Archives by Tag 'Exercise'
Tai Chi Chih: Princess In The Valley
Welcome to another installment in the Tai Chi Chih “Joy Through Movement” series. I apologize for the long delay between installments, but life here has been the far side of hectic. But, we are back in stride now!
So, without further ado:
So far in the series (in order) we have:
Rocking Motion
Bird Flaps It’s Wings
Around [...]
Tai Chi Breathing
A couple weeks back, Esther left a comment on my video showing the Tai Chi Chih move Bass Drum. She wanted me to mention something about the breathing pattern in Tai Chi. So, today after class at the Sunroom I had her film me giving the answer.
Here it is!
Sorry the sound quality is not so [...]
Tai Chi Chih: Princess On The Mountain Top
Here we are with the latest installment in the Tai Chi Chih “Joy Through Movement” series. Today we look at: Princess On The Mountain Top.
One thing I failed to mention in the video – The hand position is gender specific. For men it’s right hand passing in front of left. For women it’s left hand [...]
Tai Chi Chih: Bass Drum
Here we go with this week’s installment in the Tai Chi Chih “Joy Through Movement” series. This time we look at Bass Drum.
*drum roll*
(Get it?)
Some key points:
Do what you can. Push yourself, but not your limits.
The hand flutter in the left hand comes usually after about two years of regular practice and is a confirming [...]
Tai Chi Chih: Bird Flaps It’s Wings
Here’s the next installment in the Tai Chi Chih series. Bird Flap’s it’s Wings.
A few points for this exercise:
Build up the knee flex slowly(!!), and make sure the knee moves along a line guided by the inside edge of the bone process leading up to your big toe. Take it nice and [...]
Tai Chi Chih: Rocking Motion
Welcome to the first installment of my Tai Chi Chih series. Tai Chi Chih is a simplified version of basic Tai Chi Chuan movements developed by Justin Stone, and was what kicked off my first 1,000 day vow, and is what helped me to lose over 200 pounds.
In this video I demonstrate the first [...]
Using Video Games To Enhance Your Fitness Regime
Personally, I don’t. But, there’s a great article over at the Escapist for those of you who do, or are interested in doing so. Check it out, Gamer-size Me. Their current issue is all about the cross-over between the gamer lifestyle and the healthy lifestyle. Enjoy!
My favorite bit:
I’ve not exactly being pushed to my limits, [...]
Little Things Can Add Up
Awesome post over at the Better Health blog. HEALTHY EATING: Little things can add up.
“I learned encouraging news that little bouts of exercise — as few as 10 minutes in duration — can add up to significant gains in fitness.
Unfortunately, it’s the little bites eaten here and there above our daily caloric needs that can [...]
Welcome to Embrace Tiger, Return to Kitchen
T’ai Chi fans out there will find the name of this blog to be familiar. It’s taken from a technique in most T’ai Chi systems called “Embrace Tiger, Return to Mountain”. The reason for that is that T’ai Chi was the first martial art that I studied when I began my climb down [...]