TAICHI BASICS
The Essential Skills of Chen Style Tai Chi
Tai Chi Basics is Part 2 of the Do Chen Style Tai Chi learning program.
Tai Chi Basics include 65 lessons divided into 6 parts:
1. How to Stand - learn how to align your body with gravity to relax and conserve energy - the key to all tai chi postures and movements
2. How to Breathe - tai chi’s specific method of breathing to energize your whole body for vibrant health and well being
3. How to Loosen Up - a series of gentle joint rotation exercises to loosen up muscles and joints, increase circulation, relieve and prevent joint pain and injuries, and reverse the effects of aging
4. How to Silk Reel - Silk reeling is tai chi’s continually spiraling/ coiling whole body movements. Silk reeling strengthens and tones muscles, tendons, and ligaments, cultivates powerful Qi circulation, improves cardiovascular and lymphatic function, and heals and prevents soft tissue injuries - the healthiest and most intelligent way to exercise the whole body
5. Tai Chi Spine Stretch - a simple spinal stretch performed while standing to increase spinal mobility and correct the alignment of spinal vertebrae - the BEST EXERCISE to relieve and prevent back pain and restore youthful spinal pliability for life.
6. How to Stand Quietly - a simple method of standing to cultivate stillness and total relaxation of body and mind - sometimes referred to as Standing Meditation
Tai Chi Basics offers wonderful benefits for your health physically and mentally, and cultivates a level of energy that grows with the years.
It also prepares you to learn the Chen Tai Chi solo form, Laojia Yilu (Old Frame First Routine).
Learn the complete Tai Chi Basics. Start today!
Tai Chi Basics include 65 lessons divided into 6 parts:
1. How to Stand - learn how to align your body with gravity to relax and conserve energy - the key to all tai chi postures and movements
2. How to Breathe - tai chi’s specific method of breathing to energize your whole body for vibrant health and well being
3. How to Loosen Up - a series of gentle joint rotation exercises to loosen up muscles and joints, increase circulation, relieve and prevent joint pain and injuries, and reverse the effects of aging
4. How to Silk Reel - Silk reeling is tai chi’s continually spiraling/ coiling whole body movements. Silk reeling strengthens and tones muscles, tendons, and ligaments, cultivates powerful Qi circulation, improves cardiovascular and lymphatic function, and heals and prevents soft tissue injuries - the healthiest and most intelligent way to exercise the whole body
5. Tai Chi Spine Stretch - a simple spinal stretch performed while standing to increase spinal mobility and correct the alignment of spinal vertebrae - the BEST EXERCISE to relieve and prevent back pain and restore youthful spinal pliability for life.
6. How to Stand Quietly - a simple method of standing to cultivate stillness and total relaxation of body and mind - sometimes referred to as Standing Meditation
Tai Chi Basics offers wonderful benefits for your health physically and mentally, and cultivates a level of energy that grows with the years.
It also prepares you to learn the Chen Tai Chi solo form, Laojia Yilu (Old Frame First Routine).
Learn the complete Tai Chi Basics. Start today!