Spirit

Tai Chi is about connexion and about energy. To begin with we connect with the Earth or the ground – what's beneath us – and with the other person – generally in front of us, and we learn to pass energy from one to the other. This energy is physical energy, and its deployment naturally realigns and strengthens the body, gradually making it a better conduit for such energy. As we gain more and more experience it starts to become clear that as well as there being a physical energy that flows across connexions, there is also an energy of connexion. This both makes the connexion, and is made by the connexion, and we call it spirit. It is like an electric spark that immediately brings the connexion beyond the physical and into realms of pure energy.