Connecting Across The Miles

When the invitation to make a contribution to The Vital Force combined so closely with Justin Stone’s first anniversary, I knew I had to write. I’ve really missed our spring get-together because of the hurricane on the Jersey Shore. I’ve hardly ever missed my own morning T’ai Chi Chih practice in the last years. I feel deeply its effect on my energy and inner spirit.

I have the sense of the unfathomable power of the yin-yang operating in the presence of spiritual power for me, as I tend to get too anxious about matters.

Twice a week I work with a small group of elderly sisters with modified movements to meet their infirmities. Once a year we have an extended family retreat weekend and a group of the participants love to do TCC with me early in the mornings. (Too bad the weather is too cold to do it outside – it’s on the bay off Long Island.) I don’t drive anymore, which prevents me from holding the regular classes I previously did.

Hopefully one of next year’s meetings will be closer to the East Coast; the cost of travel and conference are hard on my budget. I have to visit my family members in Ireland, as they’re finding travel too hard and my brother is in a nursing home.