A menudo vemos imágenes de personas moviéndose lentamente, con gracia y concentración, en parques o espacios abiertos. Esta práctica, que a primera vista parece una forma de meditación en movimiento, es en realidad un poderoso sistema conocido como Tai Chi. Pero, ¿qué es el Tai Chi exactamente? ¿Es solo un ejercicio para la salud o esconde raíces más profundas como arte marcial?

En este artículo, desentrañaremos los misterios de este arte milenario, explorando sus orígenes, sus múltiples beneficios y su fascinante relación con el mundo de las artes marciales.

¿Qué es el Tai Chi Chuan? Más Allá de los Movimientos Lentos

El término completo es Tai Chi Chuan (Tàijíquán), que se traduce aproximadamente como «Gran Puño Supremo». A primera vista, el Tai Chi se caracteriza por sus movimientos lentos, suaves y fluidos, que se realizan de forma coordinada con la respiración profunda. Sin embargo, su esencia va mucho más allá:

• Disciplina Mente-Cuerpo: Es una práctica holística que busca la armonía entre el cuerpo, la mente y el espíritu.
• Enfoque en la Energía (Qi): A través de sus movimientos, el Tai Chi busca cultivar y dirigir el Qi o energía vital, promoviendo su flujo suave por el cuerpo.
• Filosofía Taoísta: Está profundamente enraizado en los principios del Taoísmo, especialmente en el concepto del Yin y el Yang, el equilibrio de opuestos.

A menudo se le describe como una «meditación en movimiento» o un «yoga chino», pero para entenderlo completamente, debemos mirar su origen.

El Tai Chi como Arte Marcial Interna

Aunque muchos practican Tai Chi por sus beneficios para la salud y la relajación, es fundamental recordar que es, en su origen, una de las artes marciales chinas. Específicamente, se clasifica como un arte marcial interno (Neijia), en contraste con las artes marciales externas (Weijia) que se centran en la fuerza muscular y la velocidad.

Las características marciales del Tai Chi incluyen:

• Aplicaciones de Defensa Personal: Cada movimiento lento y fluido de una forma de Tai Chi tiene una aplicación práctica de defensa, ya sea un bloqueo, un golpe o una proyección.
• Desarrollo de la «Fuerza Interna»: En lugar de depender de la fuerza bruta, el Tai Chi enseña a generar poder a través de la alineación corporal, el enraizamiento y la cohesión interna.
• Principios de Suavidad y Flexibilidad: Un practicante avanzado de Tai Chi puede desviar la fuerza de un oponente y usarla en su contra, mostrando que la suavidad puede vencer a la dureza.

Beneficios del Tai Chi para Cuerpo y Mente

Independientemente de su origen marcial, los beneficios para la salud del Tai Chi son ampliamente reconocidos y estudiados:

• Mejora del Equilibrio y la Coordinación: Ideal para prevenir caídas, especialmente en adultos mayores.
• Reducción del Estrés y la Ansiedad: La combinación de movimientos lentos y respiración consciente promueve un estado de calma profunda.
• Fortalecimiento Muscular Suave: Tonifica músculos y mejora la flexibilidad sin impacto.
• Mejora de la Circulación y la Salud Cardiovascular: Ayuda a regular la presión arterial.
• Aumento de la Conciencia Corporal: Ayuda a entender mejor cómo se mueve y funciona el propio cuerpo.

Estos beneficios hacen del Tai Chi una práctica accesible para personas de todas las edades y niveles de condición física, desde niños hasta ancianos.

Ahora que sabes qué es el Tai Chi, puedes ver que es mucho más que una serie de movimientos lentos. Es una compleja disciplina que fusiona la meditación, la salud y la efectividad de las artes marciales en una única práctica armoniosa.

Ya sea que busques mejorar tu salud, encontrar un momento de paz o explorar la profundidad de las artes marciales internas, el Tai Chi ofrece un camino enriquecedor y transformador.

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The process at Sheng Health is a wonderful experience of a lifetime. It goes beyond a few days of well-being.

They become a lifestyle in which you experience amazing changes in your body. And here I talk about the physical, emotional and mental part.

You begin to take care of yourself step by step, while obtaining results that become an inspiration to continue evolving.

At no point are there demands or indications, simply an orientation, because ultimately it depends on you and the openness you have at that moment to transform your life.

How did Personal Transformation begin as a consultant at Sheng Health?

