Demos, exercises, and quick tips about Tai Chi, Energy Healing, and Consciousness Studies. See more archived videos at ru-vid.com and read more about Rick at www.rickbarrett.net.
You are an excellent teacher! Have done Chen Tai ji for some years and this stuff seems closer to Yoga a bit. Amazing stuff ( v^-゜)♪ If anyone likes ukulele at all please give a listen 😅 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TyCRO0ovK-c.htmlsi=4NlVBFZMCsX2wben
I have been practicing xingyiquan and yiquan for over 30 years now. I always believe it is the fastest way to experience yang internal energy it was my gateway into the internal arts. I had practicing external arts for about 15 years and was shocked by internal energy concepts it was like going from playing acoustic guitar to electric. Your explaining of internal arts is very insightful. Certainly the deepest explanation on RU-vid. One of the most fascinating things on the internal arts is you never reach a state of I got this instead you feel like I'm understanding more than I did yesterday. Which you have started so eloquently in all your videos. Your videos are beyond inspiring. I can tell you how much I truly appreciate your sharing your knowledge and wisdom with the rest of us. ❤❤❤
I like This language that you speak about. I will be rewatching this many times and using this in my classes.Such a great connection with your teaching.
Yes great teaching Sifu Barrett love where you're going with this I'm hoping you cover the singing in double palm change and eventually teach Santi. Don't what you're planning and I'm happy whatever it is.A lot of what you're teaching reminds of the grounding breaking series Warrior of Stillness so I love seeing similar concepts being brought to life with someone with your in depth experience ❤️
@@RickBarrettTCA you bet. I later bought your book Tai Chi and The Western Gate. It helped me to gorm not only tools for entry into the internal, but better ways to think about the nebulous bridge between east and west, but more coherent ways to access the imagery for teaching to others. 🙏
Thank you teacher Barrett. I'm now 62 and have began practicing internal arts in my mid 20's about 3 years ago I broke my femur answer basically had to start over. My main practice has been xingyiquan but since my injury I been limited to standing and doing the tai chi short form. What I love about your content is your extreme detailed coverage of the fundamentals. No matter how much you practice you never graduate from them. Your channel is amazing from your sharing we can not only see the movement but feel them obviously to share so profoundly you have a deep understanding that is extremely rare
Dear friends and Mr Barret one question...I have shoulder and neck sore muscles..pain..which goes away with ointments....Is there a way to understand the origins and meridian relations to the psychosomatic situation...I feel I have too much burden and worry in my shoulders that I can barely lift...any suggestions what would help alleviate the situations...postures ..taichi etc ..? In urgent search...in a middle age crisis and suffering my share of injustice in this world. Thanks for the videos
I'm sorry you are having such a tough time. I have found it helpful to give myself permission to just focus on my practice while I am doing it. During that time you can work on the structural imbalances that cause your neck and shoulder tension.
How to remain stick to feeling and deepen the feeling, because mind always wandering, is there any way tip to make learning process more efficient, reduce the time of learning curve.
Our minds are naturally going to wounder, the key is relaxing the mind on the internal cues of the body. the expanding and compression of the core, of the back, etc,. My Sifu gave me visual and physical visualisations for various postures and movements to help with the internal development. For example in Liuhe Qigong there is a posture in the air with your fingers reaching to the sky. the Visualisation is you are a tree and there is a breeze gently blowing you side to side. you are not physically moving but you feel it internally. This type of practice helps keep your mind focused with out forcing it. I hope this helps.
Thanks for your suggestion, but i want to visualize or imagine, because it will stuck in mental construct. I am coming from yoga, meditation all doing 10 yr, only imagination, visualization, so no more imagination, until mind/I being totaly absorbed in the body As I view the things, this is my perspective..
Fair enough, on the physical side find someone who you trust who will give you positive feedback with no false positive and do pressures testing with the principles.
I really liked the beginning when feeling the sinking down into the earth, feeling the heaviness of my own structure, it's like my bones were happy to finally feel noticed for once and it did change my state of mind very quickly. Very interesting!
Sir while doing standing, after a while I feel calf muscles to much tensed, I follow steps you described but still pain in calf, can you please tell me, what's wrong I am doing
Good question. I can't specifically what is causing your muscle tension, but this is pretty common when starting out. Muscles and tendons get shorter over the years due to the way we stand. Most people lean backwards. When you emphasize Central Equilibrium, your body is learning a new posture and has to adjust. Muscles tense up when the body-mind is conflicted. Give yourself breaks to let your muscles integrate the changes they are going through. Let me know is this helps.
