Candidates, auditors enjoy retreat setting during North Dakota training

Course Host

With 10 candidates [and] auditors Dale Carrier and Mike Wavra from Fargo: Joe and Barb Apt from Minnetonka, Minnesota: Connie Mack from Grand Forks: Kathy and Bud McLain from Minneapolis, a new wave of integration was gifted. The successful certification of 10 new chi-lings. For the auditors, a deepening of the understanding of accountability [that] being a T’ai Chi Chih instructor embodies.

The teaching and clear guidance of Ed Altman penetrated the shields of ego and fear. With the open attitude the candidates brought forth combined with the consistent nuturing Ed offered with identifying principles and boundaries with movement—the wave of softness and continuity swept through—gentle as the breeze blowing the last of Fall’s leaves off Maryvale’s trees.

The week spent at the Retreat Center was enriching not just for the T’ai Chi Chih participants, but the entire Spiritual Community at Maryvale. The calm peacefulness of the landscape—opportunities to walk quietly, safely, mindfully—re-enforced the exploration of inner landscape that we all have been introduced to and experienced with the integrative practice of T’ai Chi Chih!

Two of our new instructors will be in Arizona, five in Minnesota and three in North Dakota. What a delight to be extending our T’ai Chi Chih family!