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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, March 22-24, 2017 B-7 The Park Record Tai chi offers homeless a taste of stability The Salt Lake Tribune SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Bernie Hart’s first piece of advice is “Don’t worry.” The second, “Don’t think.” “Just follow,” he tells the 31 homeless people standing behind him. And so Nancy Freeman did. Rows back from Hart, a tai chi instructor, she focused only on mimicking his movements — pushing her palms above her head, stretching her sore muscles, sweeping her arms across her torso to release an invisible arrow. When the 34-minute class ended, Freeman gathered her belongings: a clear Ziploc bag holding a bar of soap, loose papers, a spiral notebook and a couple of wilted flowers. The others who joined in the exercise also picked up their things — among them a tan sleeping bag and a pillowcase stuffed with clothes — and left. The small group of homeless people will return again to the small space in the basement of the downtown library next week. They meet there each Monday, Wednesday and Thursday to do tai chi at 9 a.m. as a stream of sunlight filters shaking without medicine. He “It’s mental and physical, became homeless two years thinking a thought and then ago, bouncing between shelters putting it into action,” he said. and camping on the streets. “Tai chi slows down the proThe tai chi, Davis says, gets cess so you can start develophis blood flowing and sharpens ing confidence.” his focus. For Reese King, who attend“I need to keep moving as ed the class for the first time long as I can,” he said with a Thursday, the tai chi offered deep laugh that sent his salt- a chance to escape the ramand-pepper beard shaking. pant drug use and dealing that Freeman heard about the plagues the blocks surrounding program from Davis, initially the shelter. teasing him that it was “just for “I assumed I’d find some old people.” After trying it for peace,” he said after the class. the first time four months ago, As a “couple of enticements” she hasn’t missed a session. to encourage folks to join, the And when the class is done, Harts offer warm coffee, food Freeman heads upstairs to fill and $2 to any participants. The out job applications on the li- couple is retired and the cash brary’s computers. comes out of their pockets. “It gives you momentum that Marita Hart said they might carries throughout your day,” try crowdsourcing in the comshe said. ing months — “hopefully beFreeman, 65, began staying fore we run out of money,” she at The Road Home shelter six joked. months ago. The challenge in King shuffled to the table overcoming her homelessness, outside the library to collect she said, is complicated in that his share. His dirt-encrusted she doesn’t have a government- sneakers lined up next to Berissued ID and hasn’t been able nie Hart’s brown and gray to get a replacement without a Sketchers. While the two talkbirth certificate. ed, a couple of homeless men Hart said many in the group next a oohslept la launder 3.5” umbrellas x 5”, b&w adto“Raise face similar obstacles. And fountain. 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