T'ai Chi Unites The Mind, Body, Heart
When a lot of people got sick due to population explosion and lack of sufficient medical care, in 1956, during the communist revolution, top T’ai chi practitioners and masters in China got together and met officials in physical health education in Beijing. They came up with a short programme of teaching t'ai chi at a national level. Visiting Chenjiagou village, in north-central China, the birthplace of T’ai chi, in 2004, i was astounded to see the entire staff of small office, performing tai chi together before entering the office, I also had the privilege of watching women folk in the village ending their day with the slow-motion the TV set or mobile phone would not only melt away the aches and pains acquired during the day but also induce a truly restful and peaceful sleep. T'ai chi's social benefits are well documented. Push Hands, an important and interesting facet of tai chi, where two people pair off-one uses his hands to push the partner, the partner yields and neutralises the first and maintains his equilibrium -has been shown to have psychological value. It has tremendous healing effect on those suffering loneliness. What makes t'ai chi so special is its internal secrets. All moves involve bending and stretching. It starts with opening and closing in the joints. The joints get smaller while physical level, this raises the practitioner's vitality and aliveness. T'ai chi unites the mind, body, and heart exponentially. Eventually, this opening and closing goes all the way to the cellular level, and is called Chi Kung which literally means energy work. China has many forms of Chi Kung. A foundational chi kung move that is used in more than 100 different ways, is standing. The simple act of standing can teach you how to get internal alignments together, how to get the chi to circulate up and down your body. It teaches you to put the mind inside the body so you can relax it. Combining the standing posture with inner dissolving nab dentinal-the area between the navel the pubic bone-is the energetic cent that affects every action you make. It body’s main switch box. A part of you mind should always remain present your lower dantian. If everything conform your lower dantian, it floods all energy channels of your body evenly balances them. The increased emerge lower dantian increases your Sen Physicality in everything you do, be health, power, strength or focus. Thedantian not only governs the energize your physicality but also your sense and death. In terms of health, martiaand meditation, this region of the Bo absolutely essential. T'ai chi unites the mind, body, hand all your emotions and gives yoauthenticexperience of how life Ought to be lived.
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Courtesy: Sensei Sandeep Desai and Speaking Tree,Times of India