•Can Heavy People Practice Tai Chi?
? Yang Chengfu was the master of Tai Chi Chuan who brought tai chi to the masses in China. He was also responsible for the popularity of Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan.
I don't think Yang Chengfu was heavy in his younger days. It's said that as he became successful and better known his new life brought with it plenty of food and drink, and he put on quite a bit of weight. I've never heard that his weight caused him any problems when doing tai chi. He was always considered a great master.
I've seen...
•Carrots, Eggs, Coffee, and Tai Chi
How are carrots, eggs, coffee, and tai chi related? First a story I got via email from my friend Melanie Hirsch.
A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee...You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again. A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up, She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose. Her mother took...
•Do You Recognize the 7 Signs of Premature Aging?
? Do you know someone who is aging too fast? Not premature aging caused by disease, but instead caused by aging more rapidly than we really should or more rapidly than we have to. Do you know what it looks like when someone is aging too quickly? Why is it that some people live a healthy and vibrant life right up until the end and others suffer, and worse yet accept it as normal?
One of the major reasons this happens to so may people may surprise you. Let's start with the 7 Symptoms of...
•Does Relaxing Actually Relieve Stress?
? Is simple relaxation an effective way to relieve stress? Yes, up to a point. The problem is if you're still under stress it doesn't work for long.
When you've been building up stress for a long period of time simple relaxation relieves stress in the moment, yet the slightest problem brings it right back to the surface. Ever experienced or witnessed sudden road rage?
Have you ever noticed that when you're under a lot of stress, you feel fine one moment and angry the next? Sometimes you may...
•How to Relax and Relieve Stress
How often do you feel stressed? If you're like most of us, it's several times a day.
What do you think this is doing to your body? Are you noticing signs of excessive stress in your body or hoping they don't start appearing?
Well most of us are not in a position to simply get rid of the stresses we're under. So how can we deal them so our health is not negatively affected, or how do we help our bodies heal so we can deal with the many stresses we face every day?
The answer for me was tai...
•The Improvisation of Tai Chi
With tai chi it's very important to learn to color inside the lines. It's essential to do each move in just the right way. Once you learn to do this, you begin to feel the energy within your own body.
Once you are able to 'play' with the energy you must learn when to ignore the lines. In my view Tai chi has a number of similarities with improvisational acting. Improvisational acting paradoxically has rules to follow, the primary rule being to say yes to whatever line or whatever situation is...
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