Tai Chi Qigong is grounded in the principles of the Tao. The extend to which you have incorporated and integrated these principles into your movements determines your level of mastery. It doesn’t matter if you know a long or a short Tai Chi form; what counts is knowledge  and application of the Tai Chi principles. One of the most important benefits of Tai Chi practice is the improvement it creates in posture. Poor posture results from a combination of negative emotional states and lack of self awareness. Life force, in the form of electromagnetic impulses, is the means the nervous system uses to effect communication. The improved energy circulation experienced through meditation and Tai Chi has a regenerating effect on the nervous system.

Tao Yin (Taoist Yoga)

Hundreds of energy pathways cross your body from top to bottom. In traditional Chinese Medicine these pathways are well-known as meridians.

These days people often suffer from meridians’ blockages caused by physical, mental and emotional factors, toxins and tensions.

When we stretch and open the meridians, the energy starts to flow freely, allowing the body to heal itself and regain vitality.

In Tao Yin practice we activate the Qi flow and remove blockages in meridians. Tao Yin comprises a series of revitalising stretching exercises and postures that develop flexibility, strength, resiliency, and suppleness.

These exercises create harmony within the body, mind and spirit through their integrative principles. Tao Yin means «directing energy» and this helps us to release chronic tension, energy blockages, and toxicity that may have accumulated in the body over many years.

Tao Yin practice is focused on creating flexibility in the lumbar and relaxing and strengthening the psoas muscle.

You don’t need to know the meridians of the body to be a successful practitioner of Tao Yin. Just focus on doing the movements correctly, and the postures will do all the rest.

Tao Yin exercises can be used for physical, emotional, and spiritual cultivation and integrated in your daily health routine for a better living.