Tai Chi - A Chinese martial art also practiced for good health and meditative purposes. 

 

Shen - Spirit, Consciousness

 

Qi Gong - Energy/Life Force Cultivation/work

 

Xing - Inner Nature

 

Qi - Life force

 

Daoism - A Chinese philosophical and religious tradition. It promotes living in harmony with natural order.

 

Wu wei - Effortless action

 

Kua - Located where the thighs meet the pelvis, including the hip joints. Engaging the Kua allows power to transfer from the lower to the upper body.

 

Wu - Military/Martial/Fierce

 

Laogong - Also known as the palace of toil, the laogong is a meridian point located in the palm of the hand.

 

Yi - Intention from the mind

 

Jing - Natural essence, Vitality, Inherited and stored energy which governs growth.

 

Xin Yi - Intention from the heart

 

Yong Quan - An acupuncture point located on the sole of the foot. It allows energy to flow from the earth into the body.

 

Ren - Humaneness

 

Chen - Chen is a concept in tai chi involving the release of tension throughout the whole body.

 

Yangsheng - Nourishing one’s life.

 

Heaven and earth (tiandi) - The connection between the celestial and terrestrial.

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Five phases (wuxing) - (Wood, Fire, Earth, Water, Metal) Aspects of the universe’s continual existence and development.

 

Full (shi) -  In Tai Chi, full refers to the body part that carries the body’s weight.

 

Empty (xu) - In tai chi, empty refers to the body part which as no weight within it.

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Flow - The continual movement of the entire body.

 

Yin - Representative of stillness, receptivity, the dark, the night, passiveness and the internal.

 

Yang -Representative of hardness, the external, the day and activeness.

 

Dantian - An energy centre located three fingers width below the navel.

 

Meridians - Energy points located across the body.

 

Rooting - Connectedness to the earth.

 

Zhan Zhuang - A standing meditation (standing like a tree)

 

Wuji - The undifferentiated state before the emergence of yin and yang.

 

Ziran - Naturalness​​

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Zhong Dantian - The middle energy centre located around the hearts area.

 

Shang Dantian - The upper dantian located around the third eye.

 

Mingmen - An acupuncture point located in the lower back.

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