I returned to Long Reef Aquatic Reserve for some more tai chi yesterday, in search of the immense calmness that embraced me the previous week I was there. I was reminded that not every time you practise are you blessed with heavenly showers, in fact this is rarely the case, maybe one time only out of 100 days of practice. How strange, last week I had no intentions or expectations and felt great happiness, yesterday I went with both and was unable to find that which I sought !
Happy practising
We look for it but do not see it;
we name it subtle.
We listen for it but do not hear it;
we name it rare.
We grope for it but do not grasp it;
we name it serene
Lao Tzu
SEP
2012
About the Author:
Tina Barry started learning tai chi in 1994. She became very interested and fascinated with tai chi having found a great and wonderful teacher, Grandmaster Ho Lo at the Tai Chi College of Australia. Tina has continued to study tai chi intensively under the guidance of Grandmaster Ho Lo since that time. Grandmaster Ho Lo’s understanding and teaching of the art of tai chi is deeply profound and Tina has grown, developed and nurtured her own immense appreciation for it with the aid of his incredible teaching. Tina’s understanding of the subtlties of tai chi continue to develop under Grandmaster Ho Lo's patient guidance. It seems the more she learns, the more there is to appreciate and understand and Grandmaster Ho Lo’s intensive teaching has remained inexhaustible after all these years. On occassion Grandmaster Ho Lo allows Tina to lead the students at the Tai Chi College of Australia through the tai chi form, appreciating her expression of tai chi. Sometimes Tina thinks perhaps she is getting it right!