Tai Chi Health Preservation Eight Section Brocade Method

Maybe many of our elderly friends have become particularly poor in health due to their age and are often prone to various diseases. We can use some exercise methods to help us enhance our physical fitness. Tai Chi is a very good exercise method that can help us achieve the effect of strengthening our body. Let me briefly describe the Tai Chi health-preserving Eight-Section Brocade method.

1. Practice theory instead of strength

"Li" refers to the truth and principle of Tai Chi. Tai Chi is about practicing the Great Way, that is, the principle that in the transformation of Yin and Yang in Tai Chi, Yang generates Yin and Yin generates Yang. Tai Chi contains both hardness and softness, and hardness and softness complement each other; extreme emptiness gives rise to reality, and extreme reality gives rise to emptiness, and the emptiness and the reality transform into each other. Through the practice of concentrating the mind, guiding the Qi with the mind, moving the body with the Qi, and following the mind to the Qi and the body, one can achieve the state of moving the whole body together, with the inside and the outside being in harmony. When practicing, follow the rules, let nature take its course, and don't rush for results. Strength training refers to the training of qi. Although this kind of exercise can make local strength very large, this kind of strength is clumsy and rigid and lacks spirituality, which is not adopted by Tai Chi practitioners.

2. Practice the book but not the standard

"Ben" refers to the origin and root, namely the vital energy in the kidneys and the lower body skills. The kidneys store the original yin and yang and are the innate root and the source of qi. If the kidney qi is sufficient, the five internal organs will be nourished, and the liver, heart, spleen, lungs, and kidneys will each perform their functions, so you will be energetic, strong, responsive, and coordinated. The fullness of internal Qi is one of the origins. The second means that on the basis of relaxation of the whole body, the Qi is taken into Dantian and sinks into Yongquan, so that the upper body is flexible, the middle body is active, the lower body is stable, and it takes root. "Biao" refers to a local exercise method whose main purpose is to train the strength and hardness of various parts of the body. Tai Chi is an internal martial art that cultivates both inside and outside, with the main focus on training the inner essence, "cultivating the roots and nourishing the source", "cultivating the roots will naturally lead to luxuriant branches and leaves, nourishing the source will naturally lead to long veins".

The elderly should learn the Tai Chi health-preserving Eight-Section Brocade method, which can help us to cheer up and achieve good health-preserving effects. It can greatly reduce the risk of arthritis, rheumatic orthopedic diseases, and help us improve our cardiopulmonary breathing capacity.