Tai Chi Step by Step - #01 Standing Meditation

Siila

Learn Tai Chi Step by Step. Starting with the principles of movement followed by the first section of the Lao Jia Yi Lu form. There are so many ways to improve your tai chi and get more depth into this amazing art. It will save you a lot of time if you can set your compass in the right direction from early on. Tai Chi (taiji) is translated literally as "Supreme Ultimate". That's a significant statement to make about anything. Tai Chi is not very well understood, even in China where millions of people practice it everyday. People know tai chi by it's cover, which is slow, soft, gentle, relaxing, which are all correct, but rarely do people see that tai chi is also powerful, fast, intense, physically demanding, and much much more. Tai Chi bring everything back into balance. It unites hardness and softness, quickness and slowness, and stillness and motion. It increases awareness and improves focus. Tai Chi has kicks, punches, jumps, and many explosive movements, and of course it has soft and gentle movements as most people can observe. The practice of tai chi facilitates the flow of the qi energy through the body and the result is more energy, more vitality, and less stress. Tai chi is easy to learn and once you get bitten by the tai chi bug you will be a practitioner for life. The benefits of tai chi are well documented, but what is not well documented are the skills that come from relaxation, alignment, and whole body unity. The symbol of tai chi is the yin yang ☯ which represents balance, unity, harmony, and the reality that there is no such thing as an absolute this or that.