Impressions Of An Auditor

At the November 2009 Albuquerque Teacher Training, it was easy to be impressed by the earnestness of those becoming certified. Each in her or his own way gave testimony to the profound level to which their T’ai Chi Chih practice had reached within them. Sandy McAlister’s thoughtful responses invited precise improvements in our form. My compliments go to those whose efforts have banished all doubts about how to move correctly.

I was most moved by Sandy’s near wordless illustration of seated TCC. Why was this so touching? As teachers, we sought to discern the adjusted movements; we experienced solidarity with a population, dissolving a boundary between the ambulatory and those with limited movement (or challenges to their balance). And I felt an intuition of a future time when I might be doing TCC this way out of necessity rather than teacher-empathy. Both moments of awareness created a deepening, a grounding and another opportunity of gratitude for how much TCC has to offer those who can receive it.