How
You Do Anything...
When
I was first learning Tai Chi, I kept having a problem with losing
my balance and falling forward. Since one of the main teachings
of Yang style Tai Chi is to remain centered, grounded, and balanced
I was obviously not getting the teaching.
My
instructor told me that in order to achieve stability, before you
shift your weight to take a step, you make sure you have a solid
footing on which to shift your weight to. Then he gave me
some homework to do... Tai Chi walking in a circle, both to the
left and to the right. It took me a few days of this boring, repetitive
walking, focusing on making sure I had a solid, stable landing place
before I shifted my weight forward to my other foot, but finally
I got it.
More
importantly, what I got was the awareness that I was mentally anticipating
the next step before I was prepared for it. As I focused on insuring
that my unweighted foot was in a stable enough position so that
I could shift my weight to it, I began to notice how my thoughts
about anticipating the next movement had been affecting my Tai Chi.
Further,
and more importantly, the realization came to me that I was anticipating
my next move in almost everything that I did in my life... falling
forward into situations without taking the time to research their
stability, safety, appropriateness and more.
And
then I remembered my favorite astrologer, David
Pond, once telling me that my chart is a "forward leaning
chart", which he interpreted as an influence that propelled
me to always live in the future, not in the now. And upon reflection,
I found he was so right. It has often led me to jump or fall forward
into situations that were not properly prepared, solid, or stable
landing places. Sometimes it was good, but more often it turned
out to be disastrous.
Sometime
during all this, I attended a Millionaire Mind seminar, in which
I heard the most astounding concept that put it all together in
a very few words. It's simply this:
How
you do anything is how you do everything.
This
single, simple thought summed up perfectly what I'd learned in Tai
Chi and from David about how I operate in life.
As
I began to keep my balance in Tai Chi, I found I was also remaining
more in the present regarding other facets of my life. There are
now fewer jumps into situations for which I'm unprepared as well
as a whole lot less blurting out unedited thoughts. As a result
of this one simple realization, I now have much less stress in my
life.
How
do you do anything? I invite you to take one aspect of your daily
life and examine how you typically operate in that arena. Then reflect
upon other arenas in your life and notice how the same mental responses
and thus similar actions apply in those areas of your life.
The
practice of this concept works for both those things you're doing
that are giving you the results you want, and for those that are
having the opposite effect in your life.
Love,
Kathy
Stickman
Tai Chi
Yang Style
24 Movement Form
Millions
of people are practicing this ancient Chinese martial art and as
they do so, they realize many health benefits, such as better balance,
flexibility, more energy and muscle strength. Many use it as a moving
meditation.
This
is one of the most common Forms used to teach beginners the basic
movements of Tai Chi. The basic 24 Movment Form contains the foundational
movements that are in all other Tai Chi Forms. Included
is illustrated instruction for proper stances, how to correctly
step forward, backward, and change direction, as well as important
hand, foot, and body positions to get you started with the proper
basic knowledge.
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you'll find in this ebook reflects the knowledge and experience
I've gained from my 30+ years of Tai Chi study and practice.
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