"Tai Chi for Health" by Edward Maisel
- Relax. Avoid any nervous or muscular tension. Relax facial muscles as well. The result will be a look of serenity.
- Empty your mind of thought and allow it to become wholly concerned with and aware of each movement of the body.
- Perform the actions as slowly as possible.
- Keep the same tempo throughout. Some actions lend themselves to a faster tempo, but avoid any such temptation to hurry.
- Breath easily and naturally through the nose.
- Every action should be comfortable. If it is not comfortable, it is not correct.
- Never push any action to the utmost. Never stop as far as possible. Always reserve the end of the action to become the beginning of the next one.
- Every action should be performed with careful deliberateness. Nothing is unimportant. Perform each action as though for the first time.
- No conscious strength or force should ever be exerted.
- Action is continuous from the beginning of Tai Chi to the end of Tai Chi. Never stop an action. Never be completely still.
