http://torontotaichimeditationcentre.com/blog/blog1.php?disp=comments en-CA http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:50:28 +0000 Colin Outram [Visitor] c5@http://torontotaichimeditationcentre.com/blog/ wonderful post! http://torontotaichimeditationcentre.com/blog/blog1.php/2009/07/07/are-we-what-we-think#c5 Tue, 26 May 2009 02:21:06 +0000 Donna Oliver [Visitor] c3@http://torontotaichimeditationcentre.com/blog/ wonderfully put Jeff!<br /> 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. 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.]]> http://torontotaichimeditationcentre.com/blog/blog1.php/2009/05/03/yin-yang-in-tai-ji-and-meditation#c3 Tue, 19 May 2009 18:09:52 +0000 Alan [Visitor] c2@http://torontotaichimeditationcentre.com/blog/ Good write-up. http://torontotaichimeditationcentre.com/blog/blog1.php/2009/05/03/yin-yang-in-tai-ji-and-meditation#c2 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:13:30 +0000 miss b2 [Visitor] c1@http://torontotaichimeditationcentre.com/blog/ Hi, this is a comment.<br />To delete a comment, just log in, and view the posts' comments, there you will have the option to edit or delete them. To delete a comment, just log in, and view the posts' comments, there you will have the option to edit or delete them.]]> http://torontotaichimeditationcentre.com/blog/blog1.php/2009/03/02/first-post#c1