Tai chi chuan is a long, graceful body movement. Every movement has a relationship to the rest of your body and its relationship to your tai chi breathing.

Beginners practicing tai chi chuan usually have most of their body movement at different speeds instead of a one long, graceful movement which can affect your tai chi breathing technique. The arms are usually graceful, but the torso is lifeless and the legs move too quickly. The goal is to keep the speed of all tai chi chuan consistent with a one, long graceful body movement which comes with natural tai chi breathing.

As with all tai chi exercise, before you move into a posture: sink your body weight onto the substantial supporting leg and take a deep breath to improve balance. Then slowly gracefully, move the insubstantial leg into position, and establish your solid base before moving into the posture with grace.

The result in continuing practicing tai chi chuan is increase in leg strength, improved balance, and a dramatically increased sense of grace and flow.

Body Movement

There is only one graceful body movement from beginning to end. However, tai chi chuan one long graceful movement can be broken down into millions of fascinating tai chi segments. Every little movement of a hand has its relationship to the rest of the body and its relationship to your breathing. The relationship of body and breathing is to balance and gravity.

Begin the graceful flowing into the next posture as you complete the previous tai chi chuan. Now your movements are connected and you exude gracefulness. The key is to enjoy the oneness of the entire series of movements and the fascination of the wonderful achievement of the tiniest moves.

Tai Chi Breathing

In tai chi chuan, it is also vital that you learn to breathe naturally that come with every movement! For years, we taught that breathing would just come naturally with tai chi but it did happen only for very few people.

We can quickly train ourselves to breathe well in tai chi chuan in a natural way. The key is to do proper, dynamic breathing everyday and for just a few minutes.

Just find a few minutes to breathe: slow, easy, long, deep and peaceful breaths all the way into your body and abdomen. Feel each relaxing breath expand into your body lower back and your entire midsection of your body is inflated. Then blow out any tension, stress, tightness, frustration and anger with each exhale. As a result of breathing well in tai chi chuan - we begin to breathe more deeply and fully in everyday life.

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