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The other day I rolled out of bed at 5.50 am (my regular resurrection for a week day), showered and dressed and then slowly walked to my living room to practice my 20 minute standing practice called ’embrace the tree posture’.
During that walk I heard voices in my head:
“Do it later”
“I’m too tired”
“I can’t be bothered”
I was at a aged care center the other day runnng my Chair Chi session for residents and across the room, sitting on a chair was a white poodle.
The dog, bared it’s teeth, growled at me and must have thought I was an intruder. Well, I was, but a friendly intruder and it took a while before the poodle settled down but it still stared at me.
If your mind wanders while practicing Tai Chi bring it back down to the tan tien (just below the belly button).
It’s on again. Come along to this free Push Hands session.
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I always enjoy the Push Hands meet ups. It gives me a chance to practice and test whatever skills I have, and it’s fun too.
I know I shouldn’t have done it but I did. I couldn’t help myself.
I set the kitchen timer to 20 minutes, pressed the button, and then got into my embrace the tree posture. I checked my posture and then settled in for the duration.
As the minutes started ticking away I glanced at the digital read out on the kitchen timer and there was 11 minutes to go. What a dumb thing to do because those remaining 11 minutes felt like hours. And the reason why it felt that way was because I was now aware of how much time was left.