How TCC Found Me

I’ve been interested in Eastern thought and religion for many years, and I’ve done much reading in the ways of the East and have studied and practiced karate and yoga. (I’m a physical person who has always enjoyed sports and athletic activities.) I’ve been searching for a way to combine activity with meditation and searching for peace and self/selflessness.

After being diagnosed with a serious illness last year, I found a T’ai Chi Chih class offered by the complementary medicine department at a local hospital. It was described as “moving meditation.” I remember seeing scores of people participating in this activity in a San Francisco park a few years ago, and I knew that I’d found what I was looking for.

I’ve been attending classes by Dorene Krause (a wonderful and inspiring teacher) for more than a year, and I practice regularly. Practicing and learning TCC is bringing together e all that I’ve read and searched for in my attempt to bring the East into my life and learn to face the world in a different manner. I continue to learn how to be here now, and I continue to search. TCC is now part of my pathway.