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The 5 Root Powers of Tai Chi

Having self-awareness of where ones center of gravity is located during any activity, is a key component to maintaining physical or vestibular balance. A way to prevent injuries due to losing balance and falling, is to practice exercises which challenge the individual’s ability to adjust the weight distribution and body stability. Exercises from kung fu, and specifically tai chi offer this type of exercises.

The fundamental practices of Tai Chi are based upon 13 postures. These 13 postures consist of 8 forces, or “expressions of energy”, and 5 steps, root powers or “directions of movement” as follows:
Jin – Advance forward
Tui – Retreat back
Gu – Gaze/Step left
Pan – Gaze/Step right
Ding – Center-Fixed

5 Root Powers

Continuous movement of the toes, ankles and calf muscles helps to pump more blood flow to the lower body, Additionally, this deliberate movement stimulates the nerve ending and energy meridians which exist in the tips of the toes and fingers.

Jing Well Points

Be well and stay healthy!

Jim Moltzan

pH Balance & Effects

You are what you eat, think and how you move (or don’t) move your body. If your diet is mostly acidic foods, your organs and all systems adjust. An acid based diet is a cause of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and many more issues.

Shallow breathing, from stress and aging also allows for more carbon dioxide in the blood, which again is acidic to the blood and organs. Deeper breathing brings more oxygen into the blood stream making the blood more alkaline.

Exercises from tai chi, yoga, qigong, meditation, and others all help to bring more oxygen into the lungs to help balance the pH balance of the blood stream.

Be well and breathe deeper!

Jim Moltzan

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Increase the Capacity of Your Nervous System!

Increase the Capacity of Your Nervous System!

By holding the body in specific alignments, the nervous system is strengthened to endure more pain, stress and discomfort. Think of tempering steel in fire to strengthen the metal.

When engaging the muscles, tendons, bones and fascia, the 12 regular energy meridians are engaged plus the 8 extraordinary meridians are opened and filled as reservoirs to adjust the ebb and flow of energy throughout the body and thereby strengthening the immune system among other bodily functions.

Exercise methods like these have been known for centuries, but are considered new or “alternative” to modern western culture.

Learn how this all works from private, small or group instruction.

Be well!