Tai Chi:
How to Use Tai Chi for Health and Strength
Tai Chi, Chi Kung, or Tui Na massages are only a few of the ancient Chinese keys to self-trusting and to physical harmony. Using these techniques you can achieve many accomplishments without having puting your body and mind through great psychological or physical efforts, violent conflicts or aggression.
According to practitioners of the art, once you dominate the genuine laws of the universe, which you assimilate by the methods below, it will be impossible for someone to dominate you. Mr. Miyagi knew this well... and so did Yoda.
Chi Kung - the art of internal harmony
Chi Kung is a philosophical system at least 5000 years old, which made it through the centuries and became popular at the beginning of this millennium. This art of the vital energy is the most advanced and complex method of improving health and longevity; Chi Kung offers a feeling of harmony with yourself and the surrounding world. The four main principles of this technique revolve around the mind, the eyes, body movement, and breathing.
The mind represents the intention, the eyes are considered the focusing of intention, the movement is the action of intention and the breathing is flood of intention. It clearly takes time and practice to understand profoundly these ancient dynamics.
The benefits resulting from practicing Chi Kung are divided into five categories:
- Cure of illnesses and improvement of the general state of health and well-being
- Increase in vitality and development and harnessing of internal force
- Prolonging of youth
- Cultivation of the mind and intellectual faculties
- Spiritual progress
According to Chinese medicine, various diseases are the result of anger, sadness, joy, harmony, and optimism deficit. All these factors, together with deficient nourishment, make Chiu (the vital energy) diminish or languish in only certain parts of your body. By practicing Chi Kung you can learn to be more conscious of what's your inner universe and to build a defensive system against the disequilibrium, which affects your vital force.
The harmony of breathing and the agility obtained during the training sessions confer a better concentration and a fast recovery from stress and fatigue by inviting you to meditate.
Tai Chung Chuan - the wonder dance
You may have seen this on TV. In China, very early in the morning, hundreds of people, often in large groups but also alone, perform what looks like super weird movements. This gymnastics, with waving motions, represents for them an ancestral inheritance. The eternity of the universe and its rhythm have induced the idea that the human being can become immortal if he adapts to and follows this rhythm. This technique represents a a merging of the subtle side of the human being (spiritual evolution, mental control etc) and the physical side (muscles, articulation, bones etc).
Whenever you feel intellectually or physically tired, Tai Chi Chuan gives you the possibility to gain back, in only a few minutes, your strength and harmony.
There are many other Chinese arts whose efficiency has been proven along the centuries. Please don't hesitate to attend Chinese seminars, in order to get more information, whenever the spirit or mood moves you.
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