They say that ‘seeing is believing’ but in Tai Chi I’ve found that ‘feeling is believing’.

Whenever I run Tai Chi presentations I first demonstrate a skill and then get the participants to perform the skill.

Then I always ask ‘do you feel any specific sensation in your body’.

I never ask a questions like ‘do you feel the chi in your hands’ because that insinuates that they should be feeling something in their hands. A leading question such as this is biased and will not always get an honest answer due to politeness.

But asking a question such as ‘do you feel any specific sensation in your body’ is unbiased and usually I get one or more people saying they feel something  and can describe where they feel it.

If they feel something then there is no need to try and convince someone in words.

Because feeling is believing.