Teacher Training Experiences

Merry Lynn Noble, Lakewood, CO

It was with great delight and joy that on Saturday, June 27, 1992, I received my TCC teacher’s certificate. In fact, during our last practice session of the training, I had tears in my eyes at one point. What seems to have miraculously happened during the intensive, very focused week-long session with Steve presiding is that my “love affair” with T’ai Chi Chih has deepened even more richly. My husband agrees and doesn’t even mind since the changes in my life because of TCC are of the most positive kind. In fact he even wants to learn it now. I am profoundly grateful to many people for having made this priceless experience possible. Most especially I want to thank Justin Stone for having been the channel for TCC. I also am deeply appreciative to Pat Hill for having been so patient with me and my stubborn ego. Pat was my initial introduction to TCC, which was an easy-enough-to-learn yet paradoxically profound and complex internal art.

I am also grateful to Bryan James, as well as Pat Hill, for their superb TCC teacher preparatory workshop. More thanks go to Susan Webster from El Cajon, CA, Judy Murphy from Colorado Springs, CO and Lia Ridley, Denver and to the other already-accredited teachers at the training, for all their help in so many ways.

In my journey, I have sought the best books, methods, and teachers I could find. It seems that, just when the answers all fit into place, there has been a quantum leap into a whole other realm of ecstasy, joy, and serenity. This has been precisely my experience with T’ai Chi Chih. Furthermore, along this path of eternal growth, I have truly found that, the more I know, the less I know.

My first TCC class begins in July. I feel very privileged to now be able to share this joyous experience with others in my psychotherapy practice, Successful Stress Management, Super Self-Esteem, eating disorder/addiction recovery workshops, and now, TCC classes! In closing, I want to share a little poem channeled by my husband, Dan McClerren.

Involution
Convolution
Evolution,
The many return to the One.