Tai Ji (chi) is one of the most effective ways to improve health and to increase mind and body fitness. Tai Ji (chi) involves a series of postures transition in a slow, smooth, and focused manner. In a way, it is like graceful dances that keep your body in constant motion. The purpose of Tai Ji is to cultivate the life energy or Qi and enable it to flow through our meridians. Therefore, each Tai Ji posture was designed based on dynamic physic theory and traditional Chinese mediation principles.
Tai Ji includes three components: movement, meditation, and deep breathing. These three components emphases on the three regulations of body focus, mental focus, and breathe focus. Studies have shown that the gentle, flowing movements accompanied by deep breathing promote serenity. The combination of self-awareness and self-correction of the body posture and movement, the flow of breath, and the stilling of the mind could activate the natural self-regulatory or self-healing capacity, which stimulates the balanced release of endogenous neuron hormones and a wide array of natural health recovery mechanisms.
Practicing Tai Ji regularly has many health benefits. The following are some top health benefits:
- Increased Strength and Endurance: Research shows that individuals who practiced Tai Ji regularly, had higher strength and performance levels.
- Improve Flexibility and Posture: The self-awareness and self-correction of the body posture and movement help to maintain a good posture and improve one’s flexibility.
- Improve Coordination: self-awareness and self-correction of the body posture and movement help hand and eye coordination, as well as upper and lower body coordination.
- Illness Prevention: a combination of slow body movement, the flow of breath, and stilling of the mind helps to treat chronic illnesses like heart disease, blood pressure, arthritis, digestive disorders, depression, and a few others.
- Stress Reduction: The mellow rhythmic movements and breathing help distract from a hectic lifestyle.
- Improve Respiratory System Regulation: As one of the three components of Tai Chi, deep breathing helps to treat respiratory alignments such as asthma, bronchitis, and emphysema.
- Improve Balance: steady and slow flow of moments with coordinating entire body movements help the core regain and improve balance.
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