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Meditation in Motion 动中冥想By Eric BorresonTaiji is a great exerciseto improve proprioceptionand kinestheticsense. During movementof any kind, we are constantlylosing our balanceand regaining it quickly.The better our ability toregain balance, the saferand more skillful ourmovement. Better balancemakes athletes less likelyto be injured and reducesfalls among the elderly.Balance is improved by improving your proprioceptionand kinesthetic sense.Proprioception represents your body's ability to react toexternal forces. A kinesthetic sense is your ability tosense where your body is in space. It should be pointedout that not everyone agrees on the definitions of theseterms.ProprioceptionProprioception is an inner sense that works withthe central nervous system. It is the ability of your brainto communicate and coordinate the movement of differentparts of your body. It is your reflexes working tokeep your body in balance. Good exercises to improveproprioception are those that challenge your balanceand equilibrium, like taiji.Proprioception works through proprioceptive nerveendings to sense your body's location. Muscle spindlefibers in the muscles communicate information to allowthe muscles to maintain proper muscle tension to supportthe joints. These nerve endings and muscle spindlefibers degenerate without regular use. Taiji works manymuscle groups to restore and improve function.Kinesthetic SenseKinesthetic sense, or kinesthesia, is an outer sensethat works with your body in space and time. It is yourmind knowing where each part of your body is in relationto things around you. Good exercises to improvekinesthetic awareness are those that require coordinationand movement control.Your kinesthetic sense can improve through practice.Just be aware of every movement in your taijiforms. Be precise aboutplacing your hands andfeet. Check your placementto give yourselffeedback, and learnfrom that feedback.ConclusionCombining proprioceptionand a kinestheticsense improvesyour ability to controlyour body's movements.Improving your proprioceptionand kinestheticawareness can turn youfrom an eternal klutzinto a skilled athlete. Ithelps you make moreprecise movements with less effort. In other words, itimproves your balance and coordination. Taiji is veryprecise and controlled. This brings the player's focus tothe movement and that focus transfers to everyday life.Eric Borreson – a student andteacher, finds teaching taiji, qigong,and meditation to be a path to amore meaningful life. Eric is thefounder and director of Meditationin Motion, specializing in teachingabout living healthier and happierlives. He teaches taiji, qigong, andmeditation at the prestigious HeartlandSpa, a top 10 destination spa, located in Gilman, IL. Inaddition, he teaches taiji (Yang 24, Sun-style taiji, and Dr.Paul Lam’s Taiji for Arthritis) at other venues. He conductsworkshops and teaches private lessons on request. Hewrites a weekly wellness column athttp://eric-taichi.blogspot.com.24 Yang-Sheng (Nurturing Life) Volume 3, Issue No. 3
East-West Perspectives 东西方之观点The Contribution of Daoist Yang-sheng Philosophy to theModern Self-Care MovementBy Ande PulaThe concept of self-care, especially in healthrelated disciplines, has become increasingly relevantin today’s world. The main reason lies in theslow realization that modern medicine only focuseson the symptoms rather than the cause.Looking to medicine to treat illnesses and injurieshas become unquestionable. These attitudes oftenneglect to pay sufficient attention to thecauses of the contracted diseases. These are themain reasons why self-care has become morepopular than ever. Today’s generations have realizedthe importance of taking care of their healthand are continually looking out for ways andmethods to preserve health and attain longer life.One of the challenges of the modern world is itsfast-paced environment which leaves little timefor the individual’s needs. High stress lifestylesand a constant lack of time have created unhealthyhabits. Mind-Body exercises and philosophieshave gained recognition as a way to regaincontrol and balance in one’s life.Amongst different philosophical ideas DaoistYangsheng is one that is becoming more popular.Yansheng literally means nurturing and preservinglife’s energy. In a similar way to the modernself-care movement, it looks into keeping one’sbody healthy by means of proper diet and variousexercises. This essay is going to explore DaoistYangsheng and its beneficial qualities. I will lookinto the modern self-care movement today and atthe ways Yangsheng philosophy can be of greathelp to those who are looking to improve theirlifestyle, those looking to achieve better healthand longer life, and most importantly those lookingto achieve a level of balance and harmonywithin themselves and the environment they livein.Before the first scientific achievements inmedicine, people had to cope on their own in theface of illness. The era of modern medicine haschanged all of that. “At the low point of self-care –around the 1960’s in the West – self-care and self-medication were regarded as unnecessary andpotentially even unhealthy practices. This paternalisticapproach to medicine, supported byhealth systems designed to treat sickness (ratherthan to prevent disease) remains a familiar aspectof healthcare in many countries to this day.”Undeniably medicine has had a positive impacton generations of people. Statistics show that “In1900, the leading cause of death was influenzaand pneumonia - which peaked in 1918 when between50 and 130 million people around theworld died in a pandemic.” Because medicine hasimproved greatly since then, the statistics nowadaysdisplay a completely different picture. Researchdone by the World Self-Medication Indus-June-July 2013 Yang-Sheng (Nurturing Life) 25
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