wonderful post!

wonderfully put Jeff!
I would also like to add that Tai Chi is often reffered to correctly as a moving meditation. However, there is usually no instruction given as to how to deal with the mental/physical/emotional challenges that arise during practice. Since I began with only learning the tai chi form, when these challenges occurred (frequently) they were quite unnerving to me. I soon began the meditation class and I found that incorporating the teachings of vipassana into the tai chi form made a tremendous difference. I really helped me to understand myself and my reactions. On the other hand, when i only sit in meditation, the stillness of this practice makes it easy (for me) to hold trauma in the body-mind. Tai chi practice (along with qigong) forces me to release this trapped energy, so the two practices perfectly compliment one another, as you say, yin and yang working harmoniously together.

Good write-up.

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