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2d •
How’s your 7-Day Challenge coming along so far?
Good morning, everyone🌞 Wishing you a calm and grounded Monday to start your week ahead. How’s your 7-Day Challenge coming along so far? Feel free to share your experience so far in the comments. We’d love to hear how it’s going for you✨
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4 likes • 19h
Just completed my Day 4 practice and I am loving this - the combination of physicality and theory in the Rooted Alchemy challenge is brilliant. I love @Kirby Mannon's Qi Talks, which give so much depth and understanding to the moves, as opposed to just "watch me and copy this." I do find some of the moves a little challenging and, I suspect a little like @Alan Hook, I worry I'm not executing every move just right. But I'm not insisting and I'm not resisting; I'm finding my way, and Sonny's short tutorial videos on how to practice each move are really helpful - in time, it'd be cool to maybe present these all together in a kind of video library / visual glossary for easy reference? With today's introduction of Tai Ji moves, and an explanation of the difference from Qi Gong, it was great to recognise some of the moves I'd been doing every day in September, following one of Sonny's videos I found on You Tube - Tiger Washes Face, Golden Rooster. It suddenly felt familiar, which is great! I'm gutted I'll miss tomorrow's live practice (work commitments), but I hope everyone who joins has fun. I certainly can't wait for Day 5... and I may dip into the bonus content this evening for more practice. So, c'mon @Joshua Harris - take that first step! I thought about video recording my own practice, to study my execution of the moves... but I certainly won't be sharing it here. Nobody wants to see that 🤪 Sorry for the long post. In short... loving it!
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First Live Practice with Sonny
Join us for our first live practice! 🌱 @Kirby Mannon will guide a Tai Chi & Qigong session featuring movements from our 7-Day Challenge — designed to help you stay on track, deepen awareness, and bring more clarity to your practice. It’s also a wonderful opportunity to connect with the community, share space together, and ask questions in real time as we move, breathe, and learn collectively. Time & Date: Wednesday, October 8th at 12:30 p.m. (Pacific Time) No experience needed. Just bring your curiosity, an open mind, and a little space to move. See you in practice!
0 likes • 2d
Unfortunately I have work commitments that clash with this; gutted I won't be able to join the live practice. Will the session be recorded and posted here in the Community? Thanks.
3d •
So far, so great...
Only two days in to the challenge, and I am loving the Rooted Alchemy 🤓. @Kirby Mannon - I find your teaching style and delivery so calming, natural and sincere, and the focus on why we're doing the moves, as opposed to just copying them, is so much more fulfilling than other 'quick fix' online trials I've seen. I do worry a little that I'm not executing every move just right - I need to work on my 'curve' - but today's movement tutorials have really helped. I'm trying to obey the 'don't insist, don't resist' advice, too, to not over-stretch on moves like Crane Cools Wings. More so, I really enjoyed today's Qi Talk - that aspect of the practice was quite unexpected; again, so much more than just 'follow a chart of moves'. I love the depth of symbolism and explanation, and the theory behind the Tai Chi practice, movements and elements. Really great learning - thank you. I hope everyone else is finding this as rewarding as I am, and enjoying their practice.
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Tai Chi / Tai Ji
@Kirby Mannon @Jayda Jeon My apologies, I have what I fear is a very newbie question… but this is a safe space, right? Could you please explain the difference between Tai Chi and Tai Ji? Thank you!
0 likes • 3d
@Kirby Mannon wow, great answer! Thank you, Sonny.
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Welcome to the circle 🌱
Every practice begins with a first step, and this is ours together. In the comments, tell us: 🌍 Where you’re tuning in from 🌱 If you’re brand new or already on the path 🎯 What you hope to grow or discover here Your voice adds to the energy of this community ✨
0 likes • 4d
@Joshua Harris Thanks for your message and encouragement. I've just completed my Day 1 practice and feeling great 😀
0 likes • 4d
@Jayda Jeon Thank you, Jayda - looking forward to this journey 🤓
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