SC Musings for Nitya Gurukula

Building Self Value

January 31, 2025

Dear Readers, Welcome to SC Musings, Blog 29!

Fervour of Kumbh Mela is gripping our country, as I am growing into my new identity and role as a Master Trainer of the Taichi for Health Institute, Australia. The title and role comes with values which are slowly and surely, embedding within.

The Master Trainer workshop in Wollongong, designed and conducted by Dr. Lam and his team of Master trainers helped in building self-value. I have attempted to capture these values in the poem below titled, Quality: Leaders to carry TCHI vision.

Quality: Leaders to carry TCHI vision

Dr Lam's intro: No failures- Quality,

Leaders to carry on TCHI vision

Set the tone, the climate 'n ambience

For Master Trainers workshop 2025.

Months of preparation didn't prepare us,

Unknown fears, frozen, numb & clutching

Knowledge, jogging memory as we

Stepped into MT Training

Quality: Leaders to carry TCHI vision

The foundation & base

Rooted & anchored us- firmly laid

By seasoned MTs- Janet, Pat, Rani & Darcy.

Engaged, Taichi infused with

Theory, Practice, Forms, & Stepwise

Norms, principles making it real, as we

Immersed in MT Training.

Quality: Leaders to carry vision of TCHI

2 days packed with presentations

Deep and intense learnings percolating

Through our pores, building cell memories.

Christened new MTs by Dr. Lam himself

Lifting spirits, dousing fears, internalising

Safety & Effectiveness - our mantra

As we step into being Master Trainers.

Quality: Leaders to carry vision of TCHI

Groomed by Dr Lam, ably assisted by MTs

Who spoke in unison to enhance

And ground our knowledge & practices.

We participants had time to laugh & learn

With ‘n from each other; building connections

A sense of belonging creeping into us

Master Trainers as we step out into our worlds.

Quality: Leaders to carry vision of TCHI

Parted with a wee bit of sadness to leave the

Pristine environment- people- process

Artfully- scientifically crafted by Dr. Lam.

Essence in simple words: Creating

Our Body Structures, Energy Balance, Sharing

Without barriers, less is more, we flow with

Compassion for self & world as Mater Trainers.

(Master Trainer: MT Workshop 2025- 11th & 12th January 2025 , Novotel, Wollongong.19th January ’25).

A transformational and transcendental journey, the MT workshop was something I did not imagine or visualise. It took me to my depths and cleansed me inside out and outside in, taking me beyond and within.

As an explorer, searching for value and quality in life, I pondered and continue to ponder on how did this magic happen within 7 days, and how do I transmit it in Nitya Gurukula???

There is no single, definite answer to my question. However, I have made a beginning in the search and here are some ponderings.

Transmitting value outside begins with building Self value.

We humans tend to look for value outside us in:

- Tangible material things like objects, gold, land etc.

- Intangibles like knowledge, rituals etc.

Building Self value begins within. The 7 days of concentrated focus on Taichi - the practices, forms, principles, and stepwise teaching methodologies gave me a glimpse of building self-value. Janet Cromb, Master Trainer and facilitator of Sun 73 forms, which we practised for 5 days, summed it up beautifully when she said:

“Don’t make it happen, allow it to happen”.

Making it happen is using cognitive and muscle power, while allowing is opening ourselves for energy to flow. This is what we the NG Team did in Nana-Nani, the Holistic Wellness and Balance workshop on the 25th January captured in Figure 29.2. We allowed the participants to draw us out, which they did with grace and enthusiasm.

And in Figure 29.3. the peacock is basking on the lawn, alert and allowing energy from the sun to seep in and warm its body.

Dear Reader,

In Blog 30 we will explore the impact of ‘allowing it to happen’

Till we meet next time