Walking Through My Day – The Tai Chi Way

Moving in Tai Chi and moving as we go through our day, shouldn’t be different, however for me there is…

When I walk through my day, I am not MINDFUL of the movement! Not good?

Well, you might say – it’s instinct you idiot! Everybody (most everybody) knows how to walk… Well yes this is true, but in practice, to further the flow of Chi, Chi has to follow the mind, and if you’re not paying attention, who knows where it’s gonna go!

The center is below the navel – the dan tien and to move from there is different. To walk with your center in mind, you don’t over extend your movement. As in sparring; my weight is never beyond my circle, never extended past my knee when advancing; to do so would put me “off balance”. Internally Chi is “dispersing”, it’s not concentrated and focused.

So walk from the center, stay back and put your foot in front of you, not on top of it, don’t be in a hurry.

There’s a great YouTube video on this concept – seems like a together guy - Steven Hua

Until next time… Rick