Tai Chi: Shoulders & Arm Stretching

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Summary: It's important to stretch out the arms and shoulder with Tai Chi in order to relieve stress and tension that builds up over time. Learn to stretch out your arms and shoulders from a professional Tai Chi instructor in this free martial arts video.

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Rich Marantz Rich Marantz is the director and instructor of Green Mountain Tai Chi in Manchester, Vermont. He has taken his passion for Taoist philosophy and Chinese inter... read more

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Tai Chi: Shoulders & Arm Stretching

In this segment we're going to talk about loosening the shoulders and arms. There's so much tension we hold in our shoulders and arms. So a couple of the ways we can do that is we begin with our arms loosely by the side. We lift our heels, let the arms come up, the heels come down and just let it come from the shoulder, elbow, wrist. It's very loose, it's like trying to get water off of your arms. You do that a number of times, then you bring your arms behind and do the same thing. You bring them up and down, lifting and dropping the heel. I caution you, if you have a bad back, not to do that with your heels, just do it feet flat on the ground. Then you can do alternating. One arm swings, other arms swings. And if you notice, I'm rising and lowering my body. Now, my five year old daughter showed me this one exercise. My five year old daughter, Jade, has found out to be excellent for the shoulder. We bring the hands clap in front, bring them back around and clap in the back. So you clap front and back, front and back, and I found this to be an excellent exercise for loosening the shoulder and giving you full range of motion. Another one is that we can shift out weight, let our arms swing like a drum. Our arms tap our body, the waist and the kidneys. Just totally let your arms loosely swing.