T'ai Chi Chuan has been compared to a string of pearls. A pearl is formed by an oyster out of a need to deal with an irritating object. For humans, this irritation can have a physical, mental or spiritual basis, maybe all three.
T'ai Chi evolved, like a pearl, to deal with these irritations. A grain of sand is surrounded in defense by the oyster to form a smooth pearl. A threat or need to our individual self is made into a movement of such beauty by the T'ai Chi principles that almost everybody feels a deep sense of awe. These separate moments are strung together to make T'ai Chi Chuan, as practiced by most people today."
From 108 Insights into T'ai Chi Chuan: A String of Pearls, a motivational Pocket Guide for T'ai Chi Chuan. "In Traditional Yang Style T'ai Chi , according to customary counting, there are 108 movements. So," says author and teacher Michael Gilman, "I have decided to use 108 as my String of Pearls."
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