Tai Chi with Chi Kung practice

Chi Kung or otherwise know as Qigong is use for internal energy work and is a great healing, strengthening, energizing, focusing, cleansing and opening body method. Tai Chi in combination with Chi Kung leads to a more effective Tai Chi practice.

Practicing Tai Chi without Chi Kung is like a ship without water. Chi Kung helps to enhance ones Tai Chi, it gives that inner connection which helps the Tai Chi forms look and feel more graceful. Chi Kung helps to soften ones hardness, allowing for a more relaxed body and mind. When we are in this position we can connect more with our own personal energies and those around us. With Chi Kung we learn to harness our internal power and learn to conserve that power for appropriate action.

It is of up most importance to include Chi Kung as part of your Tai Chi, this is a very important factor in your practice.

Tai Chi Chiang Mai-Thailand
Chi Kung Chiang Mai-Thailand

These articles are written by Rod Savvides of Body and Mind Healing School- Chiang Mai, Thailand:

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Tai Chi For Beginners; Part Two:

Chen San Feng Tai Chi founder

In our first part of our Tai Chi for beginners we look at some essential elements in learning this fine art, though there is one major consideration that needs to be look at and we will discuss that here. As some of you are aware Tai Chi Chuan has profound healing elements and can also be use in self defense. I believe that practicing Tai Chi will help balance our internal energies and help us in understanding or embracing those energies better, helping us interact in a more balanced way. In this world there is no Yin without Yang and Yang without Yin. When deciding to study Tai Chi you would have a very important consideration to make, this is whether you wish to embrace your Yang energies as well as your Yin energies as both are within you and around you regardless if you are male or female and both these energies are an important part of understanding Tai Chi Chuan. Tai Chi Chuan was reformed in China around the early part of the 20th century and has taken a softer approach in some schools, this led many people to believe that Tai Chi was only for older folk or for health only. Tai Chi is for all ages, though if one is not practicing the self defense strategies, then one is not really practicing Tai Chi Chuan as it was originally formed and taught. Please be aware it is not necessary to beat on your fellow practitioners, but to inter exchange your energies with others who are practicing these strategies will help teach you, what Tai Chi Chuan is about.

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Tai Chi For Beginners; Part One:

When first starting out to learn Tai Chi Chuan it is important to know which style of Tai Chi you wish to learn. There are many styles of Tai Chi to choose from and they will be discussed in future blogs, you would also have to consider the time you have available to learn, as Tai Chi Chuan can takes years of continued practice to really learn the art fully. Over the years Tai Chi Chuan has evolved into a more commercial system, which has had a big impact on how people view Tai Chi Chuan. Now in today's western ways there is a need for instant gratification, hence it also has had a big impact on how Tai Chi Chuan is taught. Therefore when starting out, it is very  important to find a good teacher who is able to guide you with patience, understanding, focus, respect and good teaching methods. With Wudang Tai Chi Chuan the forms are broken down into a series of stages, helping the teacher to teach a correct method and student to learn correctly and to remember what they have been taught. In future blogs, we will look at more considerations, for those interested to learn this wonderful Chinese art.

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