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The Flow April 20, 2020Hello friends and extended family.
Well, it has been over a month now since I have seen you all. I continue to miss you, and yet I still feel connected to you.
With each passing day, I keep awaiting a signal that we are moving closer to being able to gather,and it seems our efforts to mitigate the spread of infection are working, yet still we must be determined and patient.
These very important virtues are something that our practice helps to enhance. They are intrinsic to our Tai Chi practice. My gratitude for the practice continues to grow as I realize all the ways it helps me through the good times and the rough times.
You all come to mind everyday.
Sometimes I "feel" all of you at once, and sometimes I conjure you one at a time.
Yesterday, I conjured up Steve Folsom. As I was doing the first section in his image, I felt the top of my head rise up and an experience of white light radiating upward from it. I felt really tall as my form became his.
Wow! That beaming white light that was my/his head!!!
I never experienced that before.
Entering the second section, I conjured up Jack. My scapula dropped into my waist and hips, as his form became mine. My shoulders never felt so relaxed.
Then I "became" Maggie, and my neck got long and my throat opened up and I felt as smooth and graceful as I ever have.
When I morphed into Aleta, a deep sense of steady calm came over me and a profound sense of peace.
Then Ella appeared and it was all flow and ease. I never felt so elegant. And when Rick showed up from my depths, I got rooted and powerful.
And this was all just one session!!
Every day I see Laura, and Cora, and Bob and Bill and Jan, and Lisa, and Mark, and Nicole, and Dan, and Lia, and, Justine, and.....and.....and.....
What is happening with you all?
Please share with us.
Make sure you watch the great Knife Set video below.
Jane Golden
CLICK ON THE VIDEO ABOVE TO PLAY
CLASS COMMENTS
"I miss the class energy of course and miss you and your laugh. I miss the structure in my life. Taichi every Thursday and Sunday for almost 30 years. But I am lucky to be sheltering with my best friend. Rick and I have the space to practice together. We live in a beautiful park like setting so we can walk daily. I have a garden. When I am outside, breathing in this spring, I can forget that the world has collapsed and so many are suffering. And because I live in a community, I have been able to offer a qigong practice to others with the requisite social distancing. I see that so much of my life revolves around taichi, and for that I can only say thank you to you, the most wonderful teacher. Your example and words fill me. Aleta"
"Hey guys jack here:I hope this finds you all healthy and reasonably happy. We're doing fine here, except for not experiencing your group energy.My practice is doing ok. It's always interesting and has brought up an observation and a question for you all.
When I do the form by my self for a long time, it seems to make minor modifications on it's own. I call it going feral. I don't think it's necessarily bad. It seems to be caused by a number of things. Perhaps a different application slips in, a little different flavor of the energy, a change in the steps caused by space limitations or terrain difficulties, maybe doing many different styles of Tai Chi, or sometimes just plain laziness. Does anyone else experience this or is this just a weird jackizim?
Whatever it is, I'm looking forward to lots of corrections."
"Thanks for your blog! I think of you often. I practice barefoot in my backyard,, gushing my feet into the wet grass and soil, each toe exploring a different sensation and listening for ways to balance on uneven ground. Oh, the breath of plants and cool air when I circle my waist ! When I do family set I also channel the worldwide Tung family practicers. We’re all together, being strong, keeping traditions alive.Love!Jeanette "
"Marjorie's favorite Walt Whitman quote for today. (So similar to #16 in The Tao Te Ching. CLICK TO READ)
'Apart from the pulling and hauling stands what I am,
Stands amused, complacent, compassionating, idle, unitary,
Looks down, is erect, or bends an arm on an impalpable certain rest,
Looking with side-curved head curious what will come next,
Both in and out of the game and watching and wondering at it.'
(Walt Whitman, Song of Myself) -Marjorie
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