health, wellbeing & performance
I happened to catch a thread on a Tai Chi discussion group and one person mentioned he was bored with the Tai Chi form.
Well, I nearly fell out my chair when I read this and thought, ‘how could you become bored with a Tai Chi form?’ I’ve been practising the Wu style form for twenty five years and I’m still fascinated by the intricacies of the form.
The yin/yang symbol is the interlocking,
melting together of the flow of movement within a circle.
It’s on again, our friendly Push Hands in the park session. Here are the details:
I hope to be there again so come along and join in on the fun.
When I’m practicing Tai Chi or Chair Chi exercises I sometimes use a visualisation technique to make sure my body is correctly aligned.
For example, if I’m in the preparation stance in Tai Chi and about to commence the form I imagine there’s a straight line from the BaiHui point (middle of the skull) through to my hui yin point (perenium – between the anus and genitals).
I was on my way home yesterday after delivering my second Chair Chi workshop for an aged care centre and decided to pop into my local cafe to have a cappuccino. And it was very relaxing.
Usually I head home after two workshops, rest for a while, do half an hour of my own Tai Chi training and then I go into my office to work on our business. But this time, as I drove home, I glanced to my left and there was the cafe; the cappuccino chi was too strong and I was ‘forced’ to pull over and go inside.