Wednesday, September 28, 2005

LFA T’ai Chi can help you beat the winter blues

Tai Chi can help counter the winter blues; the winter blues usually start around the end of October and continue through to February. This is because the earth’s natural energy (called Li energy) is at its lowest ebb as the weather changes and becomes colder and damper. The day light hours dwindle and we find ourselves travelling to work in the dark and coming home in the dark.

Taught within the LFA style of Tai Chi are the movements of our T’ai Chi Dance this is not a dance practised to music although it can be. The movements of our Tai Chi Dance are designed to harness the earth’s natural Li energy and combine it with our own body’s internal energy.

This means that by practising the movements of our Tai Chi Dance our Tai Chi students are able to more easily deal with the effects of the seasonal changes. The LFA teach the Tai Chi Dance in an easy to follow format. Although our teaching methods are modern this does not detract from the powerful health benefits which are available to everyone who practises our Tai Chi Dance.

The movements of our Dance are more flamboyant than those of our Tai Chi Form (the movements are Yang). However the breathing we use is Yin, this ensures that the movements we practise are a true balance of Yin and Yang and that everything is in complete harmony.

The ideal time to practise our Tai Chi Dance is in the morning, this is because the movements help to activate and stimulate the mind. If you practise our Tai Chi Dance in the late evening you may have difficulty sleeping.

In these modern times we all need a continuous supply of energy, life is moving at such a fast pace. If we can’t keep up, our body tends to make us take a rest, how does it do this? Our bones may start to ache, we feel tired, and it is hard to get out of bed. Suddenly the latest flu bug is sweeping the nation.

LFA Tai Chi is not a magic wand, however it does help to keep your body going when others around you are falling down.

Within the LFA Tai Chi system we are also able to offer advice on natural herbal remedies for those who are suffering cold and flu’ symptoms. These can be found in the LFA Chang Ming Long Life Diet and Recipe Book.

Chang Ming is a diet which I have followed myself for over twenty years, it is not a diet in the traditional sense of the word. It is a healthy way of eating; it was devised over three thousand years ago. Our Tai Chi health diet was brought to the people of the West by Chan Kam Lee the last in the line of the Lee Family.

It was his job to ensure that the traditions and health benefits of the Lee Family Arts where protected and handed down so that future generations may continue to benefit.

In his wisdom Chan Kam Lee converted the Tai Chi diet so that the people in the West could also receive the health giving benefits of this diet.
If you would like additional information on our Tai Chi Dance or Diet please visit our website
http://www.lfataichi.com

Copyright Sheila Dickinson LFA Tai Chi 2005