Mind/Body, Posture, Tai Chi
What is Tai Chi Online Classes? Tai Chi Online Classes is a complete Yang Family Tai Chi online curriculum for beginners, featuring a Low-impact, Step-by-step, Easy-to-follow online video series created and taught by Sifu Michal Paler, a 7th-generation lineage...
Alignment, Alternative Healing, Energy Healing, Energy Medicine, Mind/Body, Posture, Tai Chi, Tai Chi Knees
TAI CHI: The Ancient Exercise of the Future My Personal Journey: It amazes me today just how unknowingly disconnected I used to be from my own mind and body before I discovered Tai Chi. Many years ago, in fact, I would have told you that I knew exactly what I was...
Alignment, Energy Healing, fascia & connective tissue, Imperial Yang Family Tai Chi, Martial Arts, Mind/Body, Posture, Qigong, Tai Chi, tai chi and fascia
Article written by Julie Paler In class, as we learn how Tai Chi targets fascia and connective tissues through intelligent, conscious movement, we often hear Sifu Michael Paler say things like: “Gently stretch from your hip to your armpit.”...
Alignment, balance, Kung Fu, Martial Arts, Mind/Body, Posture
Tai Chi Principle #1: Elevate the crown and lift the spirit. This means that the head should be upright so the Shen or (spirit) can reach the top of your head. We don’t use Li (force), or the neck will be too stiff and the chi (breath) and blood cannot flow through...
Alignment, balance, Energy Healing, Martial Arts, Mind/Body, Posture, Tai Chi
Finding Your Center – Part 2 of our Video / Blog Series on “Tai Chi for Better Balance” Finding your center: As we continue learning about “Central Equilibrium” (Zhong Ding the first of 13 Basic “Jin’s” we learn in Tai Chi Chuan), we discover how to locate the...
Alignment, balance, Mind/Body, Posture, Tai Chi
The video below is Part 1 of a 4 Part series on Tai Chi for Better Balance using Yang Family Tai Chi movements and principles to create more balance and stability for everyday use. Building and cultivating Zhong Ding “Central Equilibrium” in both the mind and the...
Alignment, Kung Fu, Martial Arts, Mind/Body, Posture, Qigong, Tai Chi
Yang Cheng Fu 10 Principles to Follow While Performing the Yang Style Tai Chi Form There is only one way to practice Yang Tai Chi Chuan, and its the way the Yang Family taught it and passed it down from one generation to the next. Beware, if someone comes along and...
Alignment, Alternative Healing, Energy Medicine, Mind/Body, Posture, Qigong, Tai Chi
Our Tai Chi online school’s motto is “Breathe and Relax” We always start our day the Tai Chi way, but most people don’t understand what true relaxation actually is. I’ll just start off by saying what it is not. It is not flopping down on the couch with...