Spa Day

Had a great experience at the Moana ki Nui a Kiwa leisure centre here in Mangere. I surely felt leisurely as Chikako and I joined about twenty elders in a tai chi course taught, and my joints do feel GOOD:

HEre's the principles for Tai Chi (beginners) (from handout):

1. Make your movements slow, even and continuous...control your movements.
2. Move as though there is a gentle resistance. (cultivates your inner force).
3. Be aware of your weight transference. (Centre yourself, control your balance).
4. Body Alignment - keep body in upright position.
5. Loosening the joints...(Try consciously and gently stretch most joints from within, almost like an internal expansion of the joints).
6. Mental Focus. integrate external and internal...