Tai Chi exercises at home

MSU Extension instructor Anita Carter shows how you can do a tai chi session in the comfort of your own home. For more information, visit canr.msu.edu/ta...
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[@alessandrolopes9668]

I just loved it! Thanks a lot!

[@trungkiennguyen7655]

1:40: start with the brain:
Open/close hands, wander gently, laugh
2:09: neck:
- Breath in, Bring hand up (palm facing me, direct down)
- Exhale, pull hand back to face, palm facing chin
- Inhale, palms out, push hands out
- Exhale, hands down, chin rest on chest
- Do 3 times (?)
3:20: neck 2:
- hands at lower belly, palm facing in
- one hand is now petting a dog, other hand is lifted facing my face, 60 degree turn (stretch neck)
- switch hands
- do 3 times
4:40: shoulder
- gently roll shoulder forward, 3 small, slow pushes
- push backward, 3 pushes
- repeat 3 times
5:05: core, front and back
- hands hold a taichi ball
- turn body 60 degree to one side
- switch hand position while holding back
- turn body the other way
- change hand
- repeat 3 times
6:22: core 2:
- cut taichi ball in half, vertically
- one hand touch the earth, one hand touch heaven
- repeat 3 times
8:05: hips
- hands reaches out, palm facing each other
- hands and left leg lean against left wall, right leg step out
- change side
- repeat 3 times
10:20: hips 2
- push hands back, bring one heel forward, (hands are pushing on imaginary surface to keep balance)
- push hands forward, feet backward (use the other leg as stance)
12:37: legs
- feet stand still, shoulder width apart
- palm facing outward, the gently hold fist
- shift weight to one side, the other leg hovers slightly
- punch hand on weighted side, other hand kept still next to hips
- change side
- do 3 times
14:30 legs 2:
- same set up as legs-1, once you have shifted weight to one side, the (non-weighted) feet reach slightly forward, feet flat, slightly hovering
- punch hand on weighted side, other hands kept still
16:45:
- hands facing inward at tummy,
- shift weight to one side,
- non-weighted feet hovers forward slightly, touch toe, then heel (repeat 3 times), then seitch side
- non-weighted feet hovers forward slightly, touch little toe first, then big toe (repeat 3 times), then switch side

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Equal to 1k jogging