Tai Chi Outdoors

We’ve taken Tai Chi as a night class in Illinois at a health center and then in the evening at a recreation center close by our home in Hawaii.  Both times, it was indoors in a concrete building.

We now take our classes which are given free of charge by Master Pong and his assistant teachers at a park.  We really feel the difference.  It’s so much more pleasant to be outdoors.

 

I feel as though I can gather more of the “chi” energy from the earth around me.

 

When I look up during the exercise, I see the branches of the monkey pod tree as birds sometimes flit by.  It did make Art nervous when one sat right above his head, but at least the bird didn’t choose to drop anything on his head while he was doing his moves. 

The monkey pod flowers are still blooming on the tree and add feathery color to the beautiful shade tree.

There’s about 40 of us in this class and it’s really such a nice feeling to be learning together.  We do this every Thursday.

I hope Master Pong never catches us at Costco eating that half hot dog that Art and I share after class.  He did lecture us earlier in the year about a healthy life style.

I’m still in awe of the fact that he teaches so many classes and all for free.  We always end each lesson with a new way to say Peace.  It encompasses all religions and cultures.  It is a way to bring us together in harmony.

I love it!