It’s important to have a sense for why you come to T’ai Chi so that you can focus your efforts and get what you need.
You’ll get out of T’ai Chi what you put into it.
T’ai Chi Ch’uan is an “Internal” art which seeks to develop and harmonize the human energy system in the context of a martial arts form.
As a beginning, T’ai Chi enables us to recognize and actively release tension.
T’ai Chi has been called moving meditation since its practice quiets the mind by centering us into body awareness.
Ultimately, T’ai Chi can be practiced as a comprehensive system of self-development.
During T’ai Chi practice you become relaxed, present, energized, and aware.
In addition to these profound effects, T’ai Chi just plain feels good.
Practice T’ai Chi with awareness and pure enjoyment and the rest will take care of itself.
The good feeling one gets in T’ai Chi is developed through daily practice.
To guide you on the path towards embodying the essence of T’ai Chi, focus on five principles: THE FIVE PRINCIPLES: 1) RELAX DOWN: release tension around all joints so they become open and free moving.
In T’ai Chi, we keep awareness “Centered” in the lower dantian.
The movements of T’ai Chi help to circulate qi throughout the body.
Beyond the five principles, the following cues are also essential to T’ai Chi practice: *Roll the tip of your tongue up to touch the roof of your mouth.
If you become frustrated in what seems complex, remember the five principles; these are the heart of T’ai Chi.
In the first stages of learning T’ai Chi, focus on the fifth principle, root & separate, and on feeling solid contact with the ground.
Push Hands develops your ability to follow T’ai Chi principles while interacting with another.
In Push Hands the connection between T’ai Chi and everyday interactions becomes apparent.
One of my T’ai Chi teachers says: “T’ai Chi is simple, but it isn’t easy.” In China, to learn T’ai Chi is considered a life-long study.
To maintain such a study, remember the desire that brought you to T’ai Chi.
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