2. Plan
• Study Theravada meditation instruction with
book and friend
• Sit twice a day before practicing Tai Chi
• Journal any insights that arise
• Interview other Tai Chi practitioners
• Create music and a paper to reflect and
represent my discoveries
3. What I Actually Did
• Read Thanissaro’s book and met with friend
• Developed a 10 min sitting practice in the
morning
• Interviewed three practitioners
• Discussed my process with other students
• Found meditation instructions from Cheng
Man Ching
4. Struggles
• Getting a practice started
• Trying to follow instructions
• Working with pain
• Creating music from meditation and Tai Chi
experience
5. What I discovered
• Naropa has been the dantien
• What this degree actually represents to me
• Trusting my Tai Chi feeling radar to cultivate
deeper awareness
• Sitting is a difficult posture to hold
• What the feeling is I set out to explore
• Letting go of set ideas and allow things to evolve
• Its not the destination, it’s the journey
