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As a martial art, Tai Chi required you to be strong, as a moving meditation it asks you be focused and disciplined. These skills together will bring in you a greater connection between your mind and your body.
TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR HEALTH, MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY. START TAI CHI TODAY.
Welcome to Social Tai Chi. I have been practicing tai chi and Chinese martial arts for the past ten years. I often say that “Kung Fu saved my life” not from a mortal danger, though I do feel confident that I can defend myself, not from a physical trauma - though my health has certainly improved, but from a mental point of view. Tai chi has given me the discipline to lead a successful life, it has also shown me how to calm my thoughts, focus my energy and connect my mind and body. - Rafeeqah
PRINCIPLES
MINDFUL MEDITATION
At its highest form, Tai Chi is a moving meditation, where the mind is completely relaxed and empty and the movements come as if the body has always known them.
This meditative component starts out small in beginners with focus on breath and movement co-ordination. This encourages the Tai Chi Practitioner to pause and be reflective and importantly, focus on the movements.
BEING PRESENT
Tai Chi offers the opportunity to reconnect the body and mind. As the movements are very slow and require a high level of focus, the mind-body connection is fundamental to Tai Chi.
By reconnecting the body and mind through practise we find that practitioners have better overall reflexes, better spacial awareness and are present in their daily activities.
BREATHING
Our breath is our life force. When it is controlled and mastered out life follows suite. In Tai Chi, we connect the breathe era deliberately to a movement in order to regain control of our life force.
A focus on breathing helps practitioners to find a rhythm and flow in their practise, this helps the momentum of the form/movements as well as the memory to remember what comes next.
LIGHTNESS
So many of us feel the weight and significance of our own heavy bodies. This comes form the mind as well as from a disconnect from the body.
Through Tai Chi you will find your own inner lightness. Where the body moves gracefully and without effort or resistance.
What Our STUDENTS Say
Simple and effective, a great start to my day 👊🏽
The teachers voice is soothing but not irritatingly so like a lot of instructors. I feel great after the first Video. Can't wait to see what's next! Well done!
CONTACT TO START YOUR JOURNEY
Private Classes Available online and in person in Cape Town
Contact: Rafeeqah
taichi@rafeeqah.com
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