To Audit One’s Practice
08/05/2013 15:52
I feel it is important to take a step back once in a while and take a look at your practice to try to objectively see where you are, what you have learned and where you want to go with your practice.
I often talk about the five beneficial paths of Taiji and catagorize them as follows:
Physical
Emotional
Mental
Energetic
Spiritual
If you can objectively look at yourself and your practice you should gauge what areas you have made gains in and perhaps see where you’d like to focus more.
If you started taiji to improve your physical balance then test it out. Do you have better balance now then three months ago? If it was emotional balance you were originally seeking, do you feel more grounded and find that your can handle life a little easier now?
Answer honestly!
Do you feel more relaxed?
Have you had any insightful thoughts regarding your life or relationships?
Are you more flexible? (physically, emotionally or mentally)
Etc, etc.
Regardless of why you started, take half an hour and take stock. It’s important. There’s nothing worse than the circular redundancy of living the same day ten thousand times.
If you have been training for between three and ten years your audit will take a little longer but it is still a worth while endeavour. By now you'll understand the vastness of the taiji learning landscape and should be able to determine a path that will lead to the greatest returns.
If you have been training for over a decade, then it might be time to gauge what you have digested and decide if you wish to cross over to the teaching side and share what you have learned with others.
Peace
Rod
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