Wednesday

Teacher and students commune at 7:00 pm.

Lessons to be learned, modifications to be made.

Each doing her best to improve this week’s movement.

Next the long awaited full practice.

Hungry for the experience, all come to rest.

Each with a personal purpose.

All in need for one reason or another,

Some shared, some silent.

Together yet apart – united yet separate –

Connected yet solitary.

Slow precise movements –

The flickering of a candle patterning the wood floor –

Stillness encompasses.

Chi flows – building with subsequent moves.

By the end the room is bubbling with the flow of Chi.

Yin and yang have been balanced.

Thank yous have been expressed.

Time to collect oneself in meditation,

Finally, Shared Silence – breathing starts to calm –

Shaking begins to ebb – too short – fleeting moment –

But the effect long-lasting.

Another wonder-filled Wednesday reaches its

Peaceful conclusion.