Categories: Conference Presentations & Reflections
Personal Growth
By: Pat Moseley
Spokane, Washington
Responses to “How has T’ai Chi Chih affected your personal growth?”
Session 1
It keeps me loving my job. Being in the moment. Huge. Spiritual community. Kept me grounded. Enriches my personal life. Spiritual – physical – emotional. Alcohol numbed the energy; with TCC I felt energy. Helped with grief work. A miracle. Patience and joy. Being in the moment. Being my true self. Follow my gut. Abandon my head. Be present. Constant growth. Made me a softer person – who I really am. Peace, joy, gratitude. Balance. Return to inner child. TCC found me. Letting go to letting be. Joy, felt the Chi. Connected to the cosmos.
Session 2
TCC kept me together during crisis. My desire to drink went away with TCC. It’s an inside job, a spiritual practice. TCC grounds me. It feels good to breathe and let go. TCC gives me comfort, an emotional support. TCC is my friend and companion. An inner ear issue – with TCC I’ve had only two incidents in the past three years. Releases from chronic pain, PTSD. Grounded. Serenity, sharing serenity with others. TCC brought me joy, an inner smile. Calmed my soul. Moves the Chi. TCC grounds me; I don’t have to be perfect. TCC gave me a family. In grief, TCC opened my heart, again. A deep spiritual practice. TCC helped me to bloom. TCC deepened my experience – an awareness. TCC has so many levels, always learning TCC, a healing journey. TCC helped me physically after my leg cancer surgery.
Topics: Conferences and Retreats, Deepening Practice, Grief and Loss, Letting Go, Present Moment, Recovery Programs, Washington
Originally appeared in: November 2012
