Monsoon wrote:Okay guys and gals, this is my first topic for the bright and shiny New Year!
The question is: What is your mind state during form practice?
What I would like to discuss is not what we think it should be, but rather what we actually experience during practice and how we approach changing it (if necessary).
Personally I find it easy to get lost in the form. It's not that I am unaware of my surroundings as such, and my attention on it seems alert (certainly I am instantly aware of any local changes in the environment). It's an odd sense of being aware but noticing that the immediate environment - for the most part - does not require my undivided attention, even though I am attempting to visualise incoming threats.
And so... your thoughts?
Monsoon
Maybe, as the old saying goes, you're overthinking it. Peoples minds wander from thing to thing and I don't see that as a bad thing. Does my mind constantly focus on Tai Chi while doing the long form? Oh h*ll no. Some days my concentration on the moves(opps sorry wptaiji, make that read THE ONE MOVE) is better than others. Some days all I tend to see are the trees and the people. Other days the rotation of the body occupies my mind. Whatever it is I tend to simply go with it. Works for me, at least as far as I'm concerned. Of course others may have other ideas.
Hmmmmmm, have I actually said anything of use here?