I learned a lot from Tai Chi Master Bruce Frantzis about how the entire Taoist Longevity system was designed and how each different part; be it for health, martial arts or meditation weaves together to reinforce the previous.
I thought this was a great article since it touched on a lot of that (which I've found is quite rare in colloquial literature), and there were a few points I wanted to add in!
*The biggest health attribute of Tai Chi is its ability to smooth and regulate the flows of the nervous system. This allows it to be extremely effective at mitigating the curse of the modern age (stress) and gradually open people up inside so that they can find true internal peace.
*In China (1956), due to an extreme shortage of medical care, knowing the healing power of Tai Chi, the communist government had the top Tai Chi masters develop a simplified Tai Chi form which retained the health effects but was much easier to learn. After making instructors widely available, they then made 3 months of instructor certified Tai Chi practice a pre requisite for medical care (because this alternative approach solved the majority of health care problems). Since it worked, the strain on the medical system dramatically dropped, and Tai Chi became a mainstay in China. That's why China has such a different health dynamic from the US (ie much cheaper medical care and fully functional elderly people).
*The Qigong form best known for its healing effects (especially given how easy it is to learn properly), is known as "Dragon and Tiger" and came from the Shaolin Temple. You might want to look into it, and there's actually a wonderful blog about it on that Tai Chi master's site (which also discusses the other subjects you touched upon like Ba Gua). Let me know what you think!
http://www.taichimaster.com/dragon-tiger-qigong/source-of-dragon-tiger-qigong/
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I learned a lot from Tai Chi Master Bruce Frantzis about how the entire Taoist Longevity system was designed and how each different part; be it for health, martial arts or meditation weaves together to reinforce the previous.
March 9, 2010 - 6:10pmI thought this was a great article since it touched on a lot of that (which I've found is quite rare in colloquial literature), and there were a few points I wanted to add in!
*The biggest health attribute of Tai Chi is its ability to smooth and regulate the flows of the nervous system. This allows it to be extremely effective at mitigating the curse of the modern age (stress) and gradually open people up inside so that they can find true internal peace.
*In China (1956), due to an extreme shortage of medical care, knowing the healing power of Tai Chi, the communist government had the top Tai Chi masters develop a simplified Tai Chi form which retained the health effects but was much easier to learn. After making instructors widely available, they then made 3 months of instructor certified Tai Chi practice a pre requisite for medical care (because this alternative approach solved the majority of health care problems). Since it worked, the strain on the medical system dramatically dropped, and Tai Chi became a mainstay in China. That's why China has such a different health dynamic from the US (ie much cheaper medical care and fully functional elderly people).
*The Qigong form best known for its healing effects (especially given how easy it is to learn properly), is known as "Dragon and Tiger" and came from the Shaolin Temple. You might want to look into it, and there's actually a wonderful blog about it on that Tai Chi master's site (which also discusses the other subjects you touched upon like Ba Gua). Let me know what you think!
http://www.taichimaster.com/dragon-tiger-qigong/source-of-dragon-tiger-qigong/
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