Reading: 10. Right elbow bends, left hand moves back to make a circle, left palm touches right wrist. 11. Waist turns to right, extend your arms.12. Seperate your hands.13. Sit back on left side, fold your arms back, elbows down, hands are about shoulder width apart. 14. Push forward, extend Read more…
Reading: 5. Lift up left foot, toes pointing down.6. Step to the south, heel down first, left arm moves up, right arm moves down.7. Shift weight to left, waist turns slightly to the south. Lift right foot, arms follow the waist movement.8. Right foot steps out, waist turns to the Read more…
Reading: When discussing chi in the martial arts training we are no longer referring to the technical, medical usages. Rather, in the martial arts we speak more plainly: breathing is a chi; the energy flowing within the body is a chi; and the life energy is a chi. Our bodies Read more…
Reading: Another aspect of chi is the Yin Chi and the Yang Chi. Yang Chi is more refined chi, symbolically described as clear light floating up. The qing yang zhi qi, “Clear Light Yang Chi,” enables you to hear and see clearly. Yin Chi is the rougher chi, symbolically described Read more…
Reading: The Chi of Nourishment and the Chi of Protection Ying qi is the “Chi of Nourishment,” the chi which nourishes your body. It is the refined aspect of the essence of food which is combined together with your Life-force to provide nourishment for the body. The wai qi, is Read more…
Reading: We can speak of the chi in a more technical, medical sense. Your life force, your normal life-force, is your zheng qi, “Essential Chi.” The causes of disease are the six Outside Chi or External Chi (wind, cold, dampness, dryness, and fire), and the seven Emotions (joy, anger, worry, Read more…
Reading: What does the word “chi” mean? The word chi by itself means “air.” But when we talk about chi in terms of Tai Chi training, usually it means “energy” or “function”. Thus, the chi of the five organs is the function of the five organs; and the chi of Read more…
Reading: After you are conceived in your mother’s womb but before you are born, there is the xian tian zhi qi, “Before Sky Chi,” the “Chi Before You Saw The Sky,” that is, the chi before you were born. The food your mother eats is transformed to become her blood; Read more…
Reading: While practicing Tai Chi Chuan the mind should have no thought or language, it should be free from the known. During practice the mind is quiet, yet has complete attention upon all of the movements. The mind might slip back occasionally into the known, because our physical condition is Read more…
Reading: Practice in the morning and evening. In the morning you warm-up and get ready for the day. In the evening you are tired from the events of the day. Practice in the evening to free yourself from the stresses of the day and go back to being in tune Read more…