Tranquility and Taiji Training Effecting Daily Life

/ Black Bamboo Pavilion Taijiquan School/

Taiji is commonly practiced for health and mediation. Moving our bodies regularly improves our health! Standing on one leg is good balance practice. Stance work strengthens our legs. Moving slowly with full attention is very meditative. And on and on….. The benefits of practicing taiji are many and can be expounded upon at length by many - those that practice and those that don’t. I enjoy hearing them all and often agree (who doesn’t like to hear that their favorite activity heals all ills and soothes all souls!) However, often these benefits feel superficial to the deep internal training that can happen with a continued and focused practice.

I rarely run across good explanations of how our minds in our daily lives are impacted by our taiji practice. Brisbane Chen Tai Chi has managed to do just that here. This depiction is a near perfect representation of how earning to do form with mental relaxation sneaks into the rest of our lives.

And, as a picture is worth a thousand words, I’ll end mine here and leave you with these images.

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More support for Tai Chi

/ Black Bamboo Pavilion/

Obviously, we don't need yet another reason to practice Taijiquan!  But it's nice to be backed up on the "it's just plain good for you" idea! 

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Thanks to Gary Forbach, who sent this article our way.

Tai Chi May Help Prevent Falls

“Practicing tai chi helps older people improve their balance and avoid falls, a review of studies has found.

Tai chi is a form of Chinese martial arts now practiced as exercise. It involves a specific program of graceful movements, accompanied by deep breathing and mental focus, that slowly move the center of balance from one leg to the other.

Researchers found 10 randomized trials analyzing the effect of tai chi on the incidence of falls or the time until an elderly person first has a fall. All studies compared tai chi to usual care or other treatments like physical therapy, stretching or exercise.”