Qigong much? Stick around, you'll need it.

An acupuncturist balances the chi in your blood by inserting needles. An herbalist balances your body's chemical balance through prescribing you with herbs.

A taichi master balances your chi by physical exercise. Most people would agree that nothing is more important than exercising regularly. Yes, nutrition is important, but without burning calories and moving often, your body will not be strong enough when external forces and diseases arise.

Why choose Taichi as your preferred form of exercise?

Wikipedia lists the following three benefits of Taichi.

• Health: An unhealthy or otherwise uncomfortable person may find it difficult to meditate to a state of calmness or to use tàijíquán as a martial art. Tàijíquán's health training, therefore, concentrates on relieving the physical effects of stress on the body and mind. For those focused on tàijíquán's martial application, good physical fitness is an important step towards effective self-defense. 

• Meditation: The focus and calmness cultivated by the meditative aspect of tàijíquán is seen as necessary in maintaining optimum health (in the sense of relieving stress and maintaining homeostasis) and in application of the form as a soft style martial art.

• Martial art: The ability to use tàijíquán as a form of self-defense in combat is the test of a student's understanding of the art. Tàijíquán is the study of appropriate change in response to outside forces, the study of yielding and sticking to an incoming attack rather than attempting to meet it with opposing force.^[10] The use of tàijíquán as a martial art is quite challenging and requires a great deal of training.^[11]

Because Qigong movement is faster than Yoga yet not as strenuous as other physical exercises, it's something that we can easily practice everyday with friends and family. It's easy to pick up as well. Watch this YouTube demonstration from Wang to start practicing within minutes.

You can pick up your very own Taichi ruler in beautiful birch wood and it won't break the bank like buying a treadmill or cycling machine.

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