In Tai Chi and in Qigong, it is not uncommon to have to turn and step at 90º to the left or right. This is where balance, good posture, and leg strength become very important. Falling into a step. What tends to happen when stepping to the left or right is that people tend to 'fall' into the new step, they do not step under control. This means that, for the briefest of moments, just before the stepping foot arrives on the ground, they are falling and therefore unable to sto

When you first start learning either tai chi or qigong, it's all about learning a set of movements.  For some people, it never goes beyond..

One of the first things that beginners can feel is aching legs; they discover that their legs are weaker than they thought. ...

I know that we can take our arms behind our backs, but, by and large, we use the arms in front of our bodies in nearly everything we do as..