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Try these t'ai chi sample moves for a flavour of how this mind/body makeover works:
Twisting The Dragon's Tail: This exercise helps to improve digestion and rid toxins from your system. You will need a mop or broom handle to perform it. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart. Rest the wooden pole behind your head on your shoulders so that it's parallel to the floor. Now carefully bend from your waist as far as you can - but no further than a right angle - then return slowly to the upright position. Next, dip to the right from the waist and then to the left. Repeat five times.
The Sunrise and Sunset: This move will help you unwind during or at the end of a stressful day. Hold the broom handle or pole with both hands at chest level, close to your body and parallel to the floor. Your feet should be shoulder-width apart. Breathe in as you raise the pole above your head, palms facing outwards and slowly come up onto your toes. Breathe out as you return to flat feet. Lower the pole to a position just below where you started. Repeat five times.
Try these t'ai chi sample moves for a flavour of how this mind/body makeover works:
Twisting The Dragon's Tail: This exercise helps to improve digestion and rid toxins from your system. You will need a mop or broom handle to perform it. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart. Rest the wooden pole behind your head on your shoulders so that it's parallel to the floor. Now carefully bend from your waist as far as you can - but no further than a right angle - then return slowly to the upright position. Next, dip to the right from the waist and then to the left. Repeat five times.
The Sunrise and Sunset: This move will help you unwind during or at the end of a stressful day. Hold the broom handle or pole with both hands at chest level, close to your body and parallel to the floor. Your feet should be shoulder-width apart. Breathe in as you raise the pole above your head, palms facing outwards and slowly come up onto your toes. Breathe out as you return to flat feet. Lower the pole to a position just below where you started. Repeat five times.
If you enjoyed these exercises and would like to find out more about Tai Chi, contact The T'ai Chi Union on 0141 638 2946 or log onto www.taichichuan.co.uk.
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