TCC Is Continuous

Time spent with Justin always opens another dimension in my understanding of how to do T’ai Chi Chih. Coming through his giving a correction or statement, questioning or simply by watching, it never fails to bring another level of understanding. Justin joined us for a teacher practice at the TCC Center in Albuquerque after being away for some time. When we were ready to leave for “second breakfast,” I asked if he would give some pointers or corrections – to which he simply said, “T’ai Chi Chih is all continuous.” He repeated it twice. We got up and went to breakfast. On the plane heading home, I wrote, ” There is no going, no stopping. The Vital Force permeates all. In that sense, it is all continuous.”

A year or so earlier, while waiting for a new friend to meet me by the gate at the airport after another teacher practice, I started doing Rocking Motion and felt softness from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head and back. I felt energy pulsating and movement between the hands while being so firmly rooted. The Chi was soft and solid all at once – grounded, flowing, all the same. So real.

There were hundreds of people around, but it didn’t matter. Rocking Motion had never felt so soft and so centered. No effort. Just Joy. An amazing silence fell over the crowd; my ears were buzzing although muffled. For a split second, it seemed like time stood still. Nothing. No one moving. And all of a sudden the noise came back. My friend arrived and was able to make her stand-by connection. All was, and is, well.

It was so incredibly powerful … because it is. Feeling the energy is powerful. Softness is powerful; it’s not a floating feeling. Literally, I was opening the hands to it.

still

like a

galloping

horse. open to

the cosmic

rythmn.

joy