I come to the desert to rest and renew after attending a Tai Chi workshop. I am being replenished, as I eat healthy and simple, and walk outside in nature. I am curious and open to possibilities. I’m open to suggestions because it doesn’t need to be my way. I’m continuing to add to my own story. There can be many versions over a lifetime.
The Tai Chi workshop allowed me the opportunity to enjoy the group energy, moving in unison with others through the form. Enjoying the beauty of the natural surroundings, while moving together, receiving feedback from the instructor through instruction and observation.
For me, each time I heal from an injury in my lower limbs, there seems to be a need to adjust my stance which affects everything above. While wanting to heal quickly, the experience becomes a plus, being more aware of locations where I have more ease, and better able to sense excess tension in other places.
I learned years ago, about the importance to stand in preparation, with a slightly relaxed leg and knee cap relaxed and moveable. I’m still working on this, and am becoming more aware of places of ease and places of tension. When I notice more tension, I can choose to notice ease and experiment. I realize I always have a choice.
I benefit from repeated instructions, different words over the years, and am grateful for the patience of my teachers.
While I might quiet down through meditation, or a Tai Chi practice, I can also sit in my backyard, or enjoy walking around the block at a location, where I feel safe.
I believe I am becoming more sensitive to my breath and movement, and more listening of my surroundings wherever I am.
What I touch is part of me. Can I quiet down enough to be sensitive and notice what is around me? Am I quiet and receptive to my surroundings? As I sit on a rock and contemplate the shades of green, and brown, the red rocks around me, enjoying the others walking by.
What happens when I think about my life?
Every time I think well of myself and others, it improves the next moment.
I like thinking it is possible to help myself by considering my story and noticing what I choose for myself in the future. Could it lead to more open, and interesting possibilities in the future? I’m curious and will continue to experiment.
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