A few years ago, before I began practicing yoga, I went to a few sessions of an informal tai chi class. I enjoyed it, and began to learn the sequence, but the man leading the sessions left to work at a different location, and I didn't pursuit further.
I don't remember what the trigger was, but yesterday I was inspired to look up some beginning tai chi videos on YouTube, and I spent the day today, off and on, working on the first part of the Yang style sequence.
It's a mind-body practice with many similarities to yoga, and at the same time, it seems very different. It emphasizes gesture, and the body is in constant motion. Yoga vinyasa practice also has continuous movement, but the yoga poses seem to have more structure, somewhat less fluidity in the form, than tai chi movements.
I'm interested to see where this sudden interest leads, and what I learn from it.
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