Practice of Tai Chi with Ab-Sutra

Practicing tai chi improves one's health: i.e., improves balance, Improves posture, strengthens bones, lowers stress, and lowers blood pressure. Tai chi can be beneficial to your health, balance and well being. An outline describing some of the benefits of Tai Chi are assembled below. The practice can be made available to those who experience decreased movement, decreased mobility (as it can be done in a chair or with limited movement).

Contact Ab-Sutra for information on obtaining instruction in Tai Chi. Ab-Sutra focuses mainly on the rehabilitation uses for Tai Chi.

Tai Chi

Tai Chi is a gentle form of exercise.
The slow rhythmic movements help increase the amount of chi, which is the life force that flows through the body.
Tai Chi is beneficial to the relaxation response.
Development of chi establishes the interconnectedness of all beings and objects.
Cultivation of chi harmonizes the positive and negative energies of one's body, mind and spirit.
When we are in harmony with ourselves, we can be in harmony with others.
Relaxing the body helps to minimize stress.
Focusing on the form and breath helps develop concentration, and this concentration helps to quiet the racing of the mind.
Useful for balance training, neural reintegration and rehabilitation.
Tai Chi can be practiced by nearly all individuals
The form can be altered to accommodate various ranges of motion.
Practice of the form lubricates all the joints of the body.
Practice of the form increases range of motion.
Practicing the form is akin to moving meditation and will induce relaxation.