Qigong and Tai Chi can be difficult to get started with, as the benefits of it only come once you can relax into the form, getting out of your head. Having said that, you would notice something in the beginning that would inspire you to keep going. My advice to students and patients was always to check in whether they feel the form itself or the teacher is congruent with their needs.

The “Professor” was a great introduction and initiation into these mysteries. A couple of years later, I found a very different Tai Chi Master who also taught me some foundational stuff. And then it was a few years after that I found my current teacher, mentor, and doctor. In Taoist thought, our teacher is the one who has the ability/knowledge/experience that is appropriate for where you are in the moment.