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Sunday,February 28th, 2010
Chin-Na
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Group Picture with Master William Ting |
Silver Tiger students renewed old friendships and made new ones during a beautiful fall weekend
at the Silver Tiger Studio in the quaint village of Rancocas Wood, New Jersey
(To see more pictures of the Retreat Click on this Photo)
One feature of Master Ting's Retreats is a Questions and Answers Session where all participants sit in a circle and are invited to share experiences and ask questions.
This year Barrie Estes delighted us all with a poem for the occasion...
Regarding a Tai Chi Retreat with Master Ting
Thanks to Master Ting for his generosity to his students in the demonstration of principles and applications, as well as, for his patience in responding to our many questions. At the end of evening sessions, Master Ting often concludes with "If there are no more questions...." My internal response to this comment is always somewhere between a giggle and a guffaw. The following verbal response came to me in the middle of the night:
"If there are no more questions...."
Well, of course there are more questions;
There are always more questions.
Perhaps there are only questions.
If there are no more questions,
how can there be any answers?
Now answers are tricky...
Just when you think you have one,
it can revert back to being a question,
by the simple complication of an "unless" or "what if".
Or the addition of new information:
"Ah, you didn't mention that this was done
upside down and backwards!"
So, the ongoing circle of discovery continues...
Expanding and condensing
Enlightening and confounding -
Explicit and covert
Until we actually feel an answer
At which point -
"If there are no more questions..."
But of course there are.
Barrie Estes
October 23, 2009
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T'ai Chi Ch'uan is a soft, internal Chinese martial art consisting of slow, flowing, meditative movements. Although T'ai Chi is an excellent form of self defense, most people practice it for the health benefits. T'ai Chi improves the quality of life, maintains physical health, increases a person's mental awareness and enhances spiritual serenity. By teaching awareness of their own internal energy, the student learns to assimilate unity, harmony and coordination in movement as well as daily life. There are no age limitations to participation and no special equipment is needed, just loose clothing and soft shoes.
Here is a sample our video for the first section of the form. You can see the whole video on-line or purchase it in the store. |
| The ultimate benefit of T'ai Chi is to experience life in a healthy and fully aware state of being. |
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