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There are many health benefits that can be achieved through the practice of Tai Chi. The following articles following are some of the key health and life enhancing benefits achieved, but this is by no means complete, as there are many individual stories to be told.
ENHANCING THE HEALTH OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND IMPROVING REFLEXES.
Tai Chi exercises require a focused and relaxed mind during practice. As a result of this, the exercises stimulate and enhance the energy flow within your body, reinforcing the ability of the nervous system to concentrate and focus more easily. In addition, as the nervous system improves, the peripheral nervous system is enhanced, as is your sensitivity within sensory organs such as the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin etc. This makes your reflexes and reactions noticeably faster, and can also help to improve your ability in learning new skills. Regular practitioners of Tai Chi will find that they feel more energised and fresh, able to think more clearly, their mood happier, with an improved motivation for work.
IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF BONES, JOINTS, MUSCLES AND THE ABILITY TO EXERCISE.
Tai Chi health exercises are based on twining, spiralling and twisting movements. This type of movement gets the bones, joints and muscles to co-ordinate together, working in the most efficient way, helping to increase the density of the bones, making them thicker and stronger, the muscles attached to them also becoming stronger. In turn this can make them harder and more resistant towards being injured or broken. The joints and the muscle tendons also become more flexible and elastic.
STRENGTHENING THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM, IMPROVING THE RESPIRATORY FUNCTIONS.
In Chinese medicine the digestive system and a person's state of health is closely connected to the ability of the six internal organs to function correctly. Tai Chi for Health exercises are smooth, gentle and slow. The breath naturally follows the body movements, which in turn allows internal energy to circulate more freely inside the body, flowing through all of the internal organs. The muscles of the abdominal region benefit greatly from long and deep breaths taken during Tai Chi exercise. It feels like having a soft massage on the stomach and the intestines. Whilst exercising in this way, secretions from the digestive glands increase, reducing digestion times and improving the absorption and assimilation of the nutrition of food.
CHEN STYLE TAI CHI ALSO:-
- Strengthens the legs to support the body.
- Reduces tension, leading to a reduction in headaches and migraine, also improving sleep patterns.
- Calms and steadies emotions.
- Gives confidence.
- Develops awareness-physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. Heightens perception and promotes clarity.
- Is recognised and recommended by the National Health Service as the form of exercise with the greatest all round health benefits
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