Sensing hands play. Inner health Taijiquan, Adelaide Dec. 2015. John (left) and Darren Cox Receive - Release. Inner Health Taijiquan. Adelaide, Dec. 2015. John (left) and Darren Cox Describing aspects of press energy during 2015 workshop. John (right) demonstrates on Ray O'Reilly Describing aspects of push or press downward energy at 2015 workshop. John (right) demonstrates on Ray O'Reilly Random thoughts, from the inside...
Doing the Taiji form is not so much about an external result but an internal process. We must be present throughout the entirety of the process. When we start to skip ahead of the immediate movement at hand it brings an immediate disconnect from feeling and being present through the internal process to an external focus on results ("completion of posture"). When this occurs the “spirit is no longer being gathered within”, or to put it another way, ladies and gentlemen, Elvis has left the building. |
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