class="pageTitle">Yang Short Form DVD
“It Shouldn’t Take Years Before You Can Enjoy the Benefits of Tai Chi!”
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Benefits of this Tai Chi Program
- reduces stress
- increases flexibility
- develops leg strength
- improves balance
- teaches proper breathing
- instills a sense of “body flow” for improved health
I attended the 1st World Taiji Conference in Beijing in 1994.
As part of the program we had Taiji coaches meet us at our hotel every morning for practice and correction of the Yang Short Form.
Their skill was amazing.
It’s difficult for me to put into words what it was like to train with these masters at the beginning of each day, to watch them perform, and then to receive detailed adjustment on each section of the form as we improved day-by-day.
Just by following their instruction and imitating their postures I felt my limbs loosen, my energy increase, and constrictions in my back and shoulders disappear. I also, thankfully, enjoyed a noticeable deepening of my own sense of intention and centeredness.
This program presents the complete form as I learned it in Beijing ...
That means you’ll be able to perform, at home, whenever you want to, the complete 24 movement Yang Style Short Form. This form was developed in the mid-20th century as a way for people to enjoy the health benefits of Tai Chi without years of arduous study under master.
It includes the core postures of the 108 movement Long Form such as Parting the Wild Horses’ Mane, White Crane Spreads It’s Wings, and Fair Lady Works at Shuttles.
. . . and I've also thrown in a lot of extra BONUSES!
Here's what else you get:
- A set of five simple exercises my instructor Chao Chi Liu taught me as a taiji warm up
- clear instruction in the fundamentals of good practice (note: at a teacher's conference in Virginia I attended a few years ago, one of the instructors taught an entire workshop on the importance of fundamentals vs. choreography in tai chi practice – that’s how central these are to good form)
- the breathing sequence (it's surprising how many people are never taught this)
- a Taoist Qi Gong cool down set (begin to get a feel for the material I teach, and the way I teach it, and you’ll soon realize that I’m an unfailing advocate of proper cool downs)
- Bonus - It's all shot from two angles for easy learning!
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