Lanterna Rally

Author: Yongxin Li

Publisher:

Published: 2017-12-09

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 9780692997505

This is a book about a combination exercise of yoga and tai chi. Please read another book of mine, E Tai Chi (The Basic Book), if you are interested in genuine tai chi. This book contains 242 pages with over 600 photos and 40-minute videos. The videos are embedded in the Kindle eBook version of the book. Also, the Yoga E Tai Chi and E Tai Chi sequences demonstrated by the author can be watched on YouTube.Yoga E Tai Chi (the basic postures and sequence): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU1ceeKs0JYE Tai Chi (the basic sequence): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjbVILwHwCYE Tai Chi (the intermediate and advanced sequences):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Medo50cBNEcTai chi is also known as Tai Chi Chuan or Taijiquan, one form of Chinese martial arts, which is characterized by its tranquility, slowness, relaxation, smoothness, and continuity. It is a combination of physical and mental exercises and has been proven to provide many health benefits, e.g., reducing stress, preventing falls, and improving some chronic medical disorders including hypertension, depression, fibromyalgia, and other chronic pain conditions. E Tai Chi (Ease or Easy Tai Chi) is a new tai chi fitness system that is scientifically created by the author for the purpose of simplicity, safety, and efficacy. E Tai Chi is the world's simplest and safest tai chi exercise. It consists of sequences of simple and gentle circular hand/arm movements performed with normal walking or standing. Yoga E Tai Chi is a yoga-tai chi combination exercise that is developed by the author on the basis of E Tai Chi. Namely, you practice yoga by using the E Tai Chi hand/arm movements, stances, and footwork. It does not mean that you perform yoga poses and tai chi postures alternately. Yoga E Tai Chi is E Tai Chi that is practiced in a yoga-tai chi way. In other words, each of the Yoga E Tai Chi postures is made of both yoga and tai chi components. I name this unique, innovative exercise "Yogetaichi" (yoh gee tahy chee). Yoga E Tai Chi is unique, original, scientific, effective, and infinite! It is for personal health only, not for fighting or any spiritual purpose. Its characteristics can be summarized by Five S's: Simplicity, Science, Safety, Serenity, and Strength.Simplicity. The hand/arm movements in yoga and tai chi have been condensed to only ONE circular movement. Therefore, Yoga E Tai Chi is the ultimate simplest yoga-tai chi combination exercise that cannot be simplified any more. Science. Yoga E Tai Chi is a yoga-tai chi fitness routine that is developed on the basis of E Tai Chi. Specifically, E Tai Chi assimilates the typical elements of yoga: holding poses and stretching fully. Thus, you can find both yoga and tai chi components in each of the Yoga E Tai Chi postures. Distinctively, you keep rotating your arms/shoulders while you are staying in a pose. Safety. The typical Tai Chi walk, the curved footwork, has been replaced by regular walking or slowed natural walking in E Tai Chi. You do not make turns, squat, or kick. There is no extreme bending, twisting, or upside-down inversion of the body. Serenity. Even though breathing exercises are emphasized in Yoga E Tai Chi, only ONE breathing technique is recommended: conscious natural breathing coordinated with hand/arm movements. It can be mastered and practiced easily because most of the hand/arm movements in Yoga E Tai Chi are symmetrical. Strength. In the Yoga E Tai Chi sequences, the majority of the postures involve walking sideways, which provides an efficient physical workout. You can tone up your muscles by holding poses for a longer period of time or wearing weights on your wrists and ankles. This is the only book from which you can learn yoga-tai chi by yourself. It contains more detailed illustrations than any yoga or tai chi books on the market. The systematic flow charts show where you go, how many steps you walk, and how you move your feet.