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Ray Hampton
Sent:
Saturday, June 13, 2009 11:42 PM
Subject:
Tai-Chi Experiences...
I started
Tai-Chi with Ric Lum one year ago. After doing Judo for 33
years and a variety of other sports including long distance
running I found that physically nothing was improving with
regards to flexibility and old injuries. I started looking
for something that would complement Sahaja Yoga, the
vibrations and spiritual growth but from the physical side.
I knew nothing like this existed but did try to find it in
the gentle way of Judo. The club I was at had practitioners
regularly suffering from injuries that seemed second only to
that sustained in car crashes.
A Sahaja Yogi suggested I try this form of Tai-Chi he was
studying with Ric Lum. I went along to a session with all
the reservations that a yogi would have with regards
something which may not be categorized as pure knowledge.
Ric asked us to only judge on our vibrations what he said
and taught. As we started to move I felt the vibrations
flow.
My personal feeling is that Ric has found a way of plugging
this form of Tai-Chi back into the main frame - The
Paramachaitanya-.
One of the most
profound experiences was that of experiencing becoming aware
of moving the feet very lightly and gently on the living,
loving, supporting Mother earth.
I am enjoying this form of exercise not only because it is
much more than that but also found meditations more
surrendered as some of the physical blockages are opening.
Our youngest
daughter at ISPS had suffered from debilitating knee pains
since the age of two and were not abating at 10 years of age
(to the point of not sleeping due to the agony) No doctors
could fix it and one podiatrist/orthotics specialist wanted
$500 for an insert which she would need for the rest of her
life without any cure possible for what she perceived the
problem to be.
Last ISPS holidays we took her to Tai Chi classes with Ric
and the problem was fixed within 2 months.
Sent:
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 9:36 PM
Subject:
Last
Saturday
hmmm...out of
context it seems to lose its essence. trying to recall..
At the
beginning of the whole form heard Ric say "don't lead the
leader" to someone. The internal response was to completely
surrender to following the person in the vision at any given
moment basically giving up any self responsibility for the
part in the flow.
During the
'grasp birds tail' there was a 'burble' in the flow of the
group and found myself experiencing the internal equivalent
of a collision in a bumper car- bouncing between the balance
point of complete surrender to the external and following
internal knowledge. The result was like an internal wake up
shake to keep attention internally as well as externally. To
take some responsibility as well as to surrender. A balance
point.
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