Tai Chi Handbook: Flowing Movements for Harmony and Balance

by PaulTucker (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2006

  $3.25

  This title shows how to use the ancient art of Tai Chi for health, suppleness and well-being. It is a clear, easy-to-follow guide with over 240 step-by-step photographs and illustrations. Learn how classic exercises and movement sequences can be integrated into the contemporary lifestyle. De-stress your mind and body through gently flowing movements and achieve a new vitality and self-awareness. This is a beautiful volume clearly illustrating how with discipline an age-old system of movements can bring harmony and balance to the modern life. The book opens with a brief history of Tai Chi and its origins in the Taoist philosophy of ancient China. It defines the system as strength within softness , poetry in motion and moving harmony . The main, practical section of the book begins with a description and illustration of a comprehensive warm-up exercise routine. The book then takes the reader through the Yang-style Short Form Tai Chi movement sequences with clear instructions and helpful step-by-step photographs. With its over 240 beautifully clear and simple photographs and illustrations, this book will inspire any new student to take the first steps with confidence along a path that can lead to a lifetime's rewarding study, and guide them with increasing assurance through every stage.