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Chi in Tai Chi

Posted by Fiona Anderson. on Friday, November 8, 2013,
When a group of us were doing a demo, some teens came up and asked "can you use your chi power?"  The remake of the Karate Kid had just come out around that time and that obviously had sparked their question. It's understandable that what you see in films bears no relation to reality chi-wise, as the reality doesn't make exciting action to watch.

Also, there's a lot of stuff in books these days, some of which is accurate, but a lot of which is just written either out of sheer ignorance or just...
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Breathing and mindfulness

Posted by Fiona Anderson. on Monday, May 13, 2013,
In learning chi kung, you will experience much deeper breathing than normal. Most people are shallow breathers, only breathing in/out from the top of their lungs. This leaves the air at the bottom of their lungs to become stale.  By breathing longer and deeper, the air all through your lungs right down to the bottom gets changed, so that the stale air is exchanged for fresh air and you get healthier more oxygenated air into your bloodstream.

This has effects not only on your physical health, b...
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