So meditation didn’t work for me. Perhaps another approach. Maybe I’m more aligned with a Chinese practice versus an East Indian. Tai Chi is supposed to decrease stress and anxiety, increase muscle strength, improve flexibility and balance and I think it allows you to leap tall buildings in a single bound. So that would be good.
Along with a couple friends, June and I signed up for a continuing education class at Commack High School. After countless false starts due to snow, we finally made it to our first class. The instructor was undeniably not Chinese and I was more than a little disappointed. At least Deepak was the real deal. I digress. We learned about the 5 traditional schools of tai chi which did nothing to increase my interest.
We started with “simple” movements. Now these moves are slow. I mean really slow. And not quite so simple. On their own I suppose each move was easy, but once he started stringing them together it was like a well choreographed ballet that I was ill-equipped to perform. As the weeks went by I expected I’d reach a certain level of mastery. I saw myself practicing tai chi on the beach, at a beautifully landscaped park, in a magical old-growth forest. As it turned out, I never saw that instructor or that class again. Our friends ditched after week one too. So now I visit beaches and parks with no interest in performing slow motion martial arts. I’m not sure if I’d be compelled to practice tai chi in a magical old-growth forest. If I find one, I’ll let you know how that works out.
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Started and abandoned 3/21/18