Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese tradition that involves a series of movements performed in a slow, focused manner with deep breathing. Each posture flows into the next without pause, ensuring that your body is in constant motion. It is considered a gentle way to reduce stress and anxiety while also increasing flexibility and balance.
“When one’s physique is equivalent to his energy,
he will live long.”
Qi Gong is an ancient Chinese system of exercise and meditation that combines regulated breathing, slow movement, and focused awareness to cultivate and balance qi. People do qi gong to maintain health, calm their minds, and reconnect with their spirit.
When these three aspects of our being are integrated, it encourages a positive outlook on life, helps eliminate harmful attitudes and behaviors, and creates a balanced life style. The slow, gentle movements of both Tai Chi and Qi Gong can be practiced anywhere, at any time, by anyone. No need for special clothing, gym memberships, or health clubs!
“Thus, when a wise man preserves his health, he always adapts himself to the cold and hot weather agreeably with the four seasons, keep the moods of overjoy and anger in harmony to maintain his motion and rest in daily life at ease, so that he can control the over-abundance of Yin and Yang and regulate the firmness and softness. In this way, the debilitating and thief evil will not invade…”