I arrived at Dr. Sheng with a body that I considered “healthy”, because according to me it didn't hurt at all, and what a surprise I had when I saw and felt that it was far from that.

I was inflamed, overweight, romanticizing my vices with the excuse that they are sporadic and with the belief that eating junk food was nutrition.

I only had to wait a few weeks to recognize that I was really in a bad state. Talking to myself, I decided to give myself completely to the process and fully trust Dr. Sheng and his team.

Para mi sorpresa, transitando un camino de cambio y transformación paso a paso y sin muchas expectativas, elegí respetar mis tiempos y seguir las recomendaciones.

He tells you things in a subtle way and makes them seem simple. Here it depends entirely on you, because when you listen carefully they turn out to be easy for you and here I am going to tell you how between the lines I began to take each recommendation to apply it in my life.

First Recommendation.

A New Beginning: Transforming My Life through Food as a consultant at Sheng Health.

I once made a comment to him. It turns out that as a therapist I was getting dizzy in therapies. And he responded very subtly: “Change your diet.”

For every question I asked regarding my health or my physical condition, there was the same answer and to be honest, taking that leap into the void of changing my diet was difficult at first; I loved eating junk food with spicy sauce, dark sodas, among a lot of less nutritious things, which was finally affecting my body.

There began the journey into the interior of my being, listening to my body as it showed that it did not like certain types of foods such as corn, ultra-processed flours, fried foods, sausages and chemicals in food. This rejection was reflected in conditions that reduced quality of life, fatigue, dizziness, tiredness and insomnia that I had been ignoring for a long time.

Second Recommendation.

Embracing Change: Breaking Free from Sugar and Discovering New Vitality as a Consultant at Sheng Health

In a conversation, the Dr. explained how sugars worked in the human body and the consequences they had on my daily routines: lack of attention, emotional lows and some anxiety.

Once again talking to me I had to confront myself and make a decision.

How difficult it was for me, because one of the things I consumed the most were sweets. I loved desserts, gummies, chocolates, arequipe, ice cream and I always saw a “little sweet” after eating or a chocolate bar to recharge energy as harmless.

To be honest, this was difficult for me, because I started at the point where my body felt like I was going through withdrawal syndrome when I didn't have a high sugar intake.

I started the Detox following recommendations and above all being honest with myself, without judging myself and without sabotaging what I was doing. I chose to live one day at a time and just for today take care of my body.

Since the end of 2023 I ate sweets for the last time and curiously I didn't know that that day would be the last.

Sometimes I smell them or see them in a pastry shop and I enjoy that moment with the full conviction that my priority is me and my decision is non-negotiable.

Third Recommendation:

Awakening to the Truth: Freeing Myself from Vices and Embracing Evolution as a consultant at Sheng Health

Between a light conversation, the Dr. asks some accurate questions that depend a lot on honesty... with yourself.

At that moment he asked: What vices do you have? I responded that I consumed cannabis (Flower, drops and gummies).

Romanticizing the addiction, he constantly repeated that it was only sporadically, to sleep well and for pain. However, my soul knew that it was a lie that I repeated to myself to avoid seeing how disconnected I was from myself and how behind eloquent justifications based on the fact that it was something "natural" I believed that it was for my good, when it was simply making more noise in me. .

The Dr. with his respectful words and a little humor repeated that letting go of attachments would allow me to continue evolving.

Under the premise “I take care of myself”, I decided to take care of everything that was disconnecting the present from reality. Little by little I have been losing the connection with THC without self-demand, the taste and desire simply began to decrease, my body began to give signals that it liked what I was stopping doing.

As I was already aligned with my present, I decided to self-observe and I noticed that I was calm, emotionally balanced, regulating the circadian cycle, active, with full attention and I really liked feeling good without being anesthetized by cannabinoids.

By this time, without realizing it, I was having very good results, so, more committed, I began to listen with full attention to each story or comment that the Dr. shared in the conversations.

Between the lines he was providing valuable information that added to the process and so I began to have a rhythm between recommendations and stories that became a lifestyle where my pillar is to be in harmony and balance with my mind, body and emotions .However, the permanent thing about human beings is change and just when I felt that everything was very good, more recommendations arrived.

Fourth Recommendation:

Discovering Inner Strength: Accepting the Challenge of Exercise as a consultant at Sheng Health.

