Compared with the fast pace and fierce competition in social life, people need a quiet way to balance, which can effectively adjust their mentality, body and physiology to keep the whole system of life healthy.
When we devote ourselves to practicing Tai Chi, we let our hands and feet go with the flow, and move back and forth like flowing clouds and water, so that we can integrate into an ethereal and peaceful state. We will forget all worries, abandon impetuousness, and have a harmonious fusion with nature, and be one with nature, and get full relaxation of body and mind.
This is an incomparably wonderful and comfortable feeling, which is a rare high-emotional activity full of beauty. This is a wonderful scenery and mental journey that people who do not practice Tai Chi cannot appreciate. Simply put, if you practice Tai Chi, you will have the following four kinds of beauty.
1, Perfect coordination of consciousness and action – Aesthetics of consciousness
When practicing Tai Chi, you should concentrate and pay high attention. Eyes follow hands, steps follow body; movements are coherent, flexible, steady and coordinated; quietness in movement, and movement in quietness. All of this is very conducive to the coordination of brain excitation and inhibition functions. Tai Chi should strive to achieve “intention rather than strength”. When practicing, one should use “consciousness” and “intention” to guide the movements, rather than relying on “strength” (clumsy force) to achieve results. This will not only achieve the perfect coordination of consciousness and movement, but also indulge in comfort and emptiness.
2, Flowing posture changes – the beauty of movement
From “starting” to “closing”, Tai Chi, regardless of the changes in reality and virtuality, the transformation of postures, are all connected, coherent and smooth, and completed in one go. There is no pause or connection, and the whole set of movements is like flowing water. Regardless of gender, age or young, practicing Tai Chi can eventually achieve an amazing beauty of movement. Tai Chi is a “flexible martial art” whose movements are mainly based on soft strength. “Soft, slow, and loose” are the basic points of Tai Chi.
“Soft” exercise methods can prevent muscles from being overly tense, and the postures are stable, stretched, and not stiff. After practicing, sweating but not panting gives people a relaxed and happy feeling. However, it has a unique effect on regulating the functions of the cerebral cortex and the autonomic nervous system. During the exercise, breathing will not be too rapid, and physical exertion will not be too great or too fast. Therefore, it is very suitable for the elderly and the weak, especially for those who are sick or have just recovered from illness. It is a health exercise that suits this group of people.
3, Strengthening the body and eliminating evil to balance yin and yang – health beauty
Tai Chi is a treasure of traditional Chinese health preservation. It firmly grasps the three treasures of “essence, qi, and spirit”. Most people who insist on practicing Tai Chi for a long time can prolong their life and “enjoy their natural life”. Tai Chi can strengthen the body and eliminate evil, balance yin and yang, regulate the spirit, and improve function.
Regulate the spirit and improve function. Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes that when exercising, one should be “tranquil and empty”, that is, eliminate distracting thoughts and relax with concentration. This not only relaxes the muscles, but also reduces the impulse of the muscles to enter the cerebral cortex, so that the human body is in a “relaxation reaction state” to achieve the effect of improving physiological functions. Tai Chi regulates the spirit through “relaxation”, “quietness” and “nature”. During the practice, people can enter a carefree and non-contentious leisure state, so it can eliminate mental fatigue, make people feel comfortable, eliminate negative emotions, and get rid of morbid psychology. Long-term perseverance can make impatient, anxious, irritable, and suspicious personalities become stable, open-minded, calm, and easy-going, and can also cultivate perseverance and calm and composed spirit.
Most of the movements of Tai Chi are circular curves, which include ellipses, semicircles, large circles, small circles and other circles. The characteristics of various circles must be distinguished during practice, forming a ring-like and connected style. During practice, the fists must be loosely gripped, the palm-shaped fingers are naturally slightly bent; the arms are kept in a naturally bent state; the shoulders cannot be raised, and the elbows are slightly sunken; the arms are kept naturally bent, showing straightness in the curve. Avoid straight movements and turning around right angles during practice, and avoid deliberate swaying, so that the rotation is smooth and light. All these are the wonderful crystallization of the full coordination of consciousness and action, brain nerve center and periphery, muscle bone joint and visceral movement.
There are so many benefits to practicing Tai Chi. Friends, what are you still hesitating about? Contact us, join us, and practice Tai Chi together.