“Bang! Aware, moved, and much more at peace.”
Gregor's Tome
“..it was all very "Star Wars"...”
Ray's Find
"..you appeared to
be floating on Mother Earth."
Magda's Memory
"I
experienced during the practice a feeling of
purity and silence, and in a specific moment
when I turned and was facing you, came a deep
sense of respect and gratitude for you and what
you were doing...sometimes
when I was moving my arms and hands I could feel
the energy, or Chi, as having substance and I
could hold and move it, almost see it. As if the
Chi became more dense and possible to grasp."
Thanks for practice today. As I
said, I couldn't find words to express how I
felt during the form, only later I realized that
the only way I would be able to describe it
would be as being touched by Grace. I will leave
like that, the rest would be empty words.
-
Carlos China
"For the 1st time ever, I was actively doing something whilst being in timeless meditation."
Jo's
View
"Another was noticing timelessness,
"
Andrew's Account
“the "way" of moving
emphasised the weaving of the dragon..”
Danya's Page
Could this be due to a closer
connection to the invisible Chi as a result of my progress?”
Mick's Surmise
“It was wonderful...for the
first time I felt no gravity when I moved! And with joy in my heart.”
Parvati's Light
“Hi Ric,
I
enjoyed the class last Wednesday. I was very pleased and
impressed with your approach and the emphasis given to The Way.
Your
approach certainly struck a chord with me and I'm very keen to learn
and develop my connection with / awareness of Chi and make that part of
the external movement which, in turn, I hope to control without
using muscles. I guess it's about learning to dance as you say.
So
much more to say, I feel both impatient for the next step (and the
next, and the next) and relaxed that the journey has begun.
15/06/2011 3:16 PM, Chris Crane
"You looked like you could fly, you moved like a bird that might fly
away."
- Maurizia
“..you
mentioned that Chinese
learning
derives far more from observation than typical
“western” learning (since which time I feel I
have improved in learning from observation – or
at least I am much more aware of that!)"
Brenda's Recommendation
"I was having
fun playing in the ‘spaces’ between styles –
there is more ‘movement’ in them than I had
noticed before, LOADS in fact and a lot of
‘force’/’springiness –"
Sharon Expounds
"As for my Southern Mantis Tong Long and
Choy Li Fut Gung Fu, well, I have to say
that I have taken a giant leap
forward...This is one amazing journey of
true Tai Chi..."
Master John's Exposition
This is Tai Chi?
This little critter took time out to watch Amy and friends doing Yuan-Chi Tai Chi Chuan in Santa Cruz, California.
"-but
the interesting part was that the squirrels
stayed together afterward, cuddling and
playing and preening each other for the rest
of our time at the park."
Amy's Anecdote
"The movements flow, the feeling is
exquisite."
Susanne Heuberger
"Ric didn’t explain much but...showed my brother John and I the starting
posture of Tai Chi Stance... what came after was totally amazing as John
and my arms floated up without effort..."
Master Michael's Musings
"I
understand
now what you mean, when you talked to me about
real Tai Chi Chuan!"
Steffi Says
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Links to Students
"Thank
you very much for your healing hands."
"It is like I am sharper and
I think faster and more clearly...my typing is
faster... weird."
"To truly be movement of a subtle texture our
internal calmness must overcome or control the
pervasive influence of the external
surroundings." “It
feels like the wrist has become one solid but malleable rod of metal,
without any joints or layers. Kind of like soft lead. Bent easily if
gently pressed, hard and solid if hit with abrupt force.”
"Quite early on in my learning I found that
at the end of practice I would be greeted by a
kind of 'explosion of peace', this still
occurs."
"I did
experience an energy movement that did indeed
come out of the softening and surrender to
Mother Earth." |
"I
have a feeling the next part of my body in line for Taiji-style
transformation will be my ankles."
Lionel
Speaks!
"The
act of trying to let go has struggle inbuilt..."
Janaki
"..there
was a point when a work-related issue came
sharply into my mind."
Dinh's
Diary
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"The feeling made me joyful, as a
happy surprise."
"When she saw me last (in February) she complained that it was so slow
she could not stand it. This time she was seriously interested and tried
to follow my movements. The question is, where was the change? With me
or with her?"
"May the Song Be Heard By All" -Eva |
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