Teaching Tai Chi is new to me, but teaching is not. As a high school teacher, you learn to monitor and adjust for the various types of students and situations. After one of my co-worker’s Tai Chi for Arthritis classes, a gentleman thanked me for wearing very white shoes. He could see my feet as I was going through the forms. The carpet was gold-brown carpet in color, and he could easily see my feet. He had Macular Degeneration Disease.

When my first class for TCO was started, two of my participants also had Macular Degeneration Disease. They had problems seeing the positions of my hands and feet. We made it through the first class, and I was frustrated. I had to do something that would make learning TCO fun and easier for these ladies. By the way, the carpet was light grayish color

So next class, I wore some navy-blue athletic shoes and yellow gardening gloves during the class. The ladies could see the position of my hands and feet better. Sometimes, I still will move to the left or right of the ladies so that I will be in their line of vision. Also, my clothing colors that I wear do not blend with the color of my shoes or gloves. My pant legs are rolled up several inches allowing the participant to see my shoes without the pant leg color interfering with the color of my shoes.