I hope you are all ok and that you are mainting good health practices both for yourselves and loved ones during thse unique times?

I thought I’d just say a few words about persistence to help encourage us all, as well as myself too as the duration of lock-down expands. Whenever it drops off, and in the full knowledge of it being safe to return to classes, we should rejoice that we have come through this pandemic and remind ourselves of living our lives no matter under what circumstances prevail.

Our Tai Chi practice is always about persistence and accumulative gain and insight. The gain I speak of is the benefits from regular practice which is a little hypocritical because I use the word gain, where I really mean we carve away and reduce all habits and practice which are not useful to us. What is left behind in our practice is pure and natural and it is that which we really benefit from even more. That which is correct and natural is the essence of the correct teachings, and without regular classes I do not wish you to feel that you will stray off into incorrect Tai Chi and miss the benefits. It took me many years to realise what I had from Master Alan Peck and to what further revealed itself in my personal practice after his passing.

The persistence in practice is the golden key to developing Tai Chi and unlocking it’s teachings to yourself. If in doubt go back to the basic principles, plus you can always chat with me too.

Over the years, myself and Chris, have relayed a lot of information on the website which has come from our study and realisation in Tai Chi. It has also been directly transmitted from Alan too through our time with him, so the website is a very good reference for your practice as well. Persistence is the foundation for forming habits. This extended time away from the class is also a good experience to solidify and build upon new expanded habits of practising not just more hours of Tai Chi a week, but deeper quality of practice for the time you do practice it.

I will be adding to the website more regularly from here onwards whilst we are parted from class gatherings to try and instil further information and references to how we can persist, be patient and keep developing our understanding of Tai Chi, whilst receiving more benefits from it.

Remember you can always give me a ring if you want to chat direct to me, or text me whenever.

Love to you all and I’ll be back on this site with more information for you to mull over very soon.

Phil.