So, this week, in an effort to mix things up and... once again... try something new, I performed a twenty minute Tai (Thai) Chi series that I found on my onDemand channel. The twenty minute segment is meant to be perfromed in the morning, to bring in good, fresh chi and remove blocked, stagnant chi. (Chi, in this case, being the Chinese word for their concept of energy in your body and in the universe.) I am totally digging this Tai Chi moving meditation. It is really very relaxing. It also doesn't hurt that it is filmed on a beautiful ocean beach (scenery for which I am a major sucker) and performed and narrated by a hunky older man (another type of scenery for which I am a sucker). *wink*
But, seriously, the two times I have tried Tai Chi (via video), the narrators have been male. And, in and around the South Shore of Massachusetts, the instructors of Tai Chi are almost universally male. I find this interesting and I wonder why men seem to flock to Tai Chi. Perhaps it is the martial arts connection but I find Tai Chi to be as relaxing as yoga. Sometimes more so because of the focus on energy and the different positions of the hands and feet. I was pleasantly surprised that one of the hand positions I use in energy work (using two hands and forming a triangle between thumb and forefingers) is the common position used in Tai Chi to move energy into and out of the body.
Anyway, I encourage you to try Tai Chi if you haven't before. It is really quite wonderful!
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