Occasionally practice your Tai Chi form focusing only on your supporting foot or feet connecting deep into the earth as you move from posture to posture to get a sense of being grounded.
Tai Chi: Square Chair
Here’s a handy tip for beginners who practise a Tai Chi form. By the way, the term ‘square’ refers to the stop start method of learning a Tai Chi form. Whenever you are in an upright posture, as you move throughout the form, imagine you are sitting on a high chair (feet flat on the […]
Tai Chi Tip #65
When practicing your Tai Chi form feel the weighted foot penetrate deep into the ground – provides better stability.
Dog’s Breakfast Tai Chi
Hmm, I’ve just finished practicing my third Tai Chi session today: hands form and it was like a dog’s breakfast – scattered. I felt calm before I started but for the some reason my Chi was scattered. I forgot bits of the form which I have practiced hundreds of times over the years.
Boring Tai Chi Form?
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 […]