The opening moves will be familiar to anyone who has practised yoga, breathing, meditation or mindfulness
Tai chi used to be something you’d see people do in parks, two decades before anyone did any other kind of exercise in parks. The natural world is psychically important to the practice. If you see an image of a pose, it’s always someone beneath a glowing sun, on top of a majestic rock. But sure, parks have nature, too, and they are better than your living room.
I always thought tai chi looked ridiculous – the movements are so slight and distinctive and smooth: “Move like the water that flows, without any hesitation,” instructs tai chi master Chris Pei (on YouTube). You simply couldn’t mistake it for anything else, and to a busy, frenetic sort of person, it looks pointless. Then I asked an aunt why she did it and she said it was good for period pain and I thought, truthfully, this is the most ridiculous thing ever.
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