Nei Kung Pyramid Poems and Classroom Laughs

Nei Kung

new to me

lasted only

to the soles

of my

feet

– Kay Smith

I

find some

resistance

where is it from?

do not think,

let it

go!

– Judy Hendricks

rest

peace – full

awareness

being connected to

tanden power

in the

feet

– Bo Waddell

I

said it

over – over – again

will I ever sleep

I believe

still

– Myrna

the

blessings

are done now

time for Nei Kung

before I

go to

sleep

– Caroline Guilott

but

sleep comes

often before I

finish it

Nei Kung

bye

– Caroline Guilott

heart

healing

spreading thru

body and soul

re-making

myself

new

– Caroline Guilott

each

night say

Nei Kung – sleep

in chi’s blissful

embrace – know

truth – feel

joy

– Mary Ruiz

the

gentle

flow of the

Nei Kung brings peace

awareness

healing

love

– Mary White

bed

buddy

sleep time friend

deep place within

no thinking

Nei Kung

rest

– Sheryl Adair

I walked into the arts and crafts room to teach T’ai Chi Chih. Ruth, one of the seniors, took a seat apart from the others because she had a bit of a cold. At the start of Rocking Motion, I noticed another senior, Nancy, hold back a sneeze. Teasingly, I said, “Don’t you know it’s not good for your health to hold back a sneeze?” Without missing a beat, Ruth said, “Don’t you know it’s not good for ours if she doesn’t?”

– Sharon Sirkis, Columbia, Maryland

I have heard T’ai Chi Chih referred to as T’ai Chi Chee, T’ai Chi Chew and T’ai Chi Cho. Before conducting my T’ai Chi Chih workshop last week, I was handed a contract to sign, which listed the program as T’ai Chi Chic.

– Sharon Sirkis, Columbia, Maryland

Sometimes I’ll break down a movement when I teach. l usually introduce the concept of eight dimes to talk about weight distribution. I mention how we have two dimes on the balls of the feet, two dimes on the heels (so four on each foot), totaling eight. One day while teaching Rocking Motion, I emphasized shifting the weight from the tan t’ien to the balls of the feet on the forward part of the movement, or the front two dimes, two on each foot, for a total of four dimes. I also said that when we shift the weight back to our heels, the weight would be on the back two heel dimes, two on each foot, for a total of four dimes.

I then talked about the transition in the middle where we sink down and are equal weighted, and asked the class how many dimes that would be. One of the students quickly said 10. I must have had a puzzled look on my face because when I said it would be eight, she quickly pointed to the student behind her and said, “I added her two!”

– Sharon Sirkis, Columbia, Maryland

I have only one man on the fourth week of this particular class. At this juncture, they certainly know how to come to rest. I’m teaching in a room with a huge mirror, and although my back is to them, I can see everyone and make corrections. After one movement, I say, “Come to rest.” I look in the mirror and there’s Frank, with his arms just hanging at his side. He had never done that before. So I say, “Frank, what happened to your balls?” You can imagine the uproar; there was no getting out of it. Luckily, he had a wonderful sense of humor and was laughing just as hard as the rest of the class.

– Dee Burton, Orland Park, IL