tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020010160030365744.post6616164144666636428..comments2024-01-14T00:30:28.922-08:00Comments on Taoist Meditation: How to breathe in doing tai chiPaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15867403006412320812noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020010160030365744.post-86663403089230880802016-08-09T01:47:32.768-07:002016-08-09T01:47:32.768-07:00Generally speaking stationary stances with minute ...Generally speaking stationary stances with minute movement (like zhan zhuang, combat stance), with minute movements being emphasized (vs. meditative treatment of stationery forms, for different training objectives), are more conducive to power breathing training. And again generally speaking, movement forms in chi-kung/nei-gong are better for joint opening training. What makes it difficult to explain in details in writing (concept explanation is much easier) is that for the same stance/movement form, different focus/emphasis can be used to deliver different results. As you can see, in tai chi, there is only ONE standard form, which is enough, meaning that everything can be trained with the same thing (forgive me to be sounding too philosophical).Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15867403006412320812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020010160030365744.post-83156627009672572612016-08-08T17:51:16.035-07:002016-08-08T17:51:16.035-07:00So Paul, would you say the Yin sequence in 24style...So Paul, would you say the Yin sequence in 24style neigong is for joint opening and the Yang sequence for power breathing?BeginnerTaiChihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892697120298664771noreply@blogger.com