Major TCC Principles

To move the Vital Force what are some major keys?

Seven S’s, three C’s, and two P’s!

Soft (effort of no effort) – don’t strain body or brain

Straight (vertical alignment) – don’t stoop or tilt

Sink (into the essence) – don’t drop too low or stay too high

Shift (yin-yang balance) – don’t move legs out too short or long

Slow (swim through heavy air) – don’t go too fast

Stillness (quietude in rest position) – don’t fidget or stir

Smile (joy thru movement) – don’t try too hard

Continuity (smoothness) – don’t stall or stop

Center (flow from the tan t’ien) – don’t lead from hands

Circularity (energy and wholeness) – don’t circle too wide or small

Polarity (between hands) – don’t have hands too close or far

Practice (regularly) – don’t make excuses

sky

so vast 

stars beckon

calling my heart

like the sea

within 

me

sky 

unveiled

stars revealed

distant vistas

calling me

homeward

now

stars

beckon

call to me 

every night 

far away

yet near

me

me

awake

poetry

moving through me

creative

awesome

joy

– Diana Daffner, Siesta Key, Florida

Oh to be a

Fish

So free

No collision

You and me!

To be a fish,

The sea,

No boundary

The sky so

Wide

The sea so

Deep

Evolution

In a

Sink

My mask

My snorkel

My fins

Paraphernalia

Never ends

So simple to

Be a fish

Oh to be a

Chinese tea

Whose the

Healer, you

Or me?

Do the needles

Do the trick

Or is it

Already built

In Chi?

Whirl the spirals

Move the junk

Get it going

Steaming stuff

Whose the operator

Whose the body

Earth, Wind, Fire

Wood

Changes the broth

Inside

Outside

Purer stuff.

– Diana Bahn, New York, New York