The quality of my relationship with the Earth sets the ground, and ultimately determines, the quality of all my relationships. And it's all in the footfall: do I plant my foot by banging down my heel and thereby pushing the ground away from me – a careless action that unknowingly encourages an "us & them" attitude to everything else – or do I caress the ground with the front of my foot and draw the Earth up into me – a dance that as well as creating compassion also seduces spirit to rise and embed me in the midst of the event.
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That would explain why my pre-Tai Chi way was pronated (if that's the word for feet rolling inwards) - fearful. I still have to fight that at the end of every kick in the form.
Yes, when you work with the Earth correctly then the outside edge of the foot dominates, and the arch intensifies.
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