TAI CHI AND ITS VIRTUES
I have been practicing TAI CHI with Marek for 13 years now in the magnificent park of the roses ,near the Knesset, in a magic space of cedars trees, water flowing , a lake and more specifically under a cherry-tree……….
Today, after such a long time, I think I can analyze what TAI CHI has given me and how it has changed my life..
I have been a dancer all my life and practiced ballet until today……but Tai chi has other merits and virtues: first it is gentle, does not ask from the body a very strict and difficult discipline as ballet. When I practice it every week and gradually every day, it gives me serenity, and calm and beauty , integration with nature and a suppleness, a link with my body which is amazing.
TAI CHI is for me one of the major arts I know , and in the chaos of our modern world it brought me such order and direction, and pleasure that I can almost say it is a metaphysical miracle, a meditation in movement which indeed surpasses all the physical arts I have been in contact with. Its impact on health is also impressive.
Moreover , Marek is a brilliant and dedicated master and the group is splendid.
NADINE SHENKAR,writer and professor of Jewish philosophy
