What’s my left hand doing?
Harmonizing our left with our right is part of our foundational learning; however, throughout Tai Chi, and for sure in our school forms, my left hand doesn’t always want to cooperate with the rest of my body. It’s an issue that keeps cropping up across all sections of Tai Chi, and what I’ve noticed, is that it comes up when a subtle movement is required. I struggle because I either want to get it too involved or almost not at all. Sifu Dennis and I discussed this in yesterday’s class, and it is something I really want to focus on. Her biggest piece of advice to me was in the release of that hand. I do find I hold tension in that hand, especially when I’m not quite sure what to do with it. I know this is an issue that crops up elsewhere in my forms too. Sometimes that darkest hand just floats idly or acts as a fixture instead of getting involved and harmonizing with what my right side is doing. Bi...