The Essence Of Tai Chi

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Caxton Editions
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2003
Edition: First Edition

Description: 95 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Tai Chi is defined by a series of postures, but the postures themselves do not constitute Tai Chi. It is the graceful movement from one position to the next, and the next, and the next that, when put together, make up Tai Chi. When performed correctly, the separate body positions combine to form one carefully choreographed, long movement that can best be described as balletic. Tai Chi will benefit everyone. It is a gentle activity and safe for all. This is the reason why it has always been popular in China, where it originated, and why it is now sweeping the West. Tai Chi is a proven antidote to stress as well as a means of maintaining good health and feelings of relaxation and calm. It is not a cure-all. Tai Chi is so gentle, relaxing and effective that it is also called by several more descriptive names: physical meditation is one that suits it well, as does moving harmony. Some of the names of the movements found in Tai Chi, such as face the tiger and return to mountain, white crane spreads its wings, and fair lady works with shuttles, illustrate the grace, fluidity of motion and serenity that exemplify the true spirit and nature of Tai Chi. Book jacket.

ISBN: 9781840673050