TCC Wakes San Diego, CA

Events Feedback

Greetings from San Diego where we now (since August 1993) have eight newly accredited T’ai Chi Chih teachers who are starting to awaken San Diego to the benefits of T’ai Chi Chih.

The teachers accreditation that Steve came to do in August was a great success with nineteen new graduates. Again I would like to thank Steve for his patience and continued support in the certification of new T’ai Chi Chih teachers. It was an exceptional week for me as I was able to allow myself to learn and grow through TCC and it was so good for my heart to see eight of my own students, who are all very devoted to their practice, become accredited teachers. I felt that the students were very well prepared, so I send off a special thanks to those teachers out there who spent extra time to prepare their students.

New Teacher News

Vi Williams, one of the new teachers, is now doing classes over the noon hour for the city of San Diego employees. I was asked by Vi to teach one of the classes and it was so good to see all of these “uptight executives” relax and walk out of the class with such peace. Vi has had an exceptional turn out to her classes and adds such a lovely, gentle touch.

Donna Pietrzak also has been quite successful in starting classes. She has classes at Mercy Hospital where she works and also started a program at H.A.R.P. (Holistic Aids Response Program). These are definitely two areas of the community where individuals can benefit a lot from T’ai Chi Chih practice.

Area Teacher Meetings

Since the August accreditation we have had two meetings with the local T’ai Chi Chih teachers. We had decided to have these get-togethers every other month. We have a pot luck and end the evening with a group practice. After being the only active T’ai Chi Chih teacher in the San Diego area for five years, it is so much fun to be able to share all of this with the new teachers. I feel that the people of San Diego will benefit greatly by having all of us here.

A turn of events with my teaching has happened since the training. My classes have been larger than ever and after four years of persistence, I am finally making progress in have TCC taught at one of the local colleges as a part of the physical education program. Grossmont College is now seriously looking into adding T’ai Chi Chih to their program and hiring me as faculty on their staff. I was finally able to get some of the administrative people to a demonstration…and, as we know, that is all it takes. Once people experience T’ai Chi Chih, they begin to feel that serenity in the midst of activity.

Thank you, Justin! Thank you, Steve! Thank you, T’ai Chi Chih!