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Wrong Journey – Right Destination

By Chris 2 Comments

Performing the Tai Chi form is like going on a journey without travelling too far to reach a destination.

Well, the other day I took the wrong journey and still ended up at the right destination.

I was performing my Tai Chi form at the The Convent in Abbotsford,  during a break at the Australian Appreciative Inquiry Forum day.

It was a beautiful sunny day and the grassed courtyard was the perfect environment to practice  my Tai Chi form. I was focused and relaxed and commenced my journey with the opening posture and ventured onwards as I had done thousands of times before.

Then it happened.

I lost my way.

During the journey I ended up facing  the wrong way in ‘Wave Hands Like Clouds’, missed the path to ‘Parting The Wild Horse’s Mane’ .

When I had realised what I had done I created a couple of new paths to include the missing postures and continued on until I had reached the end of the journey at ‘Completion’ of the form.

You see, I had travelled part of a wrong journey but still reached the right destination as the chi had flowed. Just like it had many times when I had travelled the right journey.

Many years ago I would have been very annoyed with myself for losing my way in the form. But now it doesn’t matter.

If I occasionally go on the wrong journey, it’s okay, as long as I reach the right destination.

Filed Under: For Beginners, Forms, Reflections Tagged With: Abbotsford, Appreciative Inquiry, Tai Chi form, The Convent

Tai Chi Tip #10

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When you practice your Tai Chi form imagine you are under water –  feel the slight resistence of the water in every movement.

Filed Under: Tai Chi Tips Tagged With: feel, Practice, Tai Chi form, Tai Chi Tip, visualise

Tai Chi Tip #5

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When you practice the Tai Chi form focus on one theme only e.g. breathing, balance, Yin Yang, alignment etc.

Filed Under: Tai Chi Tips Tagged With: practicing Tai Chi, Tai Chi, Tai Chi form, Tai Chi Tip

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