Zhan Zhuang - ‘Standing practice’

Many Tai chi schools utilise standing as a fundamental practice.

So why and for what purpose? 🤔

Well it’s a deep subject and not all Tai Chi practitioners agree or even believe that the practice has any real value. However it has been in existence for hundreds if not thousands of years.

My experience is that it is a powerful exercise if done seriously and correctly.

It trains a number of things.

At the basic level - posture, alignments, and will power.

At the next level it trains ‘sung’ - the ability to release under pressure and ‘ting’ - the ability of the mind to penetrate deep into the body to be aware of what is happening.

In a nutshell standing develops physical strength and a calm and disciplined mind.

More posts on this subject to come. 🙏🌅

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