Tai Chi (Shaolin Chuan): Meditation in Motion
Temple Tai Chi training is a practice to cultivate power and peace in
harmony and to experience a union with the infinite. This is not Wu Shu or
performance Tai Chi. Shaolin arts emphasize the internal. This how and why
martial arts have been taught in temples.
Shaolin Chuan Tai Chi is moving meditation exercise that is designed to
promote the health and integration of mind, heart, body, and spirit. This
exercise performed correctly, is a personal cultivation of peace and power
in harmony, a silent prayer of union with the infinite.
Section 1 (for beginning students)
- Preliminary warm up (energy correcting) and conditioning exercises
- Introduction and practice in the fundamental essentials of true
spiritual meditation
- The essentials of authentic ancient temple Chi Kung (Spiritual Energy)
practice
- A short introduction to the spiritual body’s energy pools and channels
- The experience of practicing Tai Chi as a spiritual energy practice of
meditation in motion
- Introduction to the philosophy of the Tai Chi (Yin and Yang)
- The Healing Form – A short Chi Kung/Tai Chi prescribed moving form,
generating and directing energy to heal and guard mental, emotional and
physical health. This is both a practice in itself and an introduction to
the ancient temple method of Tai Chi practice
- Optional: Study and practice of Kung An (Spiritual Riddle) system of
Wisdom Training – The opening and cultivation of Intuitive Wisdom
Consciousness
Section 2 (for students with at least one semester of training)
- Deepening the effectiveness of energy practice
- Introduction to and training in the first half of the Tai Chi form
proper
- The necessity and methods of integrating the fundamental practice of
the Tai Chi into daily life practice
- Optional: Study and practice of Kung An (Spiritual Riddle) system of
Wisdom Training – The opening and cultivation of Intuitive Wisdom
Note: Both sections are available in Fall and Spring semesters and
meet concurrently.
More in depth training, in all disciplines, is taught only at the
temple. Any Level I student (Wesleyan student) can intensify and
broaden their practice by training as a Level II student. Please view
the Temple website for more information.
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