We asked our students to share with us their thoughts on their experience with Tai Chi, meditation and martial arts. Students of various backgrounds and interests responded enthusiastically with essays, pictures and poems. We will share some of their responses with our blog readers in hopes that they may inspire people to seek out their own practice where ever they may be.

Question: What inspired you in the beginning to want to learn Tai Chi?
“For me it was a combination of too much stress in my life from my job. I also wanted a way to get some exercise with a set of knees that were going bad.”

– Rachel Prevost is a nurse, wife and cat mom. She has been studying Tai Chi at the Columbia Tai Chi Center for four years. Her favorite class is weapons.