This is perhaps the first recommendation that the Dr. mentioned. However, it was something that I had in my mind that I would never do, because for me it was not necessary and to be honest it was the one that took me the longest to hear.

I knew that it meant starting to do something that I always avoided with different excuses: like the migraine, the place, it's not for me and how much limitation I could put on myself.

The recommendation was: Exercise your body and although I am far from being a fitness athlete, it took me something like 5 or 6 stories and recommendations from the Doctor to get started.

When he said one last recommendation (that's how I felt) he made it look easy:

“Busca en internet una rutina que te sientas cómoda”. Inmediatamente hizo click en mí.

I found a channel on YouTube with simple 30-minute routines to do at home, using a wall, a chair or a mat.

I simply said: Today I do it... I did a 25-minute routine.

Al finalizar sentí que mi cuerpo no estaba a punto de desfallecer, que no había sido tan horrible y que estaba en la intimidad de mi hogar. Al siguiente día dije: Hoy lo hago. Y así estoy, viviendo el presente, hoy ejercito mi cuerpo. Algunas veces en la mañana, otras veces finalizando el día.  Para mí lo importante es cumplir la cita de cuidar mi cuerpo físico y así estoy comprometida a transformar la realidad a través de mí.

Fifth Recommendation:

Awakening to Spontaneity: Freeing myself from Control and Embracing Transformation as a consultant at Sheng Health.

In the last conversation the Dr. pointed to his head and said, Do we have to take the garbage out of here?

And I think about everything about a thousand different scenarios in different realities, I asked: Dr. How do I do it? and he very kindly responded, stop thinking, do different things that get out of control, for example, take a bus without knowing its destination and enjoy.

Although I have not done any exercises to unlearn and let go of control, I believe in myself and the commitment I have made to myself and the process, I will do it. Maybe I will share the experience by writing what it is like to surrender to the idea of ​​what I believe I am to create a new being. With love I leave you this reflection:

With love, will and discipline you can change your life, it is simply being willing to receive the teachings of whoever guides you, because it is important to choose someone you trust and who is professional to evolve.

Charting the Path to Healing: Gratitude and Transformation with Sheng Health.

Today I feel infinite gratitude with the process, with my body, with myself and with Dr. Sheng.

Together we have created a version that I fall deeply in love with.

I love how I am physically, because it is a reflection of how I feel internally. I voluntarily and lovingly choose to care for myself beyond my limiting beliefs.

I fall in love with how by learning to trust little by little I am letting go of control.

I love how I expand my being in this new version because intuition, strength, attention, security and reflexes have increased... That is healing.

Estar acompañada en Sheng Health hace que el proceso sea amoroso (respetan tu ritmo) y que tú te comprometas a dar lo mejor de ti con voluntad y disciplina.

When the decision is made we can transform our reality with Oriental Medicine. It's just doing it.

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16.Perception of Traditional Oriental Medicine by Sheng Health student.

In this blog I talk about the different perceptions that some people have about Traditional Oriental Medicine.

What is Traditional Oriental Medicine?

Traditional Eastern Medicine is a type of medicine that is based on the idea that there is an energy called QI.

QI energy flows through pathways that are immersed in the human body, these pathways are recognized as meridians; In this medicine, the obstruction or imbalance of the flow that the QI energy should normally carry through these meridians produces what is the disease.

In China, doctors have practiced Traditional Oriental Medicine for thousands of years and this type of Medicine is gaining more and more strength in various countries around the world. Traditional Oriental Medicine has been developing and operating for more than 4,000 years.

According to this medicine, the causes of QI imbalance have to do with:

• External forces: such as wind, cold or heat.
• Internal forces: such as the emotions of joy, anger or fear.
• Lifestyle factors: such as diet, lack of sleep or excess alcohol.

Taking into account the above, which is a brief idea of ​​what makes up the bases of Traditional Oriental Medicine, gives way to the perception that many people have about this Medicine.

Learn more about Traditional Oriental Medicine in this blog: 5 elements and emotional regulation

Perception of Oriental Medicine as something esoteric

Commonly, a large part of Western society has a somewhat esoteric perception about the functioning and work applied in Traditional Oriental Medicine; One of the reasons why this can happen is because human beings are still alien to their spiritual dimension, that is, they have not connected with themselves, they do not recognize themselves, therefore, they are still involved and governed. by the system and social unrest, which is everything that limits and slows down our growth and often makes us believe that what is considered real at a social level, that is, everything that science can explain is the only thing that exists and what they cannot perceive and/or explain is not It is, this is why we must wake up and look for ways that truly strengthen our being.

