Everywhere, there is certainly movement on this expanse of trees and grass and temples. All ages–from 9 to 99–are here, practicing Tai-chi and Sword Arts, swinging their arms, rubbing their kidneys, rotating their waists, and hanging from low-hanging tree branches (to stretch their spines).
Amid this all, is a thing which makes me rub my sleepy eyes and look again: teams of women are walking backwards in the lane. This: walking backwards, calmly and confidently.
This ancient exercise (yes! It becomes an exercise!) is probably the treasures of Chinese health practice, addressing problems with balance, leg strength, back strength, and posture. It may look simple, though the explanations why this is a good practice are profound. Read about a number of:
1. As we get older, our concern with falling makes us react wrongly. When babies fall backwards, they only plump into a sitting position, however, this tendency disappears as we grow older. Many falls find yourself going backward because we arch our backs. Walking backwards rounds that portion of our back that we arch, and encourages ‘forward’ muscle use.
2. Everything that is wrong regarding your posture originated walking forward! Slumping, slouching, rounding, arching…those undesirable habits. Walking backwards reverses these habits.
3. From an energetics standpoint, walking backwards actually re-frames consciousness in your bodies. The simple explanation is always that our attention has a tendency to favor the front of our own bodies for the exclusion of what’s behind us. Chinese wellness martial exercises both encourage ‘whole body’ awareness for ‘whole body’ health. Walking backwards produces a ‘sensor’ to integrate this area.
4. Walking backwards actually engages totally different sets of muscles. This is very important especially as our bodies age, because we lose flexibility and our mobility often diminishes. By using different muscles we exercise areas of our own bodies that want attention.
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