Two Teaching Tips

Pulling Taffy – Variation 3 – Perpetual Motion

What did you experience energetically in the waist? The palms of the hands are directly associated with the kidneys. You are becoming brand new. There is emptiness in the middle and fullness to the side.

Working the Pulley

Justin says, “If you want to lose weight, do this movement several times a day.” Carmen suggests, “Working the Pulley is a front-to-back Pulling Taffy movement.” Why do we keep the head pointing forward? Because if the head turns, this becomes a head movement rather than a waist-turning movement. What do you feel when the hands go around the pulleys? What do you feel when the weight is fully shifted forward, open and free? The more T’ai Chi Chih you do, the more you’ll know exactly what you need to do to be balanced.