151054Introduction to Tai Chi

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Introduction to Tai Chi

Introduction to Tai Chi is fascinating that will explain the amazing health benefits of this balance-boosting practice plus bring you. Tai Chi is the perfect way to try this ancient Chinese practice right from home and get dozens of proven health benefits.

What is Tai Chi?

Tai Chi is a martial art and a sophisticated tool for physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual ‘development’ and health. Its origin is in China. Tai Chi appears from the outside as just a flowing succession of slow, graceful, exotic movements. However, within that movement is a whole profound system of understanding of the energies of body, mind, and spirit. The form we see is a way skilfully designed to take the practitioner into a deeper and deeper experience of harmony in the energy structure of their own being. Tai Chi teaches yielding softness on the outside, strength, and clarity on the inside. The Tai Chi forms and fundamentals contain discipline, healing, and meditation.

What are the foundations of the Tai Chi forms?

Tai Chi is rooted in the ancient Chinese wisdom of Taoism and works with the energy system of the body as understood in traditional Chinese medicine. The movements open up the flow of energies in the channels or meridians which the ancient Chinese discovered running from the tips of our fingers, deep into the inner organs, to the tips of our toes. These are the meridians on which the points used in acupuncture or shiatsu are located. The movements of Tai Chi also have an imaginative content that can connect our physical body with a growing emotional intelligence and it is said, through many years of practice, the master of Tai Chi may open up to spiritual wisdom.

Many of the names themselves of Tai Chi fundamental exercises and movements have a poetic quality, evoking particular qualities of nature and certain animals and their ways. For example: ‘cloud hands’, ‘white crane spreads its wings, ‘embrace tiger and return to the mountain’, and ‘wild horse pats its mane’. The poetic and practical wisdom of Tai Chi is to be found in Taoism, the ancient spiritual tradition of China.

Learning Tai Chi

Tai Chi is best learned from an experienced practitioner. Though reading can be very inspiring, trying to learn from a book alone will probably be frustrating to the point of putting you off completely. Also, in the beginning, even looking at pictures to try to jog your memory of what you have learned from a teacher can be quite tricky. However, with a good teacher and with practice, your body begins to remember the movements instead of your head.

There will probably be a class you can find out about near you, in a community or leisure center, adult education center, or perhaps a group that meets to practice in a local park. Really the only way to find out if a class will be good for you is to go and try it for yourself.

This all-new brings to you:

Details on the physical and mental health benefits you’ll get with regular practice
The 8 active ingredients of tai chi –including an explanation of “qi”
Tai Chi instruction you can do
9 standing tai chi calisthenics, 6 traditional tai chi elements, and 5 seated tai chi moves you can do at your desk
Breathing techniques that promote relaxation
Simple steps to building a regular tai chi routine
And so much more!

Although tai chi may sound mysterious recent studies show that it can help to strengthen your heart, build better balance, improve flexibility, slow the onset of dementia, reduce stress, lower blood pressure, help relieve the pain of rheumatoid arthritis, and fibromyalgia and so much more.

Everyone can benefit from the practice no matter what their age is or fitness level. This is the perfect way to get started practicing Tai chi.

Physical Activity Tai chi has been shown to improve health in many areas as: