A Soft Beginning: Mike's 12 Things He's Learned from Tai Chi
Mike and I were chatting this morning over coffee like usual. We wake up early before Daisy does to sneak in some hang time.
We were talking about helping a friend who came to yoga recently with wrist and shoulder pain. Something we might do automatically in yoga is move with straight arms, instead of moving with soft elbows, from the center of your arm, just as you can move from the center of your whole self.
When you practice moving in harmony with yourself, instead of moving from pose to pose in a stiff way, everything changes. As we get older, it can become painful to move with stiff joints. That can be frustrating, but it can also be a good wake-up call to start moving better, from center, with softness.
Just because your body can get away with moving one way for a while doesn’t mean that way is good for you.
Tai chi is awesome to come back to again and again to reconnect with a better way. It all begins, and continues, with softness.
Read more of Mike’s 12 Things he’s learned from practicing tai chi for 45 years (I almost spit out my water when I read that too) and teaching for 5. :)
With Softness,
Tara + Mike
Your week of accomplishing more with less tension is ready.
Sunday — Restorative Yoga
Monday — Weights with Ease
Tuesday — Tai Chi
Wednesday — LIVE Gentle Yoga
Thursday — Weights with Ease
Friday — LIVE Energize Yoga
As always, you can follow along with our daily global studio schedule or choose your own adventure based on the time you have and what your body is asking for. Everything is right here, ready whenever you are.
So grateful for another week together.
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