Tai Chi for health & wellbeing
Practicing in front of a mirror is a great way of monitoring the skill you are practicing. It allows you to see if you are performing a technique or movement correctly.
Practice standing in different positions – stand front-on as well as sideways – so you can see different angles.
I still use this mirror practice in my own training and it does make a big difference when you are training on your own.
Raise your arms up and out in front of your body until they are parallel to the ground. Now lower your arms to the sides of your body.
Repeat this eight times.
As you slowly move your arms up and down think of the phrase ‘hardly moving’ – this will help slow your movements.
Remember the slower you go the more you will feel the Chi flow.
I had a lovely short break away from my business the other day.
I picked up my latest Tai Chi international magazine from the post office box and wandered over to the cafe for a cappuccino and a quick read of the magazine. As always there were articles from experienced Tai Chi practitioners that were very informative and caused me to reflect on my own training and teachings.
I’ve subscribed to this magazine for over 20 years and had an article published ‘A Guide To Free Style Push Hands’.
It’s always good value.
Oh, by the way. I have no other connection to the magazine and I’m not getting anything out it for publicising it here on my blog.
When I find something of value I like to share it with others.
Afterall, that’s the Tai Chi way.
Hershey cat demonstrating ‘Sung’ (complete relaxation) effortlessly.
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.