Everywhere, there is 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 one area that produces me rub my sleepy eyes and appearance again: sets of women are walking backwards the lane. Just that: walking backwards, calmly and confidently.
This ancient exercise (yes! It is an exercise!) is one of the treasures of Chinese health practice, addressing issues of balance, leg strength, back strength, and posture. It may look like simple, however the main reasons why this is a sound practice are profound. Read about a number of:
1. As we grow older, our concern with falling causes us to be react wrongly. When babies fall backwards, they simply plump into a sitting position, however this tendency disappears once we mature. Many falls wind up going backward because we arch our backs. Walking backwards rounds that section of our back that people arch, and encourages ‘forward’ muscle use.
2. Everything that is wrong concerning your posture came from walking forward! Slumping, slouching, rounding, arching…all of the improper habits. Walking backwards reverses these habits.
3. From an energetics standpoint, walking backwards actually re-frames consciousness in our bodies. The easy explanation is the fact that our attention is likely to favor the front of our own bodies to the exclusion of what’s behind us. Chinese wellness martial exercises both encourage ‘whole body’ awareness for ‘whole body’ health. Walking backwards generates a ‘sensor’ to integrate the bradenton area.
4. Walking backwards actually engages very different groups of muscles. This will be relevant especially as we get older, because we lose flexibility and our flexibility often diminishes. By utilizing different muscles we exercise parts of our own bodies which need attention.
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