It’s Your Chi!

There’s something I must share with you.

Yesterday I had the most simple, yet wonderful experience of the depth to which the practice of T’ai Chi Chih can grow one toward the universality of love.

To a small TCC class a harried mother brought her two children because her usual baby sitter bowed out at the last minute. You could tell that she had given them the “be quiet-or else” speech before they arrived, but being children (around 4 and 5 years of age) their energy was tough to bridle. Perfect timing for explaining “serenity in the midst of activity.”

I urged the children to join us in some quiet movements which they did for only a few minutes then they turned their imaginations to other games.

We made it through the class with only a few minor interruptions for drinks of water and untied shoelaces. During the last review I looked the two cherubs in the eyes, and with a smile and a wink gently said “Now, your Mommy needs you to be really still and quiet for this last part–do you think you can do that?” They smiled back and nodded.

For the last 15 minutes of class they were perfectly still and watched our review. When it was time to go home both children ran up to me and gave me a big hug. They started to walk out the door when the little boy broke free from his Mom and ran back to me, gave me a kiss and a grand hug and said “I love you.”

His mother looked on with amazement. “What did you do to them?” she queried. I just shrugged my shoulders and smiled. But inside I was bursting with joy. The remaining student looked at me, nodded and said–“It’s your Chi.”