When you embark on the path towards knowledge of this Medicine and better yet, you have that contact with the various therapies that it offers us, the perception of oneself and the outside world expands and changes, because that union is achieved. with that intangible something that connects with the being, therefore, allows you to experience and feel well-being and healing.

The therapies used in Traditional Oriental Medicine not only focus on healing, but also on seeking the balance between the physical, the internal and the spiritual, therefore, Traditional Oriental Medicine is a comprehensive medicine for the being. Many people find themselves in dissonance with these therapies and this culture for the reason mentioned above, since they allow themselves to overlook that human beings are much more than flesh and blood, that we are magical beings with unimaginable but true virtues and talents, that we possess an infinite power of creation that we must preserve, cultivate and seek the tools to strengthen and intensify it.

Perception of Oriental Medicine as Alternative Medicine

Traditional Oriental Medicine, in addition to being perceived in an esoteric way by some people, is also perceived by other types of people as an alternative medicine that is true and that connects and seeks the integrity of the being, but these people are not usually decisive in the moment of having contact with this medicine, that is, they are not totally willing to receive any treatment related to Traditional Oriental Medicine, in accordance with the above, these people have a basis of what the medicine is and means, however, they are partly inhibited to seek their freedom and internal balance, since they are not completely available.

Perception of Oriental Medicine in unfamiliar people

On the other hand, there are many people who do not have the knowledge about this Medicine and do not perceive it in any way, with all that, they manage to conceive it internally and intangibly, well, they recognize it and feel that it exists and is real, this consists of , our being connects with everything that vibrates with the spiritual dimension, however, these people may never take the step to have that contact with the various treatments that this medicine provides because it is a world that turns out to be for them “unknown” and not only "a stranger"; This path requires changes in everything that has been normally done throughout life, which is why such people decide to continue with what they already know rather than launching themselves and surrendering to the spiritual and integral path that Traditional Oriental Medicine offers us.

Perception of Oriental Medicine from Connoisseurs

Finally, we find in society those people who have either a basic or broad perception about the work done in Traditional Oriental Medicine and observe it as a true and applied medicine, which they know is related to energy and comprehensive well-being of the being, which works with each of the internal organs of the human body and with emotions. They are people who seem truly amazed and confident by each of the traditional and healing techniques of this medicine.

This occurs because something internal makes them understand that they are something more than matter and that they must seek balance and well-being, mental, spiritual and physical. It is these people who decide to listen to themselves, therefore, undertake the search for tools and find the path of that which manages to connect with the spiritual dimension of themselves, and in a comprehensive way, that is where Traditional Oriental Medicine it becomes part of each of their lives; because when you have that first encounter it is as if you found what the soul had sought for so long, which is, the balance and internal well-being of the being.

Having knowledge about Traditional Oriental Medicine is nice, even so, even more beautiful is having this unique connection with this Medicine.

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15. Teoría de los cinco elementos y regulación emocional con Medicina Oriental

La Teoría de los Cinco Elementos es una teoría filosófica proveniente de China; esta considera que en el universo hay cinco elementos fundamentales: fuego, tierra, metal, agua y madera; esta teoría se emplea con mayor frecuencia para describir las relaciones y formas de interacción entre las personas y su entorno, los animales y las “cosas”.

En la Medicina Oriental Tradicional se busca el balance y bienestar del cuerpo humano a través de los ya mencionados cinco elementos, estos se relacionan con determinados órganos del cuerpo, y a su vez, con una emoción.

Es así como damos cuenta que el Fuego se relaciona con El Emperador que es el corazón y también se relaciona con el intestino delgado, paralelamente, con la emoción de la Alegría, procedente a este, se encuentra el elemento Tierra que se relaciona con el estómago y el bazo páncreas, también, con la emoción de la obsesión, en esta parte se busca el centro con el fin de diluir los pensamientos y conductas obsesivas, seguido a este, tenemos el Metal que se relaciona con los pulmones y el intestino grueso, también, con la nostalgia; cuando hay un desbalance en el elemento metal se busca nivelar con el elemento fuego; el Agua esta relacionada con la vejiga y los riñones, también con la emoción del miedo, en el elemento Agua se tratan todos aquellos componentes relacionados con la sexualidad, por tal razón, en las terapias de pareja es fundamental trabajar este elemento, por último, el elemento Madera se relaciona con el hígado y la vesícula biliar, como también, con las pasiones y la ira; en el caso de la ira, esta, se debe trabajar desde el elemento metal para así lograr poner en balance esta emoción.

