My morning training session
I think I’ll work on this or that
The moment I drop into ‘the zone’
Everything changes
Tai Chi does me
Insight and wisdom arises
Way beyond what normal me could think of
It’s wordless, full of understandings
That would be impossible to describe
I’m in awe of what comes through
This morning it showed me the yin
How all the yang outward techniques
Had had an inward yin expression
Strikes gouges and pushes outward
Had strangles, chokes, throws and pulls on the inside
Both could co-exist at the same time
And be trained at the same time
Like in the yin/yang symbol
While one was being expressed
The potential for the other always existed
How could I train this?
By opening my perspective
To encompass it all at once
Like my body could stretch up
And soften down at the same time
I could be peaceful
With the potential for violence
Like that yin/yang symbol
With a soft front and strong back
I just had to keep my mind open.
By Steve Rowe