Saturday, September 23, 2023

Union of body mind practices

 Both yoga and tai chi  are eastern practices rooted in spiritual tradition.they are holistic in unifying body and mind.so there are commonalities like a philosophical belief in man,nature and the universe,healing and meditation and chanting.the problem begins when the westerner divorce the movements from the spiritual aspect and compartmentalise it as a martial arts or sports stretching.it is doing it a disregard as yoga and tai chi is commercialised to make money.

Tai chi was started by a taoist monk zhang san feng in wudang mountains after watching a crane n snake fighting .the lifestyle of taoism include ascetism,discipline and non materialism as does a yogi does in pursuit of higher aims in life.but the commercialization of both shifts it away from the spiritual base.so i believe when the time is ripe,the teacher will come.

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