Las interacciones de superación de los elementos es la siguiente: el fuego derrite el metal, el metal corta la madera, la madera sostiene la tierra, la tierra absorbe el agua y el agua apaga el fuego, así mismo, es la relación entre el elemento problema y su elemento estabilizador, es decir, si se encuentra un desbalance en el elemento agua se estabiliza con el elemento tierra.

La Teoría de los Cinco Elementosaplicada a la Medicina Tradicional China trata de describir la relación que hay entre la naturaleza, que viene siendo el exterior y nuestro organismo, que es el interior. Todos los elementos influyen en la área patológica y fisiológica, ya que, se considera que cuando estos no están equilibrados es cuando se producen síndromes patológicos.

Las características propias de cada elemento son las siguientes:

• Fuego: se asocia al corazón y al intestino delgado, el sabor que le corresponde es el amargo, el color asociado es el rojo y su manifestación de elemento es el calor. Las personas cuyo elemento principal es el Fuego se comunican de forma fluida; este elemento se relaciona con líderes, fama, personas alegres y con una gran capacidad verbal, por otro lado, su exceso puede provocar estrés, violencia y agitación mental.

• earth: se asocia al bazo, al páncreas y al estómago, el sabor que le corresponde es el dulce y su manifestación de elemento es la humedad. Este elemento representa la fertilidad y se asocia a personas sólidas y equilibradas y con la capacidad para juzgar de forma justa.

• Metal: se asocia al pulmón y al intestino grueso, el sabor que le corresponde es el picante, el color asociado es el blanco y su manifestación de elemento es la sequedad. Se caracteriza por la lógica, la disciplina y la estructura; su exceso provoca frialdad, crueldad, falta de comunicación y sentimientos reprimidos.

• Water: se asocia a los riñones y a la vejiga, el sabor que le corresponde es el salado, el color asociado es el negro y su manifestación de elemento es el agua, este a su vez, se relaciona con personas valientes y con una gran capacidad para luchar y superar obstáculos. También se relaciona con emociones, sentimientos, inspiración artística, sensibilidad y adaptabilidad; si este elemento se encuentra en exceso puede generar inestabilidad, tristeza y depresión.

• Madera: se asocia con el hígado y la vesícula biliar; el sabor que le corresponde es amargo o agrio, el color asociado es el verde y su elemento es el viento; cuando el elemento de la madera se encuentra equilibrado, se fomenta la creatividad, la imaginación, el dinamismo y la aventura, sin embargo, su exceso causa impulsividad, riesgos y malentendidos.

En la Medicina Oriental Tradicional, la teoria de los cinco elementos se ponen en balance y armonía por medio de diversas terapias, como lo son, la Acupuntura, la Moxibustion, la Acupresión, el Tui Na, el Cupping, la programación emocional mediante la palabra, entre otras.

Con dichas terapias se proyecta brindar bienestar al paciente, debido a que, son técnicas especializadas para trabajar los meridianos del cuerpo, los cuales, se encuentran relacionados con los órganos y las emociones, es así como se logra otorgar el balance en el cuerpo del ser humano. Análogamente, existe un componente primordial que acompaña cada una de las terapias anteriormente mencionadas y es la intención.

La intención, juega un papel indispensable en el momento de realizar cualquier terapia oriental, puesto que, el médico oriental debe contar con una intención clara de entregar bienestar al paciente, así mismo, hay que tener en cuenta desde la vista de paciente el estado del médico oriental, es decir, si aplica en su vida las herramientas orientales, el médico oriental también debe encontrarse en bienestar, es así como podrá llevar a cabo una sesión eficaz de tratamiento.

En conclusión, las emociones y los elementos en desbalance ocasionan en el ser humano bajos niveles de control tanto en su mundo interno como en el mundo externo, es por esto que es tan importante buscar aquellos componentes, herramientas y terapias que tengan como finalidad poner en balance y control tanto las emociones como los cinco elementos, puesto que, todos los seres humanos merecen tener una vida llena de bienestar y armonía y la Medicina Oriental Tradicional te muestra el camino para ello.

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