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By CINDY MAHAN , Rappahannock New* Staff Writer
Tai Chi Chuan is becoming more popular all the time, and is taught locally by Kathleen Maier.
Tai Chi Chuan, also spelled Taijiquan, is many things. It is an exercise which promotes the body and mind working together. It helps the body maintain balance, improves circulation and strengthens joints and muscles. The movements are graceful and deliberate, and develop flexibility, energy, and stimulate the internal organs, Ms. Maier says. Serenity and self-control can also be gained through the movements of Tai Chi Chuan.
Ms. Maier, who lives in Flint Hill, teaches Tai Chi as a health meditation exercise. Her classes start off with several warm-up exercises. She has the class focus on breathing and performing very simple balancing exercises. “It is a meditation in movement,” says Ms. Maier.
Tai Chi is also known as a “soft” martial art. Many of the movements are the same as those used in other martial arts; it look like a martial art in slow motion. It is more of a meditative exercise than one in which there is an opponent.
One thing learned in the class is yielding, which enables a weaker person to deal with a stronger person. It is composed of five principles.
The first principle is relaxation. Next comes rooting, in which your feet feel they are rooted in the earth,
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