Learn Song in Five Minutes | Step-by-Step Tai Chi Drill for Internal Power

Learn Song in Five Minutes | Step-by-Step Tai Chi Drill for Internal Power

Song is a structural quality created through the fascial system that allows force to be received without collapse or resistance. It is sensed as an expansive awareness between joints—a tensile, elastic integrity that responds internally without muscular effort.

This video offers a direct way to experience Song through a partner drill. Susan Thompson demonstrates how internal cohesion can be created in real time by guiding Cannon, a first-time participant with no Tai Chi background, into the state of Song using spatial awareness and joint release. Follow along and learn this skill for yourself in less than five minutes!

📌 Follow-Along Drill to Learn SongViewers are encouraged to try this practice with a partner. As pressure is applied to the body, the task is to expand internally—not by engaging muscle, but by sensing more space in the joints. This allows the body to build structure from the incoming force.
Cannon feels a marked difference in the amount of pressure required to hold the position. When Song is active, the force spreads through his body rather than concentrating in one area. His description of the change reinforces the felt sense of internal organization created by Song.

📐 How Fascia and Tensegrity Support Internal StrengthRather than holding or bracing, the fascia disperses incoming pressure across a wider internal surface. The structure becomes more stable, not through effort, but through connected space. This is the principle of tensegrity in