Reviewed and Renewed

By: Carmen Brocklehurst

(The Teacher Review Class will be referred to as Teacher Renewal from now–as this reflects its nature more aptly.)

Many, many thanks to all of you who attended Steve’s T’ai Chi Chih Review Class for Teachers and Helpers on April 9 in Albuquerque, NM. We had 20 teachers from Vermont, California, Georgia and New Mexico attending. Steve, as always, gave us many helpful reminders on how to flow more gently in our movements. He is truly a Master and we are fortunate that Justin has made such a wise choice in naming him the Spiritual Head. It was great to have a special time when we could ask all the questions about the movements we wanted, and practice, practice, practice. We appreciate you Steve, for having thought of this wonderful class. We learned so much that we plan to make it part of every Teachers Training that we have in Albuquerque and we encourage other coordinators of Teacher Training classes to do the same. We teachers need to be nourished, too. Many of the teachers who came to this review also stayed and helped with the Teachers Training. We especially thank Pam Towne who attends so many Teacher Training classes and always shares so generously. Also helping were Corine Reeber, Donna Bundock, Loretta Shiver, Karen Carrier, Carolyn Shaw, Virginia Shilson, Connie Fraatz, Lynn Altman, Jack Rogers, Janet Yannacone, Shoko Purdy, Cliff Taber, Meara Rybsyek, Tonya Garcia, Susan Webster, Doris Dandridge, Antoinette Gamble, Lisa Jacobs, Carol Gustafson, Caroline Chavez, Suni McHenry, Pat Jensen, Jeanne Kelso, Pam Quay, Ellen Tatge, and Guy Kent. You truly made it a special week of T’ai Chi Chih in Albuquerque and WOW it sure can be felt. It is wonderful to be associated with a group that knows how to support each other. I hope that you enjoyed it as much as I did. We will have to plan to invite Justin and Steve for another family get together soon.