedback. You can find one on taichichih.org. [Editor’s note: See the photo on this page.]

If you have received benefit from TCC, I invite you to partake of another gift from Justin. Advance to Seijaku; take your next step in deepening your practice.