Increase Your Flexibility with Hun Yuan Tai Chi Chan Si Gong: Foundation Exercises1

The Chan Si Gong, which consists of 18 silk reeling exercises, is an important training method for developing body awareness and coordination. It is a link between building internal energy and expressing explosive force. It gradually enables you to build up power through coordination, linking all the body’s joints like a string of pearls.

It teaches you the Tai Chi principle of moving the body as one unit. A good practitioner’s Tai Chi form will give the impression of moving like water – a domino wave like effect. This is due to the spiralling energy being expressed through each and every joint. Practising the Chan Si Gong relieves tension in the joints, gives greater flexibility and freedom of movement, strengthens the joints and tendons, tones the muscles, enhances circulation and improves coordination and balance which helps to prevent falls. The benefits of Tai Chi become clear when you feel these gentle, circular, silk reeling movements working on your body. Experience how supple and flexible your body can be!