Tai Chi Crna Gora

TAI ČI I QIGONG U PODGORICU
zdravlje – relaksacija – sport
UPIS JE U TOKU!
Tai Či klub „Yang Zhao“ upisuje polaznike na tromjesečni početni kurs, na kojem će naučiti da samostalno izvode Formu osam Yang stila iz Tai Či Čuan seta, kao i čigong formu Ba Duan Jin („osam djelova brokata“).
Kurs počinje 11. septembra. Časovi će se održavati utorkom i petkom u 20:00.
Mjesto održavanja: Serdara Jola Piletića 2, Podgorica
Cijena kursa: 45 € mjesečno
Kontakt: Lida, 067 283 410 ili Facebook: Tai Chi Crna Gora

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/24/largest-review-of-its-kind-confirms-benefits-of-tai-chi-and-other-chinese-exercises

Largest review of its kind confirms benefits of tai chi and other Chinese exercises Analysis finds ‘high certainty evidence’ of their effectiveness for the 1.7bn people worldwide with musculoskeletal conditions

What you hold onto becomes heavy.
What you let go of becomes easy.
––––
TCM principle

[Translated and adapted from an article published by meine-tcm.com]

There’s a breathing exercise that takes your mind off the whirlwind of thoughts — and it can do much more besides. The amazing thing is: your body has been doing it all along, all by itself.
Whenever you sigh, whenever a weight is lifted from your shoulders,— that’s exactly the kind of breath. Science calls this ‘physiological sighing’.
Here’s how to do it:
Breathe in through your nose — but only to about eighty percent capacity, not quite full. Then add a short, small second breath on top: a quick sniff that fills your lungs right to the very corners. And now the most important part — breathe out long and slow through your mouth. Longer than you breathed in, until your lungs are truly empty.
Repeat this a few times. You’ll usually soon notice how your breathing becomes calmer and your shoulders drop a little.
What’s happening in your body?
When you’re brooding, your breathing becomes shallow. There are millions of tiny air sacs in your lungs, and when your breathing is shallow, many of them collapse — like balloons that have lost their air.
A single deep breath often isn’t quite enough to inflate them fully. But that little second breath does the trick: it pops the collapsed air sacs back open, and your body can finally release the trapped carbon dioxide.
Then comes the long exhalation — and this is where true calm takes hold. With every exhalation, your heart rate slows down a little. If you consciously make your exhalation longer than your inhalation, your whole body shifts from a state of alertness back to a state of calm.
You don’t need to let go of any thoughts to do this. You’re simply becoming aware of what your body would otherwise do all by itself when you sigh.
Neuroscientist Andrew Huberman and his colleagues at Stanford measured this in 2023: just a few minutes of this breathing technique each day had a noticeably greater calming effect than silent meditation. It’s one of the simplest ways to calm the body — and you always have it with you.

[Translated and adapted from an article published by meine-tcm.com]

"'Silk reeling' describes a continuous, spiralling, circular movement that originates in the centre of the body and extends to the extremities. However, for this spiral force to have true meaning and direction, it requires a fundamental element that often goes unnoticed by the casual observer: the gaze.

[...] in all personal practice, the gaze is not just a passive spectator. It is the helm of the ship, the compass of intention, and the anchor of the mind. Through understanding how we use our eyes during training, we discover a philosophy that transcends the practice space and teaches us to inhabit the world."

[Paco Ladera]