Reflections

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If you are new to Smaller Practice, these reflections offer a gentle path into the main ideas. Start with the one that feels most natural to you.

• When Practice Gets Smaller
  Practice can become smaller without becoming less meaningful. Sometimes doing less helps reveal what we actually want to keep.
• What I Still Practice After Decades of Tai Chi and Qigong
  After years of learning more forms, styles, and exercises, my practice now contains much less. What remains tells me more than the old quantity ever did.
• Move With What Is Ready to Move
  Notice what is already happening, then add only enough effort to help it along.
• When Teaching Gets Smaller
  Teaching can become smaller too - one useful idea, one practice, or one reflection without building a whole system around it.
• When Progress Is No Longer the Point
  Practice does not always need to lead somewhere else. Perhaps it has simply reached a point where it can serve a different purpose.