Weekend writeup
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karohemdFriday: Finished work, stopped over at home to pack car, drove to Farcet without any delays, cooked AoM sausages, mash with leeks and onion gravy (stupidly had left the greens at home) which were inhaled in no time, played with Pippin a bit, chatted and then got to bed early because I was dead tired.
Saturday: Got up at the illegal time of 7:15, had breakfast and drove to Stamford and almost didn't get lost (the drive into the school was hard to spot until they put up a sign outside later). Said hi to people, signed in, wandered around, warmed up a bit and joined a group of people doing the set.
The workshop itself was very good indeed, concentrating on two moves: Single Whip and Wave Hands Like Clouds with liberal practicing of the various foundation exercises thrown in. I was very impressed with the instructors who managed to convey the ideas so everyone from the beginner (who had just learnt the set) to the experienced (there were some who've been doing this for 25 years or longer).
I didn't quite manage to get through the evening session because at one point my feet simply gave out. The fact that we had to walk through town to the girls' school for the meals didn't help, I guess. So I drove back to Farcet, crashed on the sofa a bit (see Saturday night post) and went to bed early.
Sunday: After almost nine hours sleep (dreaming of a Finnish virus that killed my computer and the planned Skype chat with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jupiter_jones and some other random stuff), I was fit again in the morning and ready for the second day. The second part wasn't quite as hard (or I had gotten used to the exercise) as the first and we did more of the same. I was dead pleased when one of the workshop leaders complimented me on my form of Wave Hands.
Still, I was very tired by the end of it and didn't join the last set because I needed to drive home.
Stopped over in Farcet, packed my stuff, said goodby to the Humphreys and drove home in medium traffic.
Got in, had a much needed shower, cooked lunch for today (just pasta and pesto and some of the greens), caught up on LJ and email, installed Skype and chatted the evening away withjupiter_jones while editing the photos from the workshop with only a break for a rather spooky and superb episode of Supernatural. Was in bed by midnight, too.
Today I'm absolutely fine, everything works and moves smoothly and nothing hurts. Just shows what a fantastic exercise Tai Chi is without putting strain on the body.
Saturday: Got up at the illegal time of 7:15, had breakfast and drove to Stamford and almost didn't get lost (the drive into the school was hard to spot until they put up a sign outside later). Said hi to people, signed in, wandered around, warmed up a bit and joined a group of people doing the set.
The workshop itself was very good indeed, concentrating on two moves: Single Whip and Wave Hands Like Clouds with liberal practicing of the various foundation exercises thrown in. I was very impressed with the instructors who managed to convey the ideas so everyone from the beginner (who had just learnt the set) to the experienced (there were some who've been doing this for 25 years or longer).
I didn't quite manage to get through the evening session because at one point my feet simply gave out. The fact that we had to walk through town to the girls' school for the meals didn't help, I guess. So I drove back to Farcet, crashed on the sofa a bit (see Saturday night post) and went to bed early.
Sunday: After almost nine hours sleep (dreaming of a Finnish virus that killed my computer and the planned Skype chat with
jupiter_jones and some other random stuff), I was fit again in the morning and ready for the second day. The second part wasn't quite as hard (or I had gotten used to the exercise) as the first and we did more of the same. I was dead pleased when one of the workshop leaders complimented me on my form of Wave Hands.Still, I was very tired by the end of it and didn't join the last set because I needed to drive home.
Stopped over in Farcet, packed my stuff, said goodby to the Humphreys and drove home in medium traffic.
Got in, had a much needed shower, cooked lunch for today (just pasta and pesto and some of the greens), caught up on LJ and email, installed Skype and chatted the evening away with
jupiter_jones while editing the photos from the workshop with only a break for a rather spooky and superb episode of Supernatural. Was in bed by midnight, too.Today I'm absolutely fine, everything works and moves smoothly and nothing hurts. Just shows what a fantastic exercise Tai Chi is without putting strain on the body.
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