Returned to tai chi class today, with Beulah. We only went for an hour. It was good. My body half remembered the moves, and my mind half remembered, and it's too bad it didn't exactly add up to a whole.

In the evening, watched three Supernatural episodes: "Scarecrow" (1x11), "Shadow" (1x16) and "Bad Day at Black Rock" (3x03). Loved seeing ( Read more... )

Tai Chi this evening was wonderful - for the first time, we did all 108 forms. together and in sequence. Very exciting.

Now I'm exhausted and going to bed early.

Yes, really.

All 108 forms. Go us.

Does this mean we aren't beginners any more?

I started Tai Chi classes at the beginning of September. The first few classes were great. Then I missed two classes because I had a cold, and ever since I went back I felt that I was struggling to catch up - confused about what I was doing, and not progressing well. Until tonight. Tonight was terrific. I didn't do it very well, in the sense that ( Read more... )

Pouring rain all day. The morning went awry: nothing went as planned. But I crammed a lot into it. A load of laundry. Dishwashing. Defragging, virus-checking, and spybotting my computer. Vacuuming. Sorting out storage in one of my closets ( Read more... )

Tai Chi was a small class, but rather magnificent. I'm enjoying it more and more. Beulah was at this one, which was good, because only about one-third of the class showed up. Are we the keeners? I still get lost, but... not as badly as before ( Read more... )

Tai Chi tonight was difficult; for some reason, my foot was hurting badly, and that made me stand unevently, and that made my lower back ache. So once near the beginning of the class and once near the end I sat out a set and just watched the others. I liked the sequences we did today; sometimes I think I'm really getting into the flow of it. ( Read more... )

I joined the Taoist Tai Chi Society of Ottawa today, and had my first lesson ( Read more... )