My late teacher John Kells moved away from the Tai Chi forms he had been taught to develop a different approach.
Essentially this moved away from being Tan Tien centric to connecting from the Heart centre. This then developed to the Thymus chakra which melts into the Heart chakra. Sometimes you can find the two chakras combined just as the Heart chakra.
John taught me the Thymus comes first in interaction. With it comes a liveliness, immediacy and above all mobility. The energy involved in this is completely different from operating from the Tan Tien and being rooted in lower stances.
This has also worked very well in my Sun style Tai chi which is all about mobility with higher stances and no fixed bow and arrow stances.
Explore for yourself and discover what works in your practice.
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