An Introduction To Tai Chi
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Tai Chi: Introduction – part of the women’s fitness video series by GeoBeats.
Hello, my name is Tiffany Chen. I am an instructor at William C.C. Chen Tai Chi Chuan, in New York, New York. As we begin, we start with the heels together and the toes pointing out so that the feet are in the V position. Arms are relaxed by your side and now relax at the knees, step out with the left and turn out the heels slightly so the foot is parallel with the wall.
Shift into the left leg and now turn in the right foot on the heel so the feet are parallel to each other. Now you want to double weight, relax, exhale, and let the weight of your body fall into the balls of your feet. And now energize from the base up into the arms, and all the way through into the fingertips inhaling.
And now relaxing, exhaling, now that we will shrink back the shoulders. And as you inhale, breathe down into your belly button and energize back up into the fingertips. And now down, relax, and exhale again.
Now all the way you should sink into the balls of the feet. Shift into the left side. And the left side is going to open up the right side on the heel, right palm on top, left underneath, like you are holding a beach ball. Shift into the right leg, step out with the left. Shift into the left leg, let the energy sink down, and turn in.
Left palm up, right palm down. Right foot turns in on the heel. Now turn to the left like you are holding a beach ball on the left side of the body. Palms facing each other. Sink into the left leg. The right heel naturally comes up off the ground. Spin open to the right using a left leg. Now step out with the right leg, shift all the way into the right leg, sink down.
And now as we turn in, the ball shrinks and the left foot turns in on the heel. One, turn to the right. Two, shift the weight back with left palm under the right elbow, relax exhaling. And now inhaling, letting the palms come down to the side of the body, trapping down. Shift the weight forward, relaxing, sinking into the right leg, and turning and pressing. So your palms are touching each other.
