TAI CHI PRACTICE

When you begin learning Tai Chi the experience is probably new and strange. You will find it helpful if you remember to approach Tai Chi in a relaxed way and let your interest and involvement develop at its own pace.

During practice the postures can be adjusted according to the person’s ability. While learning some feel frustrated that they are poor learner’s and have no experience in any sports/physical activities and whether they will receive any benefits from Tai Chi.

Please understand frustration happens only if you try to or expect to master it. All you have to do is memorize the moves, be gentle with yourself. No need to rush. Just do a little everyday and know that whatever you accomplish in that time is perfect.

We start to treat our body as our temple. Daily practice is our everyday worship to get the blessings for good health. Self-development in Tai Chi comes from disciplined practice on a planned schedule over a period of time.

Proper practice means total concentration on what you are doing during performing the movements.

Complete relaxation means relaxing the connective tissue deep down in our body. We need to come into contact with our tendons and ligaments and feel them relaxing. This will take time. Once our connective tissue starts to relax we would feel as though as one unit by not moving in independent parts. This is true relaxation. By gradually relaxing and opening our body we would understand how to develop power and strength.

In Tai Chi if you are coordinated and centered, and the mind is totally focused, it’s easier to maintain control of your movements and reactions.

We have to give up our lifelong concept of building muscle strength in order to develop another more powerful method which comes from the ligament and tendons.

Tai Chi is an experiential art form. Only by experiencing the physical and mental aspects you can understand what you are doing.

Remember Tai Chi form should be done with total concentration, and you should be focused during your practice on learning to apply all these principles at the same time.

 It is the concentration that makes Tai Chi so attractive which makes it a complete moving meditation and can further be enjoyed and explored when done in a quiet and pleasant surrounding.