Does Taiji Quan include such Light Work?
Yes, From Master Yang Lu Chan’s own biographical information, he deleting jumps and aerial kicks from the Taiji form to fit the weaken state of health of the 13th manchurian prince. In such gentrification of the Yang family Taiji form, the intrinsic training of Light Work becomes hidden. Though, as I have witness several great Taiji masters, their movement all retain the ethereal lightness like clouds floating across the blue horizon. How does cultivate Light Work benefit my health? As we age, our organs–especially the intestines start to sag. We begin to develop the middle age pouch which some Taiji practitioners with a sense of humor call it Qi Belly. This pouch is actually the guts spilling out like noddles of the pelvic cavity and accumulation of fatty tissues. Light Work reverses such sagging of the organs and also stimulates the flow of the seminal essence to rise up the spine into the brain. This reversal of downward spiral of aging and degeneration is the heart of Neidan, inne
