In Tai Chi, the upper body relaxes and the yang or more active energy sinks to the lower body. In that way, the upper body is yin and the lower body is yang. For a lot of people, they carry their stress and tension in their upper body. Relaxing our shoulders, back, and arms can be difficult, and when we do the extra weight of our upper body sinks…[Read more]

1. The vertical alignment of the body
2. Adjusting head and neck if the body was suspended from a thread above
3. Relaxing the shoulders and sinking the elbows
4. Relaxing hip and chest, allowing them to sink
5. Slightly bending the know and relaxing the lower body

From Chen, Living Taijiquan in the Classical Style