Overflowing Gratitude

“There is within you that which knows.” Those words by Justin keep coming back to me since hearing April Leffler’s marvelous talk on prajna at the conference. That was a message I so needed to hear, and I have been embracing, examining, allowing and testing ever since. It is going to be how I open my classes this term. April’s exercise was not only fun, it was uncomfortably revealing. It magnified some of my habit energies and was a great teaching tool. Thankfully, Marie Dotts’ wonderful presentation on “Working With Your Habit Energies” was a welcome comfort as it gave me some tools to recognize, allow, soften into and (hopefully) dissolve some of those vashanas.

Professor Kimiko Gunji’s tea ceremony reminded me of so many of the principles of T’ai Chi Chih. It demonstrated so beautifully the importance of spare, circular, slow movements that are carried out with great focus and intention. It taught me again about the deep respect and sincerity of the practice and of all those who participate in it. I am so grateful for the gift of her presence at the conference.

My feet will never feel the same after Judy George’s “Happy Feet” presentation. It makes me want to further explore how the soles of the feet affect my body and my TCC practice.

An enormous thank you to Judy George and Deb Bertelsen for their leadership of our conference committee. Their spirits, integrity, generosity and unflagging energy kept our small planning group motivated and productive over those many, many months. They did a beautiful job. And thank you to so many others who did presentations, worked behind the scenes, hosted us, fed us and traveled from far and wide to attend. I am also very grateful to those who were a great comfort to me during a very difficult personal time.

Thank you, Kim, for your untiring dedication to TCC and the very professional job you do keeping The Vital Force and social media going. You are awesome.