Our monthly meeting was held on Thursday 10th April, a change of day due to the speaker not being available on a Tuesday. The meeting was billed as a Tai Chi Taster Session with Peaceful Warrior Tai Chi. After being told a little about the history of Tai Chi we were invited to take part in some breathing exercises and some hints on posture and relaxation. The key is to breathe from the abdomen and not from the chest and to allow the shoulders to drop. We did not progress to the iconic arm movements but after some time practising the breathing and mastering the stance we began to feel infinitely more relaxed.
The competition this month was “A Poem of Reflection” and it was interesting to hear different interpretations of this theme. Some people took the theme of physical reflections and some read it more as a mental reflection on life in general.