The transformation to which Tai Chi leads
The process of introduction to tai chi will take you from being a normal and
ordinary person to be transformed into a being with much more vitality and
energy, with a healthy and balanced body, with a clear and awake mind, with
kind and beneficial emotions and with a free spirit.
But before reaching that state you will undergo a process that consists of
different phases in which you can feel different symptoms, which is not
worrying because they will have been caused by the constant adaptation of your
body to your new physical-energetic condition.
It must always be borne in mind that, when advancing in practice, the physical
body is first strengthened, healing the diseases that are suffered, releasing
tensions, strengthening the internal organs, and improving their functions.
Then, the steps of Energy begin to open and this begins to circulate
throughout the body, increasing its vitality and generating a pleasant state
that extends beyond the physical body, thus eliminating negative emotions and
self-imposed limitations. And, at the same time, it gradually increases the
level of energy vibration making the body more subtle and less dense and thus
developing the spiritual part.
Going through this whole process can produce certain reactions in the physical
body and in its energetic structure, and can have personal consequences
because it also changes the way of being and acting in private, labor, and
social relations. The practice of these exercises pushes to solve situations
to be able to heal inside and improve outside, because the most important
purpose is to provide health, inner peace, and happiness, and that must cover
all the areas in which the person develops.
Adverse reactions to act upon
If the new practitioner detects any of the reactions described below,
he/she should inform his / her teacher and follow his / her indications and
recommendations.
- Slight, but constant discomfort and pain in the weakest parts of the body that have not yet been strengthened by practice.
- Pain in ankles and knees, as well as tension in different muscles as you become aware of the muscle groups and the tension in them accumulated, and sensations that, although annoying, are necessary to direct attention to them and be able to relax them.
- Small muscle contractions and tremors, due to the expansion of qi in the area that, when it begins to circulate with greater strength and quantity and go undoing the usual blockages, produces these tremors.
- In the first months of practice you begin to feel cold in the limbs, since, by focusing on the dantien, the blood circulation slows down in the limbs.
- Then the feeling of cold is transformed into heat when the energy that was blocked and stagnant in the various points begins to emerge, and this release of qi causes sweating in the hands and feet, a sign that the practice is working.
- Months later, that feeling of heat and sweating turns into a pleasant warmth and the body regulates its own body temperature very well, adapting the inside to the outside.
- Feeling hungry and increased salivary secretion, which must be swallowed into the dantien.
- Emotional outbursts and changes in the mental attitude of the practitioner can also be experienced by freeing the different internal organs from the negative emotions that settle in them.
Some contraindications
The exercises of Taichi Chuan and chikung should be always adaptable to the
special characteristics of each person, the environment in which it is
practiced, the climate, and the special circumstances of each place because
practice is something in constant change and evolution that must flow each day
following the principles of yin and yang and the universal laws.
In any case, Taichi Chuan and chikung should not be practiced by persons who
are in the following circumstances:
- Women during menstruation and pregnancy can practice very gentle exercises, such as warm-up, self-massage, “eight jewels” or “five animals”.
- Those suffering from acute, inflammatory, or invasive diseases due to viral infections in the early stages of the disease, to prevent their spread through the blood.
- People with serious mental problems or in psychological treatment should not practice internal work exercises, but they can do tai chi chuan and chikung in a very gentle way such as warming up, self-massages, the “eight jewels” or the “five animals”.
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