Comments on: Tai Chi and The Frog, A Scary Story http://www.camptaichi.com/blog/2394/tai-chi-and-the-frog-a-scary-story/ Tai Chi and anything I can relate to Tai Chi ... like life Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:20:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: John Crewdson http://www.camptaichi.com/blog/2394/tai-chi-and-the-frog-a-scary-story/comment-page-1/#comment-1250 John Crewdson Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:47:17 +0000 http://www.camptaichi.com/blog/?p=2394#comment-1250 Walt, I agree that the practice of proper breathing can't be over-emphasized. When I'm working at the computer, driving, or just feeling a little stressed, I've developed the habit of breathing deeply into the dan tian while expanding my entire girdle area. It always feels good and usually helps root me and stabilize me very quickly. I imagine writing this blog helps me with this habit too, because I think of it often. John Walt,

I agree that the practice of proper breathing can’t be over-emphasized. When I’m working at the computer, driving, or just feeling a little stressed, I’ve developed the habit of breathing deeply into the dan tian while expanding my entire girdle area. It always feels good and usually helps root me and stabilize me very quickly. I imagine writing this blog helps me with this habit too, because I think of it often.

John

]]> By: walt http://www.camptaichi.com/blog/2394/tai-chi-and-the-frog-a-scary-story/comment-page-1/#comment-1247 walt Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:21:17 +0000 http://www.camptaichi.com/blog/?p=2394#comment-1247 I wonder how far one could go in the correlation between oxygen intake and health? My guess would be "pretty far." I know of a few folks who have dedicated their lives to this study, and their results agree with your post. For myself, one of the most difficult things is to <i>sustain</i> an awareness of my breathing. Easy enough to <i>become</i> aware of it, say, in terms of practicing better breathing techniques -- but when I get busy, it just becomes automatic again. The beauty of tai chi is that I get oxygenated early in the morning, refreshing the system before I get busy. This provides a "platform" for the day from which to operate. I don't think the practice of proper breathing can be over-emphasized. I wonder how far one could go in the correlation between oxygen intake and health? My guess would be “pretty far.” I know of a few folks who have dedicated their lives to this study, and their results agree with your post.

For myself, one of the most difficult things is to sustain an awareness of my breathing. Easy enough to become aware of it, say, in terms of practicing better breathing techniques — but when I get busy, it just becomes automatic again.

The beauty of tai chi is that I get oxygenated early in the morning, refreshing the system before I get busy. This provides a “platform” for the day from which to operate.

I don’t think the practice of proper breathing can be over-emphasized.

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