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You are here: Home / For Beginners / Wrong Journey – Right Destination

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

Comments

  1. pat says

    December 4, 2011 at 2:51 pm

    Hi Chris,
    losing my way many times during the years with tai chi or no tai chi. I’d much rather lose my way with tai chi than without.
    Lots more to say, drop a line

  2. Chris says

    December 5, 2011 at 9:04 am

    Hi
    Yes, I agree. But then I’m biased 🙂

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