T'ai-chi with Instructor Andy Selters

T'ai-chi with Instructor Andy Selters I teach T’ai-chi as a wellness and fitness practice. Class sessions stem from a traditional style but are relevant to modern students.

07/12/2022

Most of us have heard, perhaps from Bruce Lee or other legends of Chinese culture, the aphorism "Be Like Water." Sounds great and wise, but the bumper sticker phrase doesn't tell you that if we're to move like water we have to gather solidness like steel into our bones. We can't expect to do well being limp like noodles. To move like water we have to know ourselves like steel. When we gather our stability into steely bones and let go of our muscles, then our movements really do flow as easily as water, or even air. It takes practice.

02/27/2022

We are inherently unstable animals, going around 5 or 6 feet tall, upright on two little feet. Without a sturdy scaffolding we'd topple over like sticks just set up on the ground. Our ability to stay upright and move at all depends on our ability to align our spine into one of those feet at a time.

12/01/2021

Many exercise regimens use weight lifting. In T'ai-chi we do weight sinking. That is, sinking body weight into legs as we move, adding stability and strength to our intentions.

08/11/2021

When we move with awareness of where we are substantial and insubstantial (roughly speaking, weighted and unweighted) our movements run as fluidly as a ball rolling down a hill.

07/12/2021

From standing ready to moving through the T'ai-chi form, we listen for the easiest alignment and follow the path of ease to find powerful dynamics.

06/30/2021

I stepped out to cross Main St. and a jeep veered around and started accelerating right at me. I sank into athletic readiness position, slight crouch, and instantly I measured the options to dodge left, right, or possibly jump up onto the hood. My eyes met the drivers' and he braked to a stop in time. If my body had panicked and seized I likely would have lifted with fear and been unable to respond well. T'ai-chi training might have saved my life.

02/19/2021

In T'ai-chi we like to move like a wheel taking different shapes, while anchored to the ground at our feet.

02/16/2021

A skill we try to develop is to balance the mix of intention and task-focus with unfocused listening-awareness for the whole of our movement and surroundings. This is how we expand our capacity.

12/19/2020

Arguably the most important result of T'ai-chi is aliveness. We Americans can speak of "chi" but I don't think any of us really know what this means (the lliteral translation is "air"). When we practice well we feel energized in a grounded way--not excited, not agitated, not any number of other stimulated states. I reckon aliveness is the best word to describe the enhanced state--ready, fluid, aligned, relaxed, well being.

11/17/2020

Restedness animated with readiness; we call that aliveness.

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