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And if you want to learn about what practicing Tai Chi can do for you, read on...

What really happens when you practice Tai Chi?

Tai Chi means ‘supreme ultimate’. When you practice you go progressively more into the fully enlightened, ‘supreme ultimate’ state. Once the form’s become second nature, you relax deeply as you flow with the moves. Your breath flows smooth as silk and you enter a deeper, broader, higher level of consciousness.

My definitive guide to the Yang Style Short Form.

I’ve been training in the Taoist martial arts for over 40 years and teaching them for over 30. 

As you move through the form you’re internally massaging the five vital organs which between them control all the functions of your body (and mind). This means just a few minutes of practice a day can make your joints more supple and your muscles more resilient.

Chi is psycho-active energy. It flows through the body in meridians (channels). When it’s flowing freely you feel happy, strong, confident, and balanced. When it’s constricted you feel ill, depressed, tired and nothing works in life. Tai Chi helps you to keep your energy flowing freely so you’re filled with zest for life, ready and raring to go on each next stage of your life’s adventure.

 There’s a you who’s more calm, creative and intuitive. A you with a sexy, healthy body. A you with all the abundance you need to live on your own terms and give back to society. Tai Chi can help you access that you. It will change your life profoundly. If you want to feel more deeply connected to your body, to the Tao, to others; if you want perspective and purpose, learn with me. I’ve been practicing Tai Chi for 39 years and should know better by now but can truly say were it not for this practice I’d not only not be who I am today I’d probably not even be here at all. Tai Chi makes and keeps you healthy increases longevity and inner and outer peace, promotes transcendence, expands wisdom and perspective, makes you lively, nimble and agile, is better for you than alcohol or drugs but makes you just as high, and makes you grow younger the older you get.

You’ve no doubt heard the benefits, maybe tried to learn yourself – or you want to – and there’s a good chance you have friends who use Tai Chi to focus, gain perspective, relax and melt away stress.

It gives you meaning and purpose: you feel the joy of being alive in each and every moment come what may and become imbued with an innate sense of mission to spread that joy.

You’ll find your relationship with people, money and work improve, which in turn helps you guide in greater wealth and success. 

And when you’re in touch with the flow of energy, this chi supports effortless manifesting simply by getting a picture of what you need and letting it sail on the chi to fruition.

As you practice the form, you grow viscerally aware of the Tao, the primordial force informing all of this.

As you learn to breathe more effectively and as you are able to tune into chi and learn how to focus and direct it, you’ll find sex becomes more than just a physical experience. 

Many of my students over the years have told me it’s helped them overcome their inhibitions and connect more on both a physical and spiritual level. 

You’ll notice 

- improvements in sexual desire, satisfaction, ‘performance’, confidence and ejaculation control;

- a more exciting, fulfilling love life.

You'll notice

- a magnetic attraction to wealth and success.

- a deeper connection with the people around you.

Being centered and steady, with a true appreciation of yin and yang, you develop equanimity and grace to towards the world of the ‘ten thousand things’ – the world of function – and the people in it. 

You’ll find your connection and empathy strengthened: handy whenever you need to resolve an argument with say a partner, connect with your troubled teenager, or negotiate with your boss.

Taoism is all about referencing your experience of being who you are moment by moment to what’s going on in your body, rather than what’s going on in your thoughts. 

People who practice Tai Chi tend to find inspiration comes easily for creative projects and problem solving.

In fact all your systems benefit from the gentle, flowing movements. 

Your balance increases and you’re better able to alleviate pain and illness quickly.

I’m talking about using Tai Chi to center yourself whether things are going your way or against you. 

You'll gain a true appreciation of yin and yang, so you don’t take things too seriously or too personally, because you’re aware of the constant swing between the two states.

Tai Chi relaxes your muscles and organs and de-clutters your mind. 

The result is total mind and body rejuvenation and near-immunity to the stress and pressure of everyday life. 

It works whenever you need a break from your hectic lifestyle, endless task lists and demanding friends or family.

Even Western doctors acknowledge the health benefits of Tai Chi. 

Ideas and answers appear out of thin air so we perform better and get more done –

Tai Chi helps us shine in all our endeavors.