I’ve been a part of a tai chi class for about a year now and have found it to be an amazing thing to build self-awareness in. The first time I tried tai chi I was a teenager who never had any interest in practicing physical exercise. After reading the book, “Tai Chi for Health” by John K. Wang, I knew I had to get involved.
A common misconception of tai chi is that it is an exercise class. This isnt really the case. Instead, it is a practice in which the mind and body work together to build awareness and release stress. The class may be limited to people who have been physically active, or it may involve no physical exertion at all. It is an exercise class because it builds skill and awareness of your body and mind to be able to perform the exercise right in your own home.
Tai chi is a physical exercise class, as mentioned above, but it also builds awareness and stress reduction skills. The class involves a series of exercises that develop the mind and body in the context of one long, continuous exercise. There is no stretching, no heavy breathing, nothing. It can be done with as little or as much intensity as you like. Tai chi is as intense as you are able to tolerate.
The best thing is to do it with a friend, so you’re not just going to a gym and doing a bunch of exercises. You’re doing it in your own home.
The class is really great for people who are not athletic types, because it can be a lot of fun to work your body all the way out and take it slow. In the class you learn a series of breathing exercises, as well as various styles of movements. You do a lot of stretching and strengthening of your body, and as a result, you learn how to enjoy the process – the “jist” of things.
In the class we do a lot of stretching, strengthening, and breathing exercises, which makes it a lot easier to do in your own home. You can also go through the same breathing exercises, but in a different way. So for instance, you could do a full wind-up on the floor in your own home. Then you can do a series of jiggling motions on your bed. This is a great way for people to increase their strength and stamina.
One of the most common complaints in the class is that you can’t do it. You can’t do a thing. If you were to do a few exercises before you start a workout, you’d probably find that you don’t get the full weight or speed of the workout.
Well, that’s true on the surface, but remember that when we’re doing a full wind-up, our arms are totally out of the way. So when we do a series of jiggling motions on our bed, we are making a full rotation of the entire body about 180 degrees.
When I was at a fast pace, I was a little disappointed with my weight because there were so many places I was falling. I couldn’t get down a hill without falling back into a new place. So, a small fraction of a second seemed to me like an eternity, and a few seconds had passed before I was on top.
I can’t think of anything like that. I have never fallen off a horse, jumped off a bridge, or, you know, anything very complicated. But I have done all sorts of silly things like run to the top of the stairs and then fall backwards. I have also done a full one-eighty and then do a complete roll over and jump back down.
