Results In Wisconsin

Throughout years of teaching T’ai Chi Chih in classes and retreats, I have always ended the last class by inviting students to write down how TCC has helped them. The following quotations indicate, once more, that the benefits of practice speak for themselves. I share these quotations with gratitude for Chi, for the Source of the Chi, and for Justin in giving us a way to move and balance the Chi through the gentle movements of TCC. 

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Already I feel an improvement in my posture, balance, and overall physical wellbeing. When I practice I feel more centered and relaxed. TCC has been an excellent warm-up and cool-down for some other exercises. But mostly what I like is what it is teaching me about my body and how it contributes to my serenity. – V.K.

I have found TCC very helpful in different ways and notice the change when I don’t do it for a couple of days. The other day I was visiting someone in our infirmary and walked up to the fourth floor. I’m the one with a tracheotomy, and ordinarily I have to stop several times to catch my breath before I reach the top floor. I was surprised to find myself continuing up without stopping. – M.W.

Since doing TCC I have experienced a quiet joy. I look forward to the centering movements. When I do TCC late in the afternoon it revitalizes me for the evening. As a person still recovering from the effects of a stroke, the gentle movements have allowed me to continue working on my balance, but more that, they have allowed me to experience grace in my body again. – J.G.

It was amazing how my shoulder and neck tension disappeared after starting TCC classes. Nothing else had helped. I also have MS (Multiple Sclerosis) and have found that TCC helps with my balance. – L.P.

TCC has lowered my blood sugar and my blood pressure. – M.V.

My mind is very active and is always racing ahead. But by the fourth TCC movement, my mind and my body come into harmony and I feel more integrated. – R.D.

I feel a sense of completeness doing TCC. I find it relaxing because it slows down my natural momentum and sense of constant urgency. I especially like the flowing sensation of the movements, which is a tension reliever. – J.G.

I can do my range of motion exercises more easily when I practice TCC first. – S.H.

I slept through the night for the first time in a long time after my second TCC class. – M.B.

My arthritis doesn’t bother me as long as I practice TCC regularly. – T.H.

I use TCC during the day to relax, clear my mind, and focus. – J.C.

I feel stronger and do not tire as easily when I practice TCC. – P.H.

TCC has increased a sense of relaxation, wellbeing and connectedness (to myself and the earth). – M.L.

I get such a sense of peace and tranquility whenever I practice TCC. – E.W.

TCC helped me to relax and relieve stress after long days of work. – K.N.

TCC is great for my running. I breathe much better and am more relaxed. – M.S.

When I do TCC, I feel more centered emotionally and physically. I had a headache when I came to one TCC session, and by the end of that session, my headache was gone.

Pyramid Poetry

think

before

you speak out

and boldly state

something so

very

dumb

– Louis Webb

•be

yourself

around them.

if they don’t like

who you are

forget

them

– Louis Webb

•horse

running

galloping

through grassy fields

beautiful

blissful

grace

– Chelsea Meh

smoke

and fire

blazing high

burns everything

9-1-1

water

gone

– Chelsea Meh

•pain

constant

avoided

tingling and heat

better now

almost

gone

– Amanda Lowther

•each

coming

sharing chi

all together

evolving

into

one

– Allan (N.L.)

we

went to

newfoundland

for t’ai chi chih

made friends there

got chi

teach

– Benita (N.L.)

love

flows out

from my heart

and gives me more

to share with

all my

friends

– Barbara (N.L.)

•oh 

justin

did you know

when you began

what great gifts

you had 

birthed

– Sheila (N.L.)

chi

ever

a student

open, learning

growing still

always

fresh

– Sheila (N.L.)