EXERCISES FOR ALL SEASONS: Golden Rooster

Golden Rooster Stands On 1 Leg, face 8 directions, turn left & right - 05/03/08 (Spring)

"Golden Rooster Stands On 1 Leg" is one of the postures in Prof. Cheng Manching's 37 PostureTai Chi Chuan form
http://youtube.com/watch?v=USJPmCZ6Efc
which balances the entire body on one leg.

Symmetrical exercises like Golden Rooster help promote balance, and develop mind-body coordination and dexterity of movement on both the left and right sides of the body.

Training both sides of the body with continuous, repetitive "loop" combinations enables one to maneuver as easily on the left side as on the right side.

Usually there's a "smart side," and a "dumb side" to the body. If one is a "righty" (uses his/her right hand for writing), chances are the right side will be the "smart" side, and the left side will be the "dumb" side. The "smart" side teaches the "dumb" side how to do the form correctly. So it looks symmetrical, when viewed from either side. So similar power is generated when doing the posture on the left side, as on the right side.

I like to practice each individual posture circling in place, clockwise, and counter-clockwise, facing the 8 directions of the compass.

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It's important to have a set of exercises that can be done EVERY DAY, regardless of weather. So there is no excuse NOT to exercise on a particular day!

Exercises that can be done indoors, or outdoors. Exercises that don't require any special clothing, equipment, or special setting.

One should have a set of core exercises which can be done indoors, and outdoors in all kinds of weather, during every season.

One doesn't need a lot of different types of exercises, just some one knows how to do very well, almost without thinking. Just keep doing them, over and over, as a regular habit, during every season, indoors and outdoors. Not just during good weather. During bad weather also. Helps acclimatize the body to all sorts of weather changes. Strengthens body's endurance, and ability to adapt to all types of external weather conditions.

Stale indoor air, full of carbon dioxide, can make one sleepy. It's important to "air out the body" regularly by exercising outdoors and breathing fresh air.

I always feel better, "more alive," after I exercise - - especially outdoors, in fresh air.

I began doing some of these exercises when I was a teenager. I've continued doing many of these deep-breathing, chi circulating (Chi Kung type) exercises, on a daily basis, for 40+ years now. I turned 57 at the end of April 2008.

These daily exercises continue to help keep me healthy, flexible, and full of energy.

ChiGuy396

ChiGuy396@yahoo.com

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