Being Well, Staying Well.

How the practise of NeiJia Skills
 enhances health at the Golden Rooster School

 
ü  Tai Chi Chuan can be prescribed as a conditioning exercise for all ages and abilities. Tai Chi Chuan can be an aerobic exercise with moderate to high intensity, beneficial to the cardio-respiratory function. Practitioners have higher peak oxygen uptake and higher oxygen uptake at the ventilatory threshold.
 
ü  Tai Chi Chuan has positive effects on postural control and on the range of motion of the limbs, it has also been shown to be beneficial in stabilising some back and knee problems.
 
ü  Tai Chi Chuan has been shown to promote lower blood pressure and reduces the rate of falls and fear of falling in elderly test subjects.
 
ü  Tai Chi Chuan as physiotherapy training maintains the significant balance and strength gains obtained in strength and balance training, improves lateral body stability and the strength of the knee extensor significantly.
 
ü  Tai Chi Chuan practice has positive effects in selected psychological and physiological measures. It is also acts as a social outlet.
 
The World Health Organisation and Traditional Chinese Medicine both consider good health in broad terms which encompass physical and emotional well being rather than simply the absence of illness.
 
Overview of how Golden Rooster Tai Chi Chuan & Qigong may improve health.
 
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Qi (pronounced chee) or intrinsic energy is seen to flow through the body along traditional pathways or channels called Meridians. Good health is accompanied by a strong, balanced and regular flow of Qi through the channels. In poor health the flow is irregular and disrupted, causing an insufficiency of Qi in some areas and an excess in others The Qi flow can be influenced and brought back into balance by the methods of TCM, which include Tai Chi Chuan and Qigong.
 
Western science
Correct posture facilitates deeper, fuller and more relaxed breathing, which changes the chemical composition of the blood beneficially.
This in turn encourages the activity of the brain to adopt a more beneficial rhythm, and helps you to become and remain calmer. The twisting motions compress and stretch the muscle fibres, which in effect massages the muscle groups increases the flow of blood, lymphatic fluids,