“..several months later I was in Villa Ada, in real-life with
Master Ric, in the same place as in my dream!” “It felt very like I was in a vortex of the Cool Breeze, doing
exactly what I should, exactly how I should. Amazing!” "{Surrender?}..you can't make the sand run faster by pushing it (or compressing
it)." “..it is from an internal or
mental/emotional/spiritual dimension that I feel I am only just
beginning my journey.” “When
the Chi was really flowing..I completely surrendered and closed my
eyes; I saw within and before my eyes and also felt the swirling,
oscillating movements of what was either a very thick coiled
snake-like body moving in thick circles, or was it the dragon!?” "Yuan-Chi Tai-Chi during
class always leaves me in a better place and my mind can clear and be
free of burdens, worries and distractions. It is meditative for me
and I feel lighter and more peaceful at class end.” "Today
master Ric helped heal me of my cold and flu.” “..there appeared to be no boundary to my hands. They
seemed to move through the air like through water, sweeping and
pulling contrails.” "Amazingly, my neck cricked at the point which I'd been
having rigidity problems for a very long time.." "Another was noticing timelessness..
" "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."
“It was wonderful...for the
first time I felt no gravity when I moved! And with joy in my heart.” “Hi Ric, “..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!)" "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 –" "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..." "The movements flow, the feeling is
exquisite."
"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
have a feeling the next part of my body in line for Taiji-style
transformation will be my ankles."
"The
act of trying to let go has struggle inbuilt..." "..there
was a point when a work-related issue came
sharply into my mind."
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