Week 1 & 2 of Tai chi class

Week 1
About Tai chi

• Put in - Fun / Playfulness
• Myths 1 - softness/ formlessness
• 10 points of physical requirements

The Forms

1. Suspend the head
2. Tuck in the chin
3. Tail bone tuck in
4. tongue on palate
5. sink shoulders
6. sink elbows
7. hollow the chest
8. movements are led by the waist
9. differentiate the yin from the yang
10. knee over the toe

Forms Postrures

• Raise hands - 6
• Shift and to hold ball

History of Tai chi
Inspired From Tao, Change, yin yang, soft overcoming the hard (water v rocks; concentrated water vs rocks)
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Week 2
Forms
Repeat steps of previous week and corrections
Add - Left ward off

About Tai chi
Your story
Why move slowly - not to make it hard for the students. Their minds don't see the "in-between movements" (in meditation its the Gap), only see the end postures.

Demonstrate being attentive to every milimmiter of movement. Enjoying the Being Present. Being in the NOw- "the Present" the gift.