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Scenario

When couples practice martial arts together after injury changes everything

My partner and I have been practicing Tai Chi together for five years but since their injury they can't do the forms the same way and they're frustrated and I don't know if I should modify my practice to match theirs or if that would make them feel worse. We used to move in sync and now there's this awkwardness between us on the mat that's spilling into everything else.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Physical limitation in one partner is disrupting not just shared practice but the intimacy that flowed from moving together.

Your guide for this
Dipa
Dipa works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Traditional movement practices — Tai Chi yoga qigong martial arts?”

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