Teacher Listing Pages: taichichih.org/teacher/teacher/featuring

As you probably/hopefully know, active teachers have been creating their own webpages on taichichih.org. It’s been a mammoth undertaking and teachers old and new have risen to the occasion! We now have an enthusiastic 350+ teachers who really want the world to know that they are accredited in our amazing practice, to share their teaching schedules, to share the benefits they’ve received.

A funny thing happened along the way: Teachers are feeling more empowered to share what they know, more excited about and connected to the community, reminded of their appreciation for the practice. With these pages, the teaching community has been democratized, everyone has a voice and may share whatever they wish about their relationship to the practice.

Going forward:

1.) Any teacher who missed out is always eligible to be listed; simply contact Kim.

2.) All newly accredited teachers will automatically get a page; tutorials will be gived at the end of accreditation.

3.) Teachers are encouraged to update their pages and information as often as they want; see reminder instructions at taichichih.org/teacher-listings. (Scroll to the bottom to find ‘to return to your listing and edit it’) or contact Kim.

4.) If you have a recommendation about how to improve or change these pages, please share with Kim. This is your site, these are your pages. (The same goes for students!)

Thank you to every teacher who created a page and/or donated, to every student who has found a teacher through these pages, to everyone practicing and sharing.

A Note about The Vital Force, the Voice of the People

T’ai Chi Chih is an egalitarian practice, anyone can do it. I’ve always intended that this community journal express the voice of the people: you! I’ve always tried to balance different voices (whether or not I agree with those voices), regions, experiences by students and teachers. If something doesn’t get printed, 97% of the time it’s because of space. If you wonder why you haven’t heard from someone, it’s because they haven’t written.

TCC doesn’t have an organization. So how can this publication be a further offering to a non-organized community? I’ve shared some of my visions and actions for growing TCC. What are yours? What do you need The Vital Force to be? How can it best serve and reach practitioners and attract new ones? What’s needed to remain cohesive, to grow? What support do you need from the Guide and Teacher Trainers? We can ask them to address those issues in articles. Pose a question and share your own response in an article. Together we will move forward as one.