Alive

Tai Chi and Heartwork are both methods for being alive – for interacting with other energies. The quality they both place foremost is respect – putting the other first so that each interaction can fulfil its potential. Tai Chi aims to bring harmony by balancing the yin and yang aspects of a relationship: just enough energy is brought to each situation to round it off and bring it to a harmonious conclusion. Sensitivity and timing are paramount. Heartwork feels, nourishes and nurtures the essential life in each and every situation – the jewel or spark at its core that gives it vitality and potential. Strength, especially the strength to connect and give all you have into that connexion, what my teacher calls passion, is paramount, and practising heartwork will develop such strength. Where Tai Chi is measured, Heartwork is abandoned.