Inspired by Carmen Brocklehurst’s talk at conference, group of teachers plant seeds

Dear Carmen:

Sr. Viola Bens and I went early to the MSP airport. It turned out that Viola would not be able to leave for several hours. I decided not to catch an earlier flight so we could spend some time together. This turned out to be a great idea. Sharon Sirkis joined us and then Viola suggested we do T’ai Chi Chih! Right there in the airport. So we moved over to the side and in the hustle and bustle of the walkway and the moving sidewalk we started “Rocking Motion”. A few people stopped and watched. Some asked what we were doing. One Flight Attendant waited for the rest of her crew and told them. I realized that we were doing it near the staging area for my plane and wondered if anyone would ask about it.

I left when my flight was announced. As I boarded I could see Viola and Sharon doing T’ai Chi Chih. They had asked me to write to The Vital Force and tell them we were “Planting Seeds”. On my plane a young man (could tell he was very shy) finally asked me if I was one of the people doing that “moving meditation”. I said yes. He turned away and watched out the window for about 10 minutes. I didn’t say much else because I was so tired that even the muscles in my face wouldn’t work. But the chi kept knocking in my head saying how did he know to call it a “moving meditation”. Finally the knocking in my head got my attention. I asked the young man how he knew that and he said he had seen that on television! Yaaaa Carmen. So we talked a bit and I gave him some information. Seed planted.

My first conference was wonderful. Thank you so much Carmen for all the sharing chi you gave to everyone.

Love,

– Donna Mc Elhose