Everywhere, there is certainly movement within 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 all this, is something that produces me rub my sleepy eyes and appear again: groups of women are walking backwards the lane. Just that: walking backwards, calmly and confidently.

This ancient exercise (yes! It becomes an exercise!) is among the treasures of Chinese health practice, addressing problems with balance, leg strength, back strength, and posture. It may seem simple, however the reasons why it is just a sound practice are profound. Read about a number of:

1. As we grow older, our concern with falling makes us react wrongly. When babies fall backwards, they only plump down to a sitting position, however, this tendency disappears even as mature. Many falls end up going backward because we arch our backs. Walking backwards rounds that section of our back that individuals arch, and encourages ‘forward’ muscle use.

2. Everything that is wrong about your posture originated in walking forward! Slumping, slouching, rounding, arching…dozens of behaviors. Walking backwards reverses these habits.

3. From an energetics standpoint, walking backwards actually re-frames consciousness in your bodies. The simple explanation is the fact that our attention is likely to favor the front of our bodies to the exclusion of what is behind us. Chinese health insurance martial exercises both encourage ‘whole body’ awareness for ‘whole body’ health. Walking backwards generates a ‘sensor’ to integrate this area.

4. Walking backwards actually engages very different sets of muscles. This is very important especially as we age, because we lose flexibility and our range of motion often diminishes. By using different muscles we exercise elements of our own bodies which need attention.

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