Douglas On Tai Chi Movements

Excerpted from The Complete Idiot’s Guide to T’ai Chi & QiGong, by Bill Douglas:

If done correctly, slowly, and gently, Tai Chi enables you to become aware of any poor physical habits long before physical damage is done. In fact, you often don’t become aware of problems in high-impact sports until the doctor is telling you not to play that sport ever again.

One amazing aspect of Tai Chi is that it replicates ALL the movements we go through in our daily lives.

When your “Snake Creeps Down,” you are loading the dishes in the dish washer (Thanks Liz Keith in Arizona for this clever image). When you “Push” or “Punch” you are shoveling snow, or pushing the lawn mower. When you “Pull Back” you are raking leaves, and on and on.

As you learn to move effortlessly from the Dan Tien in Tai Chi and Qigong movements, you move differently in all your daily activities, and you get more done, with less strain, and more power.

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