When still stand like a great mountain. Tai Chi Tai Chi is a Chinese Internal Martial Art, with a focus on relaxation and rooting on the earth to develop the body's natural power. Initial training is with slow graceful but powerful movement. Standing meditation is also used to develop mind and body. The body's movement comes from the legs and waist.
Breathing is deep from the lower solar plexus.
Later training uses more dynamic and more obviously martial forms, and also includes weapons, such as sword, staff and spear. The first aim of Tai Chi is to teach the practitioner to relax - not loosely flop around, but rather how to use the body as efficiently as possible with no muscular tension. The foremost requirement is good posture - relaxed shoulders, an upright back, firmly rooted stance. Even just practicing this can help with a number of ailments, particularly tension and muscular problems. Because students are taught slowly there is not the same risk of injury as would be the case with more aerobic activity.