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HOW DO TAI-JI AND QI-GONG PRODUCE SUCH BENEFITS?
Tai-Ji and Qi-Gong are suitable for learners of all ages and learning abilities, and are particularly beneficial to the elderly and partially infirm.
Both of these therapeutic arts assist a wide range of medical conditions through their slow repetitive co-ordinated movements, which provide health-enhancing leverage of the joints and the dissipation of muscular tension, which in turn increasingly open the internal circulation of the body, regulating body heat, the lymphatic system, breathing, and tonification of the blood.
Concerning the efficacy of Tai-Ji and especially Qi-Gong in alleviating the symptoms of stress and anxiety - and related medical conditions such as depression - the special breathing techniques used are particularly important. Since TCM regards mind, body, and spirit to be interlinked, the deep, slow, diaphragmatic breathing used (particularly in Qi-Gong practice) forms a formidable means of encouraging a health-enhancing state of physical and emotional relaxation, which in turn helps diminish the effects of stress and lift depression. Not surprisingly, Tai-Ji and Qi-Gong are renowned for their effectiveness in strengthening the human immune system.
It should not be forgotten that Tai-Ji and Qi-Gong should be practiced in a slow, rhythmic, controlled way for maximum benefit: conditions ideal for the elderly or those suffering or recovering from debilitating medical conditions.
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