We can also say, "When the breath relaxes, the body finds its rhythm".
I saw that now.
Your Taiji method do seem to consciously focus on breath, as such is it still “nature” breathing , that will say- unconsciously /automatic breathing ?
What is “rma” ?
What's your definition of "natural breathing"?
Shouldn’t be any more difficult breathing that when tying one’s shoelaces
Am I right that your "natural breathing" definition is "breathing depends on the body movement need"? When you bend forward, you will breathe differently than when you stand straight.
The kind that is not consciously manipulated / interfered by our thoughts.
The mind is the boss over things we consciously set to do
When you run and you breath fast, will you call that "natural breathing"? If your answer is yes, your breathing is controlled by your body movement.
Of all the things that never happened, that's one of the things that never happened the most. I would remember.
I will try that later on today before my regular workout. Thanks.
When you run you think about how to breath ?
Your TJQ is different and focus on the two separate things - body movement and breathing pattern, where one supposed to consciously working on merging one with the other.
I'm sorry dude, but you're not making a lot of sense. What is RMA and what things? Happened when? Could you explain what you mean?
I will tell you what my shifu said about breathing and taijiquan, when asked what to do, which he got from his teacher who was asked about breathing and taijiquan…..Yes you should
Interesting
You can always ask what if, but I think you've done enough tai chi to know how slowly or quickly you can breathe. 20(minutes)/100(moves)/2 (inhale/exhale) is just under 10 seconds for a breath cycle (inhale/exhale). Pretty average really.
My teachers never advertised or made videos. They believed that the students will come that need to be there. I began training in Wing Woo Gar Gung fu first. My Sifu encouraged us to train in both gung fu and Tai Chi. His goal was integration of Southern gung fu arms and Yang TaiChi legs but trained separately and consecutively. When training Tai Chi, the first two weeks I only stood and feel bottom of feet. Start to lift the big toe but don’t actually lift it. Same intention, no motion. Then feeling each ray of each toe. ( 4 th toe is a dead zone in most people.) eventually feeling the space between the joints. Then beginning the form he would direct us to focus on a spot on the completely white wall in front of us and focus on the intention to raise the arms but not actually raise them. Only when that intention becomes action without motion inside the bottom of the foot without tension could the arms begin to move as a result of that internal action. “The inside moves the outside, the bottom moves the top.” All this to do before ever learning the first motion. Only a tiny piece of the form itself being taught as satisfactory internal progression was observed. No mention of application until after the entire form could be completed to the Sifu’s satisfaction. Days and weeks spent trying to keep the same tone throughout countless repetitions of the form. The only encouraging words being “now do it again”. When some epiphany would come, Sifu would only say “ now what does that feel like?” Another similar exercise, our floor is polished concrete covered in slippery wax, our shoes are cotton soled slippers. The floor is a nearly frictionless surface. We had a rolling stool, we would sit on the stool and attempt to pull ourselves forward without scooting. The Sifu would sprinkle powdered dance wax mixed with ground cornmeal to reduce the friction even more. This means one must use correct posture and internal expansion and lift to maintain balance and focus. Most people cannot move the stool at all without scooting. Feeling the foot in relationship to the earth is more difficult without the full weight of the body to provide friction. Yet another exercise, a tripod with a rotating disc to stand on, a bicycle wheel and tire with a handle jutting from either side of the axle. Stand on the rotatable disc while holding the bicycle wheel horizontally in front of the body one hand on each handle jutting vertically from the axle. Now someone else gets the bicycle wheel spinning. The centrifugal force of the rotating wheel will cause the rotatable disc youare standing on to rotate in the opposite direction of the wheel in your hands. Now if you turn the bicycle wheel upside down the direction of the disc will also reverse. The exercise is to prevent the centrifugal force of the bicycle tire from rotating the disc you are standing on… This last one is a daunting proposition, one that the physics professor from HSU deemed impossible to achieve until he saw it done.
