Honoring: Om Namaha Shivaya

Art of Teaching: Honoring

By Sr. Antonia Cooper

Om Namaha Shivaya!

(Sanscrit for “I honor the Divine within”)

This is the greeting exchanged at the beginning and at the end of each T’ai Chi Chih class, as we bow, honoring one another’s presence.

This greeting is also the “connection” with which I begin my daily private practice. It is directed toward all the individuals – teachers, long time practitioners and beginners of the meditative movement we so affectionately refer to as “Joy through Movement.”

My daily wish and prayer is that CHI will unite each of us in peace, harmony, life and love.