T'ai Chi & Qi Gong

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Tai Chi & Qi Gong

Contents

Tai Chi

What is Tai Chi?
Why do Tai Chi?
Tai Chi's Philosophy of Living
T'ai C'hi Checklist
T'ai Chi Health Tips

T'ai Chi

T'ai Chi is about breathing and relaxing as we move through the changes of life, continually filling and flowing with life energy. By filling with Qi, we become, like Qi, nurturing to all things.

Why do T'ai Chi?

Feels Good
Boosts Immune System
It dumps old stress, cleaning my nervous system
Helps me to let go of new stress faster
makes me more creative and productive
makes me nicer to be around
It's the best balance and coordination training in the world
It slows my aging process
It keeps me supple and loose, no matter how old I am
It helps the process and release 'dis-ease' before it becomes a disease

Tai Chi's Philosophy of Living

T'ai Chi means "supreme ultimate". By practising T'ai Chi, our mind centers, and we become the supreme ultimate point in the Universe - a clearer, lighted point from which all that we will ever dream and achieve flows. You become an absolute point of healing, healing yourself, and by so doing, healing the world around you.

T'ai Chi celebrates being alive. Daily practise of T'ai Chi's forms cleanses your body and mind of stress, awakens your senses, and opens you to the limitless energy of life, Qi..

T'ai Chi gives you an edge, no matter what it is you strive to succeed in. Moreover, T'ai Chi teaches you to be happy, excited, and thankful for everything that we are right now. This is a wonderful way to live, being here now, to savor the tremendously exquisite live's we've been given; content and yet ready, willing, and able to take on the noblest adventures in life.

Remember that you are a miracle. You are here to do miraculous things. Somtimes that miraculous thing is just being kind. Enjoy this life; it's the best game in town. Play T'ai Chi, breathe, and everything else will take care of itself.

T'ai C'hi Checklist

Breathe deep, full abdominal breaths whenever you think about it
Enjoy the passive observation of nature, the sun, or rain
Really feel the things you touch, the sounds you hear, and really experience the tastes, smells and sights. Be here and now each moment
Forgive quickly. As T'ai C'hi empties the body of held tension, allow the mind and heart to release the past, thereby flowing easily into the future
Celebrate the pleasure of movement each day as you revel in your T'ai Chi practise, and let that savoring of life weave out into every single thing you do

T'ai Chi Health Tips

Practise T'ai Chi movements each day
Practise a deep session of sitting QiGong each day
Turn on your Qi, or light energy, anytime you catch yourself being bored
When obsessive need or anxiety leads you to want unhealthful foods, drinks, or activities, turn on your light energy
When arguments get out of hand at home or work, walk away and do QiGong or T'ai Chi, before attempting to resolve them
Before every meeting, interview, test, or any other activity of consequence in your life, do a sitting QiGong session first. It will help bring all your power into the activity
Remember that Qi flows effortlessly through you. You do not have to make Qi flow, you only need to let your fears and tensions get out of the way. Qi just happens.
When Qi is flowing, every day is a holiday!

The above was excerpted from "The Complete Idiot's Guide to T'ai Chi & QiGong" by Bill Douglas.

I totally agree with the above! I do feel like I'm holiday most days - even though I am sorting a lot of things out! When Qi is flowing - everything slots into place - I get to places at the perfect time and a great parking place is usually waiting. On not so good days, minor accidents happen (breakages, spills, scratches, bumps etc.) and less pleasure and more pain is experienced. Greg.

In Tai Chi Chuan they say "Where the mind (yi) goes the energy (qi / chi) follows."

eg. Close your eyes, relax, take 3 deep breathes, then focus your attention on your hands for about a minute - notice them getting warmer!
Be careful what you think about! and why!

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