The other day I was in a hurry and needed to cut the grass. I use a regular push mower and really enjoyed running it around the yard, up and down hill. About half way through I realized I had a pretty good spring in my step and focused on that the rest of the job. My tai chi practice is the reason I have a spring in my step and I really enjoy this benefit, not to mention the other benefits tai chi gives me.
Since that day cutting the grass, I’ve been looking at others in class and noticing how well most of them move compared to how they moved when they first started. There are certainly other forms of exercise people benefit from. The big thing here is that, to an outside observer, when we do tai chi it doesn’t seem that we’re working all that hard. The benefits sometimes seem a little slow in coming, yet because of this they sneak up on us. It makes me want to work harder at recruiting new students, to help others feel this way too.
Your thoughts?
John
P.S. I found this pic here: http://www.sportsunlimitedinc.com/camp-hike-travel-gear.html
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