Tai Chi Articles Page
by Stephen Procter
Tai Chi - Engaging Your Waist
Your waist is the centre of your balance, movement and perception; it pulls everything together and allows all parts of your body to function as one instead of separately. .... Continue Article Click Here
Tai Chi - How to Rotate the Hips
So you have joined a tai chi class and during the beginning posture the teacher mentioned rotating your hips, you watch and they seem to be pushing their hips forward.... Continue Article Click Here
Pushing Hands - Developing Listening Skill
Listening is an important part of pushing hands, our ability to react in a skilled way can only be based on the information we have received. This type of listening is not done.... Continue Article Click Here
Pushing Hands - Developing Dissolving Skill
Dissolving needs to be performed in two stages, let the force in, and then turn. This means joining with the force before turning, we need to do it this way if we are to avoid.... Continue Article Click Here
Tai Chi Movements Explained
Pay attention to the name of each movement, these aren't just used for fun but as an aid to learning, to help you remember and understand each posture. Learning the name sequence is.... Continue Article Click Here
Developing Your Tai Chi
Your form going internal will not happen automatically instead you need to practice intentionally to develop it in that direction. If you don't it is possible for you to train.... Continue Article Click Here
Tai Chi - The Study of Change
It is easy to see the physical benefits of practicing tai chi, better balance, circulation, energy , less illness etc, but mental health can be harder to see. The problem with.... Continue Article Click Here
Understanding Correct Tai Chi Breathing
During our tai chi practice our breathing plays an important role and has a huge influence on many aspects of our forms and health. Breathing has an influence on expansion and.... Continue Article Click Here
Increasing Your Balance in Tai Chi
Have you ever been practicing your tai chi form and whilst shifting your weight or standing on one leg felt unbalanced and unstable? This feeling comes from improper sinking.... Continue Article Click Here
Understanding the Qualities of Tai Chi
Taking a walk down a local park we notice someone practicing Tai Chi, we stop for a while to watch, feeling a relaxation going through our own body and a calmness appearing in our mind.... Continue Article Click Here
Developing Your Attention During Tai Chi
When we first learn Tai Chi slow form we are focussed on remembering and performing all the new movements that we have been taught, also learning new ways in which to move.... Continue Article Click Here
Pushing Hands - Developing Absorbing Skill
When we initially sense incoming force in pushing hands we can use absorbing techniques to dissipate some of the incoming energy. The word absorbing in this sense is to absorb.... Continue Article Click Here
Tai Chi - Health for Your Whole Life
Our mental and physical health is the highest wealth that we have; unfortunately it is also something that most of us only invest in after we have already lost it.... Continue Article Click Here
Understanding Your Tai Chi
Tai Chi is often described as a moving meditation because of the mental and physical relaxation it produces when practiced. It uses gentle slow circular movements.... Continue Article Click Here
