Background Tapestry Of The Seijaku Publication

In 1986, Justin created Seijaku for his T’ai Chi Chih teachers and advanced students. For those TCC teachers who did not live close to a Seijaku accredited teacher, there was only one resource available to learn the movements: his Seijaku DVD, which he intentionally created as an incomplete work so that people would take classes from accredited Seijaku teachers. Furthermore, until recently, TCC teachers could take the Seijaku accreditation without ever having practiced the movements, which was in stark contrast to the long preparation we went through to become TCC teachers.

Since TCC teachers had such a brief exposure to Seijaku, they would return home from Seijaku accreditation feeling uncertain about teaching it to their students. At the Nebraska TCC Teacher Conference, a quick survey of practicing Seijaku teachers revealed that there were only five present who taught it. When asked why, most said they did not understand it or felt overwhelmed by it.

Fortunately TCC and Seijaku teacher Marilyn Irvin proposed that TCC teachers first take a Seijaku class as a requirement before attending a Seijaku accreditation. Sandy, Pam and Antonia agreed that this was a sensible idea. Now Seijaku is experiencing a renaissance, and we’re sure Justin is delighted.

In 2013 at the Pecos, New Mexico, retreat, Antonia announced the creation of the T’ai Chi Chih International Foundation to support the TCC teacher conferences and provide scholarships for the conferences and accreditations. Wanting to support this new “child” within our community, we (Kathy and Ann) announced that we would be creating a community Seijaku booklet. We asked practitioners to share their personal experience with Seijaku. We are thrilled to announce that this Seijaku publication is now for sale, and that all revenue goes to the Foundation.

Readers of the new publication will notice that many TCC teachers wrote of the deeper changes that came into their lives after the addition of Seijaku to their practice. We are very grateful to these writers. If they had not been willing to share their stories, this publication never could have been created.

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The purpose of this booklet is to deepen our understanding of Seijaku and its potential. Editors of this Seijaku publication wish to donate all profits from its sales to the T’ai Chi Chih International Foundation. The non-profit T’ai Chi Chih International Foundation sponsors the annual T’ai Chi Chih Teachers Conference, provides scholarship funds for T’ai Chi Chih and Seijaku teacher accreditations and continuing education workshops, and sponsors events and projects, which promote the knowledge and practice of T’ai Chi Chih and Seijaku worldwide.

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I asked my college class to form a circle to practice the Six Healing Sounds. Right in the middle of the sixth sound, one of my student’s sneezed. I kept going as if nothing happened and said, “That’s the seventh healing sound.” There were many giggles. – by Sharon Sirkis, Columbia, Maryland

I chatted with Linda, one of my T’ai Chi Chih students, outside of class. “How are you?” I asked. “My arthritis is kicking up,” she replied. I then proceeded to tell her that my mother calls arthritis “Arthur…itis,” and she often tells me that Arthur is coming to town. So I said, ” I guess Arthur’s coming to town, eh?”  She laughed and said, “Oh, he’s already here, and he brought his brother too.” – by Sharon Sirkis, Columbia, Maryland