Interacting With the Source Retreat

Interacting With The Source

Retreat with Carmen Brocklehurst in Albuquerque, NM;

Mar. 13-16, 2008 By Dora Derzon, Participant

The group energy of this 29-person retreat was incredibly strong, positive, and sincere. People with experience ranging from two months to ten years came together to go more deeply in their TCC practices than ever. In addition to Carmen’s clear and grounding instruction, Justin demonstrated some TCC movements and talked extensively to us about TCC and the spiritual path. Afterwards, Carmen asked, “What did you gain by being with Justin? And how did Justin’s being here affect your Tai Chi Chih practice?” Below are abbreviated responses by all participants.

Seeing Justin in the flesh made me feel “it” was possible. … After being with Justin, I want to do TCC all the time. … It was like meeting an old friend. I felt a drive to do TCC better. … Justin made it clear that TCC is a service to humanity. … I was touched. This man is awesome. His interest is only in improving people’s lives. … I found myself more willing to receive instruction. … I felt encouragement, connection, a certain peacefulness and goodness. … Gratitude. I became less mental. I’ve had some kind of energy shift. … When he’s around, there’s a calmness. … When he walked in, I felt connections to everyone. The energy in the room was so positive. … I was mesmerized by him, inspired, grounded. Afterwards, my movements were softer, smoother. … When he moved, the Chi was tangible. I stopped thinking. I was started feeling the movements. … When I’m around Justin everything drops away. He’s so selfless; he would walk a marathon on one leg to help someone. Afterwards, my TCC felt more selfless. … He made me want to be more willing to be of service to humanity. … Justin opens that part of us that we’re not willing to open sometimes. There was a lot of sharing – from the Source. I got to interact with the Source. It’s beyond special. … There’s an intuitive sense that he knows what we need without words. Afterwards, I had a greater sense of confidence. … We had talked about feeling the heavy air but now I could really feel it. … It reminded me of a day at Teacher Training when he came into the room. Some thought, “Oh no, he’s here.” I thought, “I am happy he’s here!” Whenever Justin is present I feel so loved and accepted. I have always felt him with me. I’ve been waiting for TCC all my life. … I feel how much he cares about everyone. It’s nice to see him so animated. I saw what you all have seen in him for a long time. … Today when he came in, I saw the “old Justin,” the selfless dedication of a principle; the selfless sharing of good to everybody. … How can I, a beginner, have such a sense of him as a being. But I do. He was just be-ing. I want my movements to be right, for the Chi to flow more. He made me want to move to Albuquerque. I really want to be a teacher. … I’m still processing what’s gone on. … The whole retreat has felt very Source-ish. … Each one of us has our own way of understanding it. As Justin says, “TCC will be the healing way for many, many people in the future.” … This was a gift for all of us. … This has been a really good day, a great day! I’ve been around Justin a lot, but whe came in here today and got involved, a change happened. There was a shift, an energy change for me. … This was the happiest day of my life. To learn from Justin while watching him teach such open students in the presence of my own teacher was, as someone said earlier, beyond special!