Following The Chi (February 2012)

As soon as I returned home from my T’ai Chi Chih accreditation, my teacher (Carletta LaCour) called to ask if I could take over her classes at the Cenacle Retreat Center due to a loss in her family. Wow, I thought, am I ready? I said yes and have recently finished teaching a beginning class. Where would Chi going to take me next, I wondered.

I started looking for other places in Houston to teach TCC. I gave presentations with great results. I arranged classes at the West Houston Community Center and at the Holy Name Retreat Center. The Cenacle Retreat Director signed me up for a Day Retreat of TCC for Health Care Professionals and to start an intermediate class in late May. I made flyers, brochures and even painted a picture to place in the room where I would teach. I ordered calling cards, magnets for my car doors and made a website (taichichihhouston.com).

I gave a presentation to Menninger Clinic, a leading psychiatric clinic where I have worked for the last four years as a psychiatric registered nurse in the Adolescent Unit. After my TCC presentation to the Director of Nursing and the Director of the Wellness Program, I was asked to start a beginning class for the adults in the Hope Unit and a weekly class in the Adolescent Unit.

So far, this is where the Chi has taken me, and I look forward to seeing more great opportunities unfold. I dream of having my own small studio one day. I do my full TCC practice every day so I will always be ready to teach TCC where Chi takes me.