Are We There Yet

Jeanne Jacobs, Stanwood, WA

Last June, I attended the Teacher Review in Victoria B.C., before the Teacher Training, and found it most beneficial and worthwhile to my understanding and growth as a teacher. While working on Push Pull, it was suggested that in order to keep the continuity, connectedness, and flow in the hands, we use the concept of returning before we arrive. As I practiced it this way I realized the feeling of the flow of the movement, preventing the extensions of Yin and Yang from becoming “sticky.”

Recently while teaching Push Pull it occurred to me that this concept of continuous Yinning and Yanning of the hands helps to keep me non-attached. For how is it possible for me to be invested and attached to my destination when I am continually in the process of arriving?