The Yang Family Short Form Stage 1
Membership Guidelines
1) First Principle - Presence
2) Taking a Natural, Single Weighted Step Exercise
3) Short Form posture list - Attention to Cross Hands
4) Your Personal Practice - What in truth is in your way?
- Handout
5) Why practice Tai Chi? - Handout
6) What to practice? - Handout
7) Sangha or Satsang
8) The 3 Principles - Presence : Relax : Heart
9) What is spiritual awakening?
10) What is All Energetics - Divine Energy Therapy
Short Form Posture Instructions
1) Attention, Preparation, Beginning
2) Grasp Sparrows Tail
3) Ward-off Left
4) Ward-off Right, Rollback,
5) Press, Separate, Push & Withdraw
6) Single Whip
7) Lifting Hands &
Shoulder Stroke
8) White Crane Spreads its Wings
9) Brush Left Knee & Push, Play Guitar & Brush Left Knee and Push
10) Step Forward, Deflect Downward, Parry and Punch
11) Withdraw and Push, withdraw & Cross Hands
Click here for access to Stage 1 handouts & videos - NSSTC students only