/lit/ - Literature

>>15154191
basic qigong/taichi (particularly suggest standing like a tree exercise (zhan zhuang) and Mantak Chia Iron shirt qigong) its good meditation but great for the body too

New Thought Syncretism
autosuggestion

Balance it with qigong or taichi and functional strength exercises, deep breathing etc

healthy body = healthy brain

>>14349400
Aye. Bodybuilding and powerlifting driven by ego and vanity is foolish, wrecks your tendons/ligaments and you pay the price as you get older.

Best to focus on functional strength (for self-defense etc) but doing 'gentler' exercises to maintain fitness is wiser in the long run.

This is the ultimate /fitlit/ exercise/meditation

T'ai Chi [Supreme Ultimate] comes from Wu Chi [Formless Void] and is the mother of yin and yang. In motion T'ai Chi separates; in stillness yin and yang fuse and return to Wu Chi. It is not excessive or deficient; it follows a bending, adheres to an extension.

When the opponent is hard and I am soft, it is called tsou [yielding]. When I follow the opponent and he becomes backed up, it is called nien [adhering/sticking]. If the opponent's movement is quick, then quickly respond; if his movement is slow, then follow slowly.

Although there are innumerable variations, the principles that pervades them remain the same.

From familiarity with the correct touch, one gradually comprehends chin [intrinsic strength]; from the comprehension of chin one can reach wisdom.

Without long practice one cannot suddenly understand T'ai Chi.Effortlessly the chin reaches the headtop. Let the ch'i [vital life energy] sink to the tan-t'ien [field of elixir]. Don't lean in any direction; suddenly appear, suddenly disappear.

Empty the left wherever a pressure appears, and similarly the right.

If the opponent raises up, I seem taller; if he sinks down, then I seem lower; advancing, he finds the distance seems incredibly long; retreating, the distance seems exasperatingly short. A feather cannot be placed, and a fly cannot alight on any part of the body. The opponent does not know me; I alone know him.

To become a peerless boxer results from this.

THE TREATISE ON T'AI CHI CH'UAN