Thank you so much for doing this, Caroline! Such a gift.
I don't know if you have the appetite to teach via zoom in an ongoing way, but if so, I'd love it! I've had a hard time finding instruction where I live.
I imagine this would be separate from your writing and uncivil savant - although open to your readers if they also have an interest in Chi Kung, i.e. a separate charge.
Anyway, so appreciate your teaching style. I would love to have a regular practice.
Thanks for asking. I am almost certainly going to do something public starting this summer. Old students from London, Sweden, Scotland, online and random friends who want to start have all encouraged me, and I only need 6 people to make it happen if I charge a reasonable fee, lower than £10 (I have no idea what people charge at the moment...) I'll probably start with 60min classes, beginning with chi kung, then do the T'ai Chi warm up set, and then see if there is appetite for a Short Form class. I'll post here, but also on all the Great River T'ai Chi channels. I'll likely do it via a private email list with a recurring meeting link and access to recordings to all regular students. That worked 2020-2022. Thanks for coming along!
I would like to add my thanks. I'm only sorry my that my sorry back, though improving, prevented me from joining in much. It was a convivial experience; thanks all. My mental participation could to a certain extent 'fill in' and feel the balance. This version was usefully different from the version I learned so many years ago. I am interested in this ability to 'rehearse co-ordinates' that we can share - the old cosmic model where we locate. It might almost be a kind of liturgy?
I am so glad you could make it along and that it was heartening, rather than disheartening. I too have had years where practice was painful or restricted. We do what we can, eh? And then maybe a tiny bit more... Warm wishes to you.
Thank you for the chi kung refresher and introduction to the Five Elements. I've now cleared a room for practice and hope to maintain regular repetition of the movements. I hope it was okay having Malcolm come along; not family, but a friend. I might try and teach Malcolm pushing hands. If I can find a Yang short form, I'll try that as what yesterday taught me was how much seems to be still embedded in muscle memory and may yet be recovered. I didn't realise that Great River teaches Yang form; so that would be good if accessible later this year. Btw, I'm hoping this will all integrate with my Sufi studies going forward. I would say that my main difficulty has been a shared context of meaning within which practice can be sustained.
Ah, Rob, it was good to see you and your friend, and if that leads to you pushing hands once again then even better. If you would like access to lessons regarding the Yang Style Short Form, I have many 1hr sessions, which build on each other, recorded from 2020-22. Email me via carolineross@substack.com and we can discuss that, it it appeals.
As for Sufism, as a lover of Rumi and Hafiz, I have yet to find any clashes with practice of Tao, but I am not well read outside of the poetic tradition.
Thank you so much for doing this, Caroline! Such a gift.
I don't know if you have the appetite to teach via zoom in an ongoing way, but if so, I'd love it! I've had a hard time finding instruction where I live.
I imagine this would be separate from your writing and uncivil savant - although open to your readers if they also have an interest in Chi Kung, i.e. a separate charge.
Anyway, so appreciate your teaching style. I would love to have a regular practice.
P.S. I use the name Sepha. You may not recognize DJ from your class today.
Thanks for asking. I am almost certainly going to do something public starting this summer. Old students from London, Sweden, Scotland, online and random friends who want to start have all encouraged me, and I only need 6 people to make it happen if I charge a reasonable fee, lower than £10 (I have no idea what people charge at the moment...) I'll probably start with 60min classes, beginning with chi kung, then do the T'ai Chi warm up set, and then see if there is appetite for a Short Form class. I'll post here, but also on all the Great River T'ai Chi channels. I'll likely do it via a private email list with a recurring meeting link and access to recordings to all regular students. That worked 2020-2022. Thanks for coming along!
Thanks very much for a really enjoyable class. Sorry to miss the last 15mins!
No problem, lovey to meet you.
I would like to add my thanks. I'm only sorry my that my sorry back, though improving, prevented me from joining in much. It was a convivial experience; thanks all. My mental participation could to a certain extent 'fill in' and feel the balance. This version was usefully different from the version I learned so many years ago. I am interested in this ability to 'rehearse co-ordinates' that we can share - the old cosmic model where we locate. It might almost be a kind of liturgy?
I am so glad you could make it along and that it was heartening, rather than disheartening. I too have had years where practice was painful or restricted. We do what we can, eh? And then maybe a tiny bit more... Warm wishes to you.
Thank you for the chi kung refresher and introduction to the Five Elements. I've now cleared a room for practice and hope to maintain regular repetition of the movements. I hope it was okay having Malcolm come along; not family, but a friend. I might try and teach Malcolm pushing hands. If I can find a Yang short form, I'll try that as what yesterday taught me was how much seems to be still embedded in muscle memory and may yet be recovered. I didn't realise that Great River teaches Yang form; so that would be good if accessible later this year. Btw, I'm hoping this will all integrate with my Sufi studies going forward. I would say that my main difficulty has been a shared context of meaning within which practice can be sustained.
Ah, Rob, it was good to see you and your friend, and if that leads to you pushing hands once again then even better. If you would like access to lessons regarding the Yang Style Short Form, I have many 1hr sessions, which build on each other, recorded from 2020-22. Email me via carolineross@substack.com and we can discuss that, it it appeals.
As for Sufism, as a lover of Rumi and Hafiz, I have yet to find any clashes with practice of Tao, but I am not well read outside of the poetic tradition.