Doing Taichi is not as easy as it looks. Perfecting the art demands focus and unity of mind, body, and spirit. Practice is also very much essential. Taichi sessions typically start with some sort of meditation to calm the mind, followed by easy warm-up exercises to get the blood circulating. Then you are taught to focus on your solar plexus (an area in the lower abdomen just beneath the navel) that is the body's center of gravity. This will help you relax and center yourself. Deep breathing is a key element of Taichi. you will be taught to coordinate your breathing with each movement you make.

After the warm-up, a series of slow flowing movements that performed together constitute a "form." Forms reflect the natural world and have names like "Crane Spreads Its Wings" and "Grasping the Bird's Tail" etc. An average Taichi routine takes about 10 minutes, but a more advanced form may include up to 100 movements and require as long as an hour to perform.

You can make Taichi a regular habit, by doing it at the same time every day. One may find Taichi to be an invigorating way to begin your morning or do it after work to ease tension built up from the day.

Taichi entails three key components:

Movement:
slow and fluid movements improve the body's alignment, posture, strength, flexibility, coordination, balance, and stamina. Many of these benefits are consistent with many other forms of low-impact exercise, with the added benefit of focus on improved posture, balance and alignment.

Breathing:
focused and rhythmical breathing emphasizes a relaxed body and encourages strong circulation. Oxygenated blood flows to the muscles and brain.

Meditation/state of mind:
a meditative state of mind, coupled with these movements and breathing is said to dissipate stress and anxiety, which helps relieve pain caused by psychological and emotional factors