Tai Chi and Chi Kung are great for your health.
Tai chi is a series of flowing movements…
Join Red Lotus Tai Chi and Qi Gong to significantly improve your body's overall health, enhance your reflexes, alleviate stress, boost your confidence, and promote mental well-being and inner awareness. Tai Chi is particularly known for its ability to improve memory as well. Through the practice of Tai Chi, I take the time to teach my pupils how to cultivate feeling, discipline, strength, intention, and unwavering focus. This ancient practice will help you learn how to unwind and effectively calm both your body and mind. By properly stretching your body, you will gradually develop the elasticity necessary to become proficient in Tai Chi. Engaging in soft and pliant exercises can also assist you in gaining both speed and strength. These gentle yet effective exercises support the opening of your body's meridians, facilitating the free flow of energy both internally and externally. As a result of these practices, your blood flow will experience a higher vibrational level, contributing to overall vitality. By maintaining these practices, you can support your health and avoid common illnesses and diseases. In scientific terms, we are engaging in the stretching of the fascia, not merely activating the muscles, while also opening the joints to stimulate increased synovial fluid production. The fascia is the connective white tissue that envelops the muscles and bones, playing a vital role in generating communication throughout the body.
WHAT ARE THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF TAI CHI AND CHI GONG
Eastern society practices Tai Chi for health to prevent many illnesses and improve physical functions, including diabetes, Parkinson's disease, heart disease, and related issues. It can help prevent strokes, arthritis, breast cancer, high blood pressure, and more. Tai Chi boosts muscle strength, memory, immunity, mental health, reduces pain, and increases overall vitality. For more details about my courses and classes, please email me. clicking here
Tai Chi principles and training are integral to your development as a student. I can assist you in understanding what is expected of you in terms of consistent practice and dedicated engagement. The following are some essential training principles to guide you:
Use Tai Chi principles and movements in your daily life, allowing the flow and balance of the practice to enhance your everyday activities.
Create your internal body shape; nurturing this awareness will enable you to build a strong and solid foundation for your practice.
Train your mind to move your body, fostering a deep connection between your thoughts and your physical movements.
Focus outside of yourself to enliven your senses, encouraging you to be more attuned to your environment and the people around you.
You'll have to enroll in my classes to learn more about these valuable training methods, as they will provide you with a deeper understanding and practical application of these principles.
Qi Gong benefits and training practices
Research in China showed that Qi gong significantly helped treat illnesses like asthma, bronchitis, and pneumonia through deep breathing linked with Tai chi. Over 80% of patients benefited. It also improved heart health, hypertension, and blood pressure. After eight weeks of practice, visible improvements were noted, and 97.7% of those who continued had lower blood pressure. Over 30 years, 47.76% of a control group died (32.50% from stroke), while only 25.41% of the Qi gong group died (15.57% from stroke). Ultrasound tests revealed that the Qi gong group had stronger heart muscles and better left ventricular function.
Qi gong increases blood flow to the brain, hands, and feet by promoting deep relaxation, which helps blood vessels expand.
It supports digestion by removing toxins and can aid in healing stomach and duodenal ulcers; a study showed that 70.8% of regular practitioners were cured.
In Chinese medicine, strengthening Qi and blood helps the body fight infections and illnesses. Qi gong is commonly used to improve the immune system by boosting Qi and blood.
Many cancer patients report benefits from Qi gong: over 80% regained energy, 63% had a better appetite, and more than 20% experienced improved liver function.
Qi gong also enhances hearing, vision, memory, skin elasticity, bone density, reaction time, cholesterol and hormone levels, physical strength, kidney function, focus, discipline, and relaxation, which is especially valuable in today's fast-paced world.
Qi gong aims to keep your body calm so that energy can flow freely. It enhances the Qi energy in every cell, which is crucial for our health. For over 7,000 years, Qi gong has helped many people with various health issues, and most practitioners are skilled healers. Another form of natural healing is Qi, which the healer directs to the person being treated. Qi gong is a comprehensive practice of moving energy in your body, based on the 5 element and Meridian theories, key parts of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). There are various styles of Qi gong, including BA DUAN JIN, YI JIN JING, and 5 animal Qigong, each with its own meaning and variations.
One of my favourites is PRIMORDIAL QIGONG a set by the late great Grandmaster Feng Zhiqiang pictured below…
Other types of Qi gong practice include Fire Dragon Meridian Qi gong, Medical Qi gong, Dao Yin Yang Sheng Gong Shi Er Fa, Shamanic Cosmic Orbit Qi gong, Dragon Gate Qi gong, Zhang Zhuang, Swimming Dragon Qi gong, Dao-in, The Yi Jing Medical Qi gong System, Dragon Dao yin exercises, and Daoist Nei Gong, which is recognized as one of the highest and most sophisticated expressions of Qi gong available today. The cultivation of both the spirit and the body is crucial for overall well-being and balance. If you are younger, it is advisable to start your journey with the spirit and then gradually move on to the physical aspects of practice. However, if you are older, it becomes essential to first strengthen your health before progressing to the physical exercises. If the body is weak, and Jing (the vital essence of the body) and qi (the life-activating energy) are found to be insufficient, we can utilize movement to purify and invigorate Jing, while also benefiting from mind discipline and healing physical injuries. It is important to recognize that Jing and Qi diminish at an increasingly rapid rate as we age. To achieve and maintain good health and longevity, we require a significant amount of Jing. According to Daoist belief, Jing resides primarily in your kidneys, which means that any activities or practices that deplete your Jing can be potentially harmful to your overall health.
