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Tai Chi and the Stress Cycle |
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 Release the Stress Life in Western communities is faster and more and more demanding as we all know. We talk about slowing down the pace of life…we talk about taking time out. We are often all talk and no action. People are over whelmed with “things” to do and fear taking on something that demands more time in their life. So I suggest Tai Chi as a simple way to break the stress cycle.
 Break the Cycle
The concept of “stuck chi” in Chinese medicine relates to the idea that our physiological and psychological rhythms have ground to a halt. This can happen when we are emotionally overwhelmed, over worked or contract certain illnesses that disturb the fundamental balances within our bodies.
When the chi is “stuck” we are wired and tired in life. The challenge is to shift this obstruction and create a movement of chi again.  Create stability
Routine practice can assist in generating a natural regulation of chi through the body via the energetic pathways (called meridians or channels) thereby preventing an irregular movement of chi or an obstruction of chi.
I have practiced Tai Chi for many years now, but have only been a regular student at Preston for five or six years under the guidance of Master Chin Min Lian. He is a patient and gentle man who has an extraordinary capacity not only to teach the movements of the various Tai Chi forms, but to transfer the essence of the practice.
Thank you Chin Min
Helen Mahoney - Preston
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 29 April 2007 )
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