Taichi practice works with the mix of the following 5 elements:
- Impact-Free Aerobic Exercise
- Dynamic Body Posture Alignment
- Slow Deep Breathing
- Meditaion
- Portability
While each element by itself contributs to pain relieve and pain prevention, they also works together to enhance to effectiveness of other elements in the mix.
Effects of No-Impact Aerobic Excise
All aerobic exercises lead to release of human body's natural pain killer (endorphins). But people with pains may not be able to tolerate the pounding impacts that come with most aerobic exercise routines. While there might be other low-impact and impact-free aerobic exercies available, Taichi's 100% portability (any time & any where) makes it the only one that is ideal for meeting needs of everyday pain management.
Effects of Dynamic Body Postue Alignment
Dynamic Body Posture Alignment removes the souce of the pains by relaxing the tighten skelital muscles and joints. It also sensitizes your body to consciously regain and maintain the correct body postures at all time, hence preventing future pains.
Effects of Slow Deep Breathing
Deep breathing enriches blood oxygen level, which, with the help of Impact-Free Aerobic & Dynamic Body Posture Alignment, reaches deep into your injured muscules and joints, and speeds up your body's self repair work, hence removes the source of pains. Slow Deep Breathing also facilitates Meditation element of Taichi.
Effects of Meditation
Taichi is a form of "Meditation in Motion". The state of meditation could be reached through practice of various meditation techniques. Once reaching the meditated state, your body release endorphins (natural pain killer) and relaxes muscles and joints, hence releases your pains. The challege is that, it is nearly impossible for a pained body to remain motionless for any extended period for a conventional motionless meditation technique to take effects. On the other hand, in Taichi practice, with Impact-Free Aerobic Exercise preparing your body, Dynamice Posture Allignment focusing your mind, and the Slow Deep Breathing calming and clearing your mind, you are more ready to enter into the ultimate Meditated State.
Effects of 100% Portability
For a Pain Management techique to be most effective, it should goes where your pain goes, which is anywhere and anytime. Taichi is the only known technique with this level of portability. You can practice Taichi in your office, your living room, your bedroom, your drive way, your neighborhood park, your hotel room, your gym, your office parking lot, etc. You can also practice Taichi any time of the day, before leaving for work in the morning, during work breaks and lunch break at your work place, evening hours after work, etc. Each session could be as brief as 5 minute, or as long as 30 minute. This level of 100% portability enables you to gradually reduce your level of dependency on pain medications, and eventually eliminating drug usage all together, and preventing recurrence of pains in future.
