Awareness Every Moment

As I did my Seijaku practice (i.e., three each of T’ai Chi Chih, Seijaku and Fast Track) and came to Around the Platter, I noticed on the third TCC Around the Platter that I had cut my arm movement short. Then I got a visual of what I had done and an awareness of what I would have missed if I had continued to do this part wrong, and it was not a joyous picture. Where I should have made a gentle, loving curve would have been empty. Instead of moving on to Seijaku Around the Platter, I did TCC Around the Platter again, this time making sure to fully round the curve. I could feel the difference. There was a completeness within me; it carried strength and caring, inclusivity and connectedness. Amazing that all of this comes from completing the curve in Around the Platter. Perhaps that is why Justin often asked, “Can you feel what just happened?”

Often in our daily lives we leave things out that are important: a kind word or action, a missed opportunity to help a situation that needed our attention, an awareness. Sometimes we continue being unaware that we set something in motion that may not be to our best benefit. Later, finding ourselves in a different state of consciousness than we wanted, we wonder why. Sometimes we may think that it wasn’t a big deal or didn’t affect that many people. But it is a big deal and even if it only matters for me, it matters. What we think and do in our lives, in our TCC practice, matters. We matter, and awareness matters.

How fortunate we are to have a practice that invites us to be aware. A friend commented, “Do I have to be aware all the time?” Awareness is important. Great sages said that we come to be aware even when we are asleep. A teacher shared that she had been working on being aware: “I am finally able to let go. I don’t know why I couldn’t before.” The joy in “Joy Thru Movement” is that grace fills us during each practice; we become aware of the softness and let go. We choose to love and share the Chi.

Joy

Shining

It’s Brilliant

Light On All Now

Connecting

Op’ning

ONE

~~ MR