Taijiquan: A New Way of Healthy Living!
Taijiquan embodies the health-oriented thought, ethical concepts, and cultivation ideas of traditional Chinese philosophy, emphasizing both inner and outer cultivation, integrating physical fitness with moral refinement. It is often referred to as “philosophical boxing,” which is one of the reasons for the popularity of Taijiquan today.
People practice Taijiquan primarily as a means of pursuing health, and long-term exercise can also be seen as a lifestyle.
During practice, whether for a short or long time, one must be diligent and cultivate good, standardized habits. Incorporate the health-promoting principles of Taijiquan, such as ‘calm intention,’ ‘maintain a correct stance,’ ‘unbiased,’ ‘dynamic and static interplay,’ and ‘gentle and firm,’ into daily life, allowing these principles to solidify as a healthy habit, transitioning from physical form to thought and consciousness. Gradually, Taijiquan becomes a way of life. This allows for subconscious benefits every day.
The meditative aspect of Taijiquan requires harmony between heaven and man, and between humans and nature. Through bodily exercises, one achieves coordination and unity of hands, eyes, body, method, and step, gradually transitioning to harmony between people and harmony between people and nature, a harmonious society and a harmonious life – this is the state of Taijiquan.
Taijiquan’s lifestyle is a way of relaxation, constantly eliminating unnecessary tension, such as muscle, psychological, and social environmental pressures and anxieties. This is achieved through the formation of an automatic regulation system, seamlessly implementing the state of relaxation and the regulation process in the most natural way. This is what is meant by ‘the way of nature.’
