RDTC Glasgow
What inspired me to learn Tai Chi?
What gives life to the Tai Chi I teach?
I started Tai Chi through connections with various
friends who were going to classes, knowing very little
of what would reveal itself in the course of time.
Beginning classes happened in a time when I was
taking my first steps towards a greater openness and
exploration of the spiritual side of life, and I was
looking for a path and a practice that could support
my development.
Tai Chi was a practice I soon felt at home with and
that gave me a 'language' that helped me to become
more aware of the dynamics in my life, and ways to
return to centre. How the physical body could tell me
so much about 'the rest' of me and through this
awareness I could learn to close the gap and
become more whole and embodied. Tai Chi helped
me to live more naturally and in harmony with who I
really am- to be more and do less.
I feel that there are many 'ways in' to understanding
Tai Chi; physically,energetically, mentally or
emotionally. This accessibility of the path is
something that inspires me in my teaching.
I really enjoy being able to explore the practice and
the principles with my students; to facilitate an
environment and an experience where they have an
opportunity to soften and relax and to learn to listen
to the wisdom of their own bodies.
It inspires me that the way students are able to
connect the practice to their lives is because it is
their own felt experiences that show them Tai Chi-
that their understanding arises from within. When we
are able to soften and listen truth becomes available
to us.
The play of this relationship and my awareness of it,
as an individual, and in relation to the world around
me, gives life to my teaching.
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