Day 2

I agree with the students that one of the challenges for people who practice Standing is that it's so unusual and people think you're weird. After years of experiencing its benefits, I'm over that problem. But I do wish that standing were more common. For me, as a single mother, who can't really find the time to go to classes, the hardest thing has been maintaining this practice without a community.

At the same time, it would be difficult to keep it up if I didn't have a high tolerance for solitude. I'm a writer. Solitude is the foundation of my career. So it makes sense that I would choose a physical practice that would cross-train with that skill, as it were. Community it important, but you do probably have to have a strong sense of self to keep this up. And I believe it's helped me to build a stronger sense of self.

Stand Still Be Fit

Just discovered this today, the ten day video of Lam Kam Chuen's program. I'm resisting urge to watch them all in one sitting. Mostly because I've been realizing that one of the problems I have in maintaining this practice is that I'm not starting slow enough anymore. In the past that has always been the key to sticking with it, starting out slow and allowing the urge to develop on its own. So right now I'm just going to stick with the wu chi position, enjoying the simple feeling of natural healing instead of striving for mind altering energy shots, and allowing and trusting that healing to chart its own path.