Psychology and meditation workshop: taichi.

Tai Chi Chuan is an ancient martial art of meditation that reduces stress and anxiety while improving the flexibility of the body and balance with the mind.

It consists of the execution of exercises that are carried out slowly and smoothly, with it you can work all the muscles of the body, increasing strength, flexibility and balance. It is effective in improving physical condition, in treating circulatory diseases and even in delaying aging. The particularity of this discipline consists in harmoniously combining the three fundamentals on which it is based, which are body movements, mental concentration and conscious breathing.

Goals to achive:
- To increase body and mental benefits.
- To improve physical condition.
- To learn to meditate and concentrate.


Contents to be developed: - Meditation, concentration…

Methodology:

In this workshop we will learn the steps to practice Taichi by following the following steps:

1.- The first thing we must do is warm up by introducing the breath.
2.- We must place the feet at the height of the shoulders and the hands on the navel.
4.- We will imagine that we put down roots to sustain you well in the soil.
4.- We will be choosing different positions as basic concepts to develop them.
5.- We will repeat these postures until we master them.
6.- We will connect several positions slowly without stopping.
7.- We will concentrate on breathing.


Una secuencia sencilla para aprender Taichi es la forma de 10 movimientos.

Son 10 posturas o ejercicios muy básicos que nos inician en la práctica de movimientos fáciles y en la respiración. A simple sequence to learn Tai Chi is the 10-move form.
There are 10 very basic postures or exercises that start us in the practice of easy movements and breathing.

Its sequence is as follows:

1 – Opening position.
2 - Monkey Kick
3 - Brush the knee and push forward
4 - Caress the mane of the wild horse
5 - Move your hands like clouds
6 - The Golden Rooster stands on one leg
7 - Heel kick
8 - Catch the sparrow's tail
9 - Hands in the cross
10- Closing


Another of the most popular forms is the 24-movement form that, depending on the participants, they will try to perform it.

The sequence is as follows:

1.-Opening position
2.-Caress the Horse's Mane (3 times).
3.-White Crane Spreads its Wings
4.-Brush the Knee and Push (3 times).
5.-Play the Lute
6.-Monkey recoil (3 times).
7.-Caress the Sparrow's Tail (2 times).
8.-Simple Whip
9.-Move Your Hands like Clouds (3 times).
10.-Simple Whip
11.-High Clap the Horse
12.-Right Heel Kick
13.-Two Winds Pierce the Ears.
14.-Turn and Left Heel Kick
15.-The Snake Creeps and the Golden Rooster (2 times).
16.-The Fair Lady Works the Shuttle
17.-Find the Needle at the Bottom of the Sea
18.-Fan the Back
19.-Turn, High Step, Stop and Punch
20.-Apparent Closure and Push
21.-Cross Hands
22.- Closing.