Yi Chuan - Mind power Standing Meditations
The art of Mind Intention. This is about the importance of meditation to our development as healthy and strong Human beings.
Yi Chuan contains many diverse types of meditative practices and postures that are employed to stimulate Yang, Yin, and Yin/Yang circulation to accomplish various things.
Benefits of the Tai Chi and Chi Gong ? Studies show that such tai chi neditations can improve balance, flexibility, circulation, stamina, and relaxation for older adults. Potentially it can reduce high blood pressure and assist with management of Osteoarthritis.
Our Yi-Chuan DVD of Standing Meditations for Spiritual Fitness and Internal Power showcases a variety of stationary meditative standing postures, for strengthening physical, mental and spiritual power. Discover the movement in the stillness. Become stable as a mountain and flowing as a river.
These meditative stances bring you the principals and practice of relaxing the body, slowing down the mind and sharpen your concentration. Using empty mind, we learn first to observe the chi movement through the body, and later to transmit it from our center to the extremities. We not only play with the power of our mind, but also connect in harmony the Body, Mind and Spirit, allowing calm and relaxed internal work and state of
Mind, to intensify our intention and build internal strength.
The first level of meditation involves freeing all of the energy pathways, eliminating any stagnation or blockage. Continued practice will lead to consciously controlled Chi circulation while remaining still. This condition is known as "Fluid Stillness". The Yi Chuan is probably the best method to improve one's Tai Chi or Shing Yi forms in order to achieve the highest phase. The highest phase is called "Fluid Motion", meaning Chi circulation can be controlled while moving through the forms. To integrate this meditative state of awareness into the form is a highly desired goal and requires many years of practice.
"Yi" ? Intention
The character for "Yi" in Chinese is usually translated as Mind or Intellect. To be more specific, it should be translated as Will power, or simply Intention.
This single focus of energy is what is meant by "Yi". It is important to remember that to apply this concept in practice, mental clarity is essential. We must visualize in exacting detail the desired position. The more coherent the image, the better the result. If the Mind is scattered, so shall be the Chi, and the result will be minimal. In time, through repetitive practice, this procedure will become totally natural.
