What does Tai Ji have to do with Psychotherapy?

Many do not realize that Tai Ji is short for Tai Ji Chuan which means, “Grand Ultimate Boxing”. It is a martial art, but it is more commonly practiced as a meditative form of movement that benefits both the body and mind, without martial intent. This in reality is Qi Gong. Tai Ji is a martial art that balances Yin and Yang energies throughout it’s many strikes and throws. It is practiced slowly to refine the movements and optimize the health benefits. In action it is fast, powerful and graceful.

The symbol to your right is commonly known to represent Yin and Yang, but this is actually the Tai Ji symbol in chinese. The practice of Tai Ji brings Yin and Yang into focus as it requires both energies to be balanced to achieve great power with minimal effort. Tai Ji is special in that it utilizes the energy of the opponent to your own advantage. The Tai Ji master can turn his enemy into his friend and focuses on mastering his own inner demons first and foremost.

By applying the principles of Tai Ji and all that it represents to psychotherapy, we can turn our enemies (like stress, struggle, failure, sadness…) into our friends and learn to inspire ourselves from within toward the path of ultimate fulfillment. In the following posts I will attempt to show you how the principles of Tai Ji can be applied to most if not all of your troubles to create and promote a healthy and fulfilling spiritual journey called Life. Thank you for reading and contributing!

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