Readers Commentary (December 1995)

The Vital Force Journal issues just get better and better. Since I haven’t been too involved lately, the VFJ helps me keep in touch. It’s always interesting and informative too.

– Vicki Brodie
Burlingame, CA

Great job on the current VF Journal. Thank you so much for your hard, dedicated work.

– Steve Ridley
Denver, CO

Thanks for the fine new edition of The Vital Force. The spontaneous outpourings of teachers, expressing their joy in the very successful Denver Conference, were wonderful. Keep up the good work!

– Justin Stone
Albuquerque, NM

The special conference issue is superb…it has brought back many fine memories of the time spent in Denver, my first conference experience. This has deepened and broadened my view/experience of the TCC family. Was good to relive it in the pages and words of this issue… Many thanks!

Life has been very full for me right now, and TCC has kept me very centered through the many activities that seem to come together at the same time, much beyond my control…presently conducting 6 classes and 2 practice sessions and traveling from south New Jersey while “house sitting” one of our convents in the absence of the 8 sisters who spent this week on retreat. I’m sure their prayers helped as well!

– Sr. Antonia Cooper
No. Plainfield, NJ

The San Diego Teacher Training class made a commitment to each other to make a contribution to the Vital Force. (See Events Feedback pages 32, 33.) Here is mine. Thank you for all your wonderful work.

– Elana Cohen
Long Beach, CA

This Fall I’m teaching: 2 classes at North Syracuse Adult Education; Seven Rays Bookstore-evening class; Hospice of Central NY-caregivers class; Lemoyne College-faculty and students; Manlius Senior Center-2-am classes; Scheduled: T’ai Chi Chih demonstrations at the Syracuse YMCA downtown and in Liverpool, a suburb of the city–part of an October program showing new offerings at the facilities. One demo for kids 11-17, 2 for general public (lunch time) and one for seniors.

– Ralph Garn
Syracuse, NY

Heading out to British Columbia for six months for the winter. I hope to teach T’ai Chi Chih out there with Seniors. Sure hope to make the Teachers Conference in ’96. (From Oliver, BC: I’ll be teaching TCC to children in the Elementary School.)

– Gordon Wade
Oliver, BC
(moved from Edson, AB for the winter)

During the conference and Seijaku training I read the book Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn.

If anyone has read Ishmael, or does read it, I’d be very interested in your response. Please write: Amy Hackenberg, 1003 Greenleaf #3E, Evanston, IL, or.

– Amy Hackenberg
Evanston, IL