Is your fitness a big concern for you? Taking time out from your busy schedule for your gym or aerobics class sounds to be a very difficult thing to do, especially for all youngsters living a metro life. In such conditions, following small routines of basic exercises help you stay fit from within. According to fitness experts, Tai chi is one such basic or you may say ancient exercise regime that can help you stay fit always.

Tai chi helps bring back the balance in our life and health which is lost due to our fast and high-tech world. It brings us good health, fitness, happiness, strength and balance. Tai Chi is about the body, how it works and not how it looks. It is about aging slowly with grace and strength. If you Google, you will find almost 500 plus studies showing you the benefits of Tai Chi, right from enhancing balance, attention, immunity to healing the symptoms of arthritis, insomnia and asthma.

Based on a research done in 2007 by the National Health Interview Survey, 2.3 million adults in USA have done Tai Chi. The exercise form will not increase your heart rate but it will surely help you enhance your immunity and strength.

Tai Chi – The Grand Ultimate Motion

Derived from the ancient Chinese martial arts form, Tai Chi includes slow circular movements of the hands and body. Philosophically, it also means the harmonious interplay of all the opposing forces. According to experts, spiral motions help maintain harmony in one’s life and also the world. For instance, galaxies move in spirals, water in the drain has a spiral motion and tornadoes also have a spiral motion. Thus, Tai chi is considered as the Grand Ultimate Motion.

According to Jordan Forth, a group fitness trainer in Hawaii, Tai Chi teaches us to move smoothly in the multiple planes of motion, making us more aware about our fitness. It helps you stay grounded and helps you stay fit with your everyday movements. Moreover, based on a research it has been known that Tai chi also helps increase the mineral bone density in your body. it also helps strengthen your lower body, ease depression and boost endurance.