Jung Tao School of Classical Chinese Medicine

The practice of Taijiquan (Taiji) has a direct bearing on one’s ability to perform Chinese medicine in a clinical setting. However, this is not always evident to students who are dealing with the frustration of learning and remembering the form, being tested, and finding time for practice outside of class. So it may take a couple of years (or more) to begin to see the truth of this for yourselves.

Taijiquan is a means of directly experiencing, on a physical and emotional level, the principles on which Chinese medicine is based. Students have the opportunity to explore, in themselves, the application of Yin & Yang, the five movements (Wuxing), and the 8 marvels (BaGua), as well as the effects of taijiquan on all body systems including, emotional and psychological states.

We teach Taiji as part of the curriculum at Jung Tao in order to.

• Teach students how to use their bodies in the most natural manner possible
• Practice proper body mechanics for needling techniques
• Teach proper body mechanics for bodywork, Guasha, and cupping
• Teach the most effective way to create power without stressing one’s own body, for use in bodywork and ones daily life.
• Help with finding one’s center - Being able to find one’s center both physically and energetically is important to help us maintain our perspective and not be influenced by the patients energy.
• Help with quieting the mind - Which allows us to get out of the way of the patient and to hold a clear field for them to express themselves.
• Listening- teach students to become more sensitive to what they are feeling in their own bodies as well as in a partners/patients body, though the training of a two person exercise known as push hands.
• Improve the ability to stay calm under pressure (This is a function of the two performance exams each year).
• Improving Qi flow - by relaxing and removing blockages in the channels, which leads to better health for the practitioner.