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Photo of Long Form |
Text descriptions of Long Form
Movement #1 |
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Movement #1 |
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15-1b: As the palms pull back over the sphere, ending up in front of your chest as though you were going to push something away, the weight shifts back to the right foot, sinking the Qi, or filling the right foot, as palms drop to sides of hips.
[Excerpt from The Complete Idiot's Guide to T'ai Chi & Qigong] |
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15-1c: From palms down position, palms pull out and behind a bit to rotate out the shoulders. As empty left foot comes out in front, place left heel lightly on the ground. Continue circling arms around in front of body as if hugging a large tree, and left heel touches just as your palms meet. The left palm is lateral as in the sketch, while right palm is vertical. Although the movement is called Strike Palm, the palms don't actually strike; pretend there is a soft energy sphere the size of a honeydew melon between your relaxed, rounded hands.
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Mulan Movements #1, #2, and #3
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Text descriptions of Mulan
Movements #1, #2, and #3 |
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Step in the Eastern Direction Stepping in the Eastern Direction helps you relax into your forms. This initial motion’s liquid quality places the mind in a pool of tranquility as it prepares the body for what’s to come. |
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Spread Wings on Lotus - a This motion fully rotates the shoulder joints, which can begin to loosen some of the daily stress we tend to accumulate there. This movement challenges and improves your ability to balance, as it carries you through a transitional move toward the next movement. |
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Spread Wings on Lotus - b
This is the preparatory movement leading to lifting the left leg. |
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Spread Wings on Lotus - c
Elegance and balance are the hallmarks of this form. This movement rotates and begins to release deep tensions in the hip sockets and surrounding tissue. |
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Floating Rainbow This beautiful extension lives up to its lovely name. Floating Rainbow tones the body and exercises the shoulder, elbow, wrist, and finger joints. |
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The movement sketches and their accompanying text in this chapter include… [lb] Directional arrows. Arrows show how your limbs or body move from the previous “ghost image” position into the current position. Taking all the guesswork out of how you get from one pose to another. [lb] Markers. "L" and "R" marked on the figures so you can see at a glance whether the "left" side or "right" side of the body is depicted. [lb] Shading. The leg the weight is on, or the filled leg, will be shaded to a darkness level reflecting just how much weight is shifted on to it. When both legs are shaded, weight is evenly distributed. [lb] Posture line. A line indicating your vertical axis or postural alignment centered over the dan tien. [lb] Emphasis. Occasional italicized text explains what sensations and internal awareness, releases, and benefits you may be experiencing within as you go through the motions. [lb] "Ghost" images. Most of the sketches will have a ghost image indicating what the previous posture was, helping you see transitions. |
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