Welcoming Softness

I’m currently taking a Seijaku course with a wonderful teacher. The other students are friendly and the handouts are helpful. We’re not even halfway through the course, but I’ve already noticed some changes. For one thing, softness seems easier. Now that we’ve added in some hardness, softness is something I welcome and appreciate rather than something I’m striving to achieve.

Also, in the 2 ½ years I’ve been doing T’ai Chi Chih, Rocking Motion has always been a challenge. I never felt that steady doing it. Somehow, adding in the hardness and staying longer on flat feet, I now can do it with ease and confidence. I’m really excited about learning the rest of Seijaku and know more changes will come.

Pyramid Poems

life

gives us

a lot of

hard decisions

t’ai chi chih

can help

solve

– Jean Markey

calm

is the

joy within

so enjoy it

and then be

with the

joy

– Jean Markey

time

be in

the moment

time is so short

cherish it

enjoy

be

– Jean Markey

love

within

mind and heart

can heal all wounds

so embrace

healing

now

– Mrs. Stough

life

is not

in charge of

your happiness

all your fate

is your

choice

– Mrs. Stough

calm
easy
the effort
of no effort
t’ai chi chih
gently
heals
– Pauline Pike

i’m
learning
seijaku –
starting to feel
energy
into
me
– Pauline Pike

if
the world
were to end
the chi would still
circulate
on and
on
– Pauline Pike

in
doing
t’ai chi chih
i clearly see
i’m in self
self’s in
me

– Pauline Pike