The Week In Review

Accreditation has been enjoyable, fatiguing, inspirational, eye-opening, humiliating, frustrating, challenging, and encouraging. My heart is especially grateful to Pam Towne (a steady, graceful and gentle lead teacher in charge of accreditation), Judy Hendricks and Mary Ruiz (for their organization and hospitality), and to all of the auditors for their passion and commitment to share their vast knowledge to assist new candidates to carry the gift of T’ai Chi Chih forward with love and integrity.

My upcoming TCC plans include:

• Reviewing all of my teacher accreditation notes and organizing them.

• Listening to and writing clear, concise instructions regarding each movement from Justin Stone’s DVD’s, and studying the pictures and words in the Joy Through Movement photo text, drawing heavily on the same terminology Justin uses when teaching.

• Building confidence in my learned skills as a TCC instructor – by practice-teaching to those close to me.

• Integrating the tips and hints modeled by Pam, the auditors, and my fellow candidates.

• Striving to impart to my students an unfolding clarity of instruction in teaching the movements, and a respect and depth in understanding the wisdom and benefit of TCC.

I plan to teach my first registered classes at the Y Center when I return to Michigan in Spring 2014. I am in contact with the director there, who is very interested in getting TCC on the schedule. 

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