I'm not sure I understand the question, but if you mean to use your mind to relax muscular contraction in your body, yes. Try consciously tensing an area and then release it. This will give you practice. Please clarify the toes question.
How to differentiate feeling between ying and yang energy, I am beginner just started feeling magnetic like feeling between hands, it's because of you, Now what's next step for me, And how to actually feel yin yang, like magnetic feeling between hands I am feeling
If you can feel the energy between your hands, then you are moving in the right direction. Increased sensitivity comes with practice over time. Doing the practice in this video will help. You need to get enough Qi moving in your body to be able to notice subtle differences like Yin and Yang. Keep practicing. It'll come.
Is whole tai chi movements are feeling chi ball between hands, and moving it. And feeling between hands is that magnetic feeling of opposition, Am i right sir
Thank you for sharing your opinion. It is a popular way to talk about it. I have explained my thinking. You are right. Our ways of talking about it are different. I am fine with that.
Rick, this was an absolutely fabulous demonstration, thank you. As someone who is looking to: a. understand how to develop and use this energy b. does qigong (shibashi) for health and longevity I find you are the perfect embodiment of both.
Sir do you have any trick for being relax, i have recently doing tai chi from 2 months, during practice my hand got tingling sensation and after some time when i touched hands felt too cold, and someone said you have to relax, but i think i am relaxed in doing form, and also mentally always saying relax relax, But actually i don't feel what actually relax feel in body, so sir do you have fast understanding trick, out from your vast experience. 🙏🙏
Hi. Good question. For many of us, the body doesn't respond well to be told to "Relax." There are many unconscious stress responses that take over. Try executing a simple movement, like lifting an arm or even a finger, and ask yourself, "What is the least amount of effort I need to use to make that happen?" Then try again using even less effort. Do this with all them movements of your form and see if that helps.
@@RickBarrettTCA so in short we have to develop a owned feeling of letting go to ground, and i think this feeling might be the relax relax, that every body saying, But no body tell how the hell to relax, and how to stay there..
Is there any trick to feel sung or total relaxed state, not imaginating but actually feeling in body. As your energy opposition logic helps me to understand a little what's going on, But i am unable to grasp what's sung is, is there some trick in it too. Please guide me
Great question. I explain how Song works in my book, "Taijiquan: Through the Western Gate." The nickel version is this: Song means to generate power by use of the connective tissue system (the "sinews" in the Classics) rather than through crude muscular force. Think of how the branches of a pine tree covered in snow hold all that weight without pushing. They depend on their intrinsic structure. I have done several videos on Song. Here's one: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IWh9eNMRUhU.html
Very underrated video.how this only has a couple hundred views astounds me.i have watched countless other videos about this and the way you broke it down and explained it was very clear and straight forward.thank you sir
Hi. It sounds more complicated than it is. Try this: Put one hand on your dantian and the other on top of your head. Can you feel both at once? Now remove your hands. Can you still feel your dantian and your head top? If not, try again give them a squeeze. How is that? It is a gradual process of expanding awareness beyond the limits of the rational, thinking mind to access transrational/transpersonal awareness. Let me know how that goes.
@@Radheychib I think the quality of your practice is more important than how much time is spent. That said, try to find ways to incorporate your gongfu into simple actions during your day. I have been at it over 40 years and it still brings me joy.
You miss the point. She is pushing me. The demonstration shows that Taiji empowers all of us...even sweet little women like my wife. My goal is to make this information available to whomever wants it.
I was semi-ferocious before I learned Taiji, Bagua and Xingyi. I once yelled at my father for asking me a question about martial arts. I practiced Silat and Escrima for 15 years before I became Internal just about 16 years ago.
I have started practicing Zhan Zhuang ( standing Chigong) a year ago, what Rick is saying seems to tie in. Read the western gate, but seeing this clip helped me to realise realise what it was I am expecting. Very interesting indeed.
I am a new student to tai chi but trained in aikido for many years in the past. I sensed when doing the commencement and stepping the left foot out that I was shifting too far to the right (I have some hip and knee challenges that exacerbate problem.) Watching this video was a great gift. I saw Valerie doing what I am doing and how you showed her how to correct. I got up and tried it and sure enough I can step out and stay balanced and rooted on the right without shifting my hip to the right. By the way I love your first book. Deep into it at the moment.
A question, isn´t a two stage application of the isometric tension: stagwe 1 is equalizing the power of the opponent, sas "frieezing him" and then in stage 2 and this two-body block cen be relativeley moved wif one part , you ischoosing the direction.?? Paul,68
