What are the internal health-preserving methods of Tai Chi?

Walking on the street, you often see many elderly people practicing Tai Chi in the park every morning. Not only the elderly, but many young people also focus on practicing Tai Chi as their fitness exercises. The most important thing in practicing Tai Chi is to regulate the body and practice internal strength calmly. You still need to spend more time and effort on this aspect. If you want to practice internal strength through Tai Chi, then what are the Tai Chi internal strength health-preserving methods?

Tai Chi Internal Exercise

For thousands of years, the secrets of Tai Chi's internal power and mental skills have rarely been put into words, and things that have been put into words can never clearly express the feelings and unique experiences of the body and mind. These feelings and experiences are caused by the inward use of consciousness, and the internal energy stimulates the changes in posture. These laws are what boxers call internal power. Now, we will briefly summarize some of the contents.

1. All of us are one family

The unity of the whole body is one of the most respected Tai Chi realms by traditional Tai Chi practitioners. The whole body is one, which means maintaining the integrity of the whole body at all times, without neglecting any part of it. For any action, there must be a front and a back, a left and a right. You can't just think about one aspect. How to achieve unity of the whole body? Tai Chi masters have left behind many methods.

First, the body is as strong as a bell or a tripod. It is required that no matter whether you are sitting or standing, you should use your mind to cover your whole body like a bell, so that the Qi in your body will be regulated. Second, the inside and the outside are in harmony. Traditional health-preserving methods require that every part of the body moves. How to achieve this? The main methods are the internal three combinations and the external three combinations.

The inner three harmonies require the organic combination of spirit, intention and qi, while the outer three harmonies mainly use the mind to connect the shoulders and hips, the elbows and knees, and the hands and feet. If you continue this thought and then raise the Baihui point again, the feeling will be different.

In addition, there are ways to match the inside and outside, such as stacking three circles. Third, a thousand men should be equipped with five bows. The five bows in "one body with five bows" are: one bow for the spine, with the upper bow tip from the great vertebra to the occipital bone, the lower bow tip from the coccyx, and the back of the bow from the middle of the spine to the yangguan (the back of this bow is a little longer); one bow for the upper limbs, with the shoulders to the spine and hands as the bow tips respectively.

The elbow joint is the back of the bow; the lower limbs are the stretched bow, the hip to sacroiliac bone and feet are the bow tips, and the knee joint is the back of the bow. Each bow tip is not a point, but is spread out. How to achieve "five bows in one body"? The key is to use the idea of ​​five bows to replace the body.

2. Internal and external harmony

As the level of Kung Fu improves, the "external three combinations" and "internal three combinations" have a foundation, and it is also necessary to achieve the combination of internal and external. How can we achieve harmony between inside and outside? We can use the method of mind shaping. Imagine that our body is a big round balloon. Inside the balloon there is a cross with horizontal and vertical lines intersecting each other. The cross is at the center of the circle, which is like our own center point. The "four ends level" required in boxing practice means that the four ends of the horizontal and vertical lines of the cross must remain balanced.

Previous practice is very important in practicing Tai Chi. We should not only pay attention to the movements, but also pay attention to the correct essentials. Tai Chi has been widely spread and powerful since ancient times for 5,000 years. The highest level of Tai Chi is the external three combinations and the internal three combinations. Only after mastering the basic skills can you adjust your body and cultivate your temperament, and regulate your body and maintain your health.