Tai Chi for health & wellbeing
Here are a couple of Tai Chi tips on stance work that will help you avoid knee and ankle problems.
1. Make sure your knees don’t collapse inwardly
2. Avoid rolling your feet outwardly
These two common faults occur because of tiredness and lack of concentration. And also when a Tai Chi practitioner, particularly a beginner, adjust their position incorrectly to ease that ‘burning sensation’ (workout) in their thighs which occurs after a period of time of standing.
It’s been a very busy start to the year and this is my first chance to write a post. From here on in I’ll start writing on a regular basis.
So what’s been happening?
Well, I’m booked out for the year for Chair Chi workshops for aged care centres which is great as I really enjoy working with the elderly.
Well, it’s been a very busy year and this blog post is larger than usual, as I wrap up the year to fill you in on what’s been happening in my personal training and professional job as a Tai Chi teacher.
Personal Chi
This year I’ve managed to keep consistently to my training schedule of 90 minutes (3×30 minute sessions) during weekdays and 60 minutes on Saturdays.
The 30 minute sessions throughout the day have kept my knees happy, as they no longer play up as they did when I was practicing much longer sessions in the past.
I haven’t got the time to learn the ‘secrets’ of Tai Chi; I’m too busy practicing the basics.
In this short clip Bruce Frantzis talks about how to protect your knees in Tai Chi.
His tips cover: