See this Wu style single whip posture. I think the gentleman is Master Wu Tu Nan, if I am not mistaken. I look at it and think, how open and comfortable it looks - speaks volumes really.
- John H

A TED video you may find of interest on how stress affects the body (click the link below to view in a new window).
- TED: How stress affects the body

I’ve recently enjoyed a brief period of focused practice and contemplation during the last three months. I have found it helpful over the years to pull back and focus on specific areas of foundational practice or areas of postural sequences. I have found the more I delve into the fundamentals the more I gleam from them everyday something new shines through, it is truly a case of constantly polishing jade. The depth and subtlety of T'ai Chi Ch'uan never ceases to amaze, as practitioners I am sure you would agree?
​The practice of T'ai Chi Ch'uan is, I feel, a much needed antidote to the stress and tension increaingly evident in today's world.