Spa Practices - T’ai Chi & Yoga
January 5th, 2007T’ai Chi (”supreme ultimate fist”) is an internal Chinese martial art but it is often promoted and practiced as a martial arts therapy for the purposes of health and longevity, (some recent medical studies support its effectiveness).
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The physical training of T’ai Chi is described in the writings of its older schools as being characterized by the use of leverage through the joints based on coordination in relaxation, rather than muscular tension, in order to neutralize or initiate physical attacks.
The slow, repetitive work involved in the process of learning how that leverage is generated gently and measurably increases and opens the internal circulation: (breath, body heat, blood, lymph, peristalsis, etc.).
Over time, proponents say, this enhancement becomes a lasting effect, a direct reversal of the constricting physical effects of stress on the human body.
Yoga is a family of ancient spiritual practices dating back more than 5000-years from India, where it is seen as a means to both physiological and spiritual mastery.
Yoga entails mastery over the body, mind, and emotional self, and transcendence of desire. According to the followers, the Yogi eventually reaches the enlightened state (Moksha) where there is a cessation of thought and an experience of blissful union.


