This is the anticipated follow-up to the author's previous work, The Mind Inside Tai Chi (YMAA, 2015). In this edition he turns his attention to Yang style, guiding you through the 22-step form with an eye for detail and a love of nuance. “Tai chi is born from wuji, a state of emptiness,” Zhuang writes. “Empty the mind.There is no yin or yang, no you or others.” From this state of balance and grace, the author leads you through the Yang form,one step at a time. Illustrations with motion...
This book has three goals: To motivate you choose tai chi as a way of improving your health and increasing your happiness for an entire lifetime. To enliven your practice with or without a formal teacher. To provide guidance to advance your tai chi practice from a mere act of 'doing' tai chi to a method of «tai chi as a way of following your heart.» Why tai chi? After more than thirty years of practicing tai chi chuan, author Henry Zhuang shares what has kept him with tai chi for so...
