Trees at Dawn
"Find a place for your TaiChi. No metal, No noise. Earth, Sea, Vegetation.
Become alive to the busy process around you. Sink into it.
This is where life regenerates. This is where you gather Chi."
-Shifu Jennifer St.John
That Yin moment when the sun is only an implication,
When the Moon still lingers.
There's no traffic yet on the interstate,
No cars seeking docks for the day.
The streets are shiny asphalt ribbons on a dark, silent package.
You find an expanse of drowsy green. As your steps fall silent on the carpet,
Your senses reach out -- seeking -- there? No Here!
Chi. The heartbeat, the noiseless pure connection.
This is perfect. The arch of the branches, gently swaying..
This point, equidistant between The Champions, at the apex of some invisible geometry -- this is it.
Standing, allowing the chatter to slowly abate, you become part of the network, a simple point in the great exchange. Silently aware, the
trees reach out and embrace you -- "Welcome Daughter!"
Before the world wakes, the living things embrace one another and prepare to hold the universe together again -- for another day.
That Yin moment when the sun is only an implication,
When the Moon still lingers.
There's no traffic yet on the interstate,
No cars seeking docks for the day.
The streets are shiny asphalt ribbons on a dark, silent package.
You find an expanse of drowsy green. As your steps fall silent on the carpet,
Your senses reach out -- seeking -- there? No Here!
Chi. The heartbeat, the noiseless pure connection.
This is perfect. The arch of the branches, gently swaying..
This point, equidistant between The Champions, at the apex of some invisible geometry -- this is it.
Standing, allowing the chatter to slowly abate, you become part of the network,
a simple point in the great exchange. Silently aware, the trees reach out and
embrace you -- "Welcome Daughter!"
Before the world wakes, the living things embrace one another and prepare to
hold the universe together again -- for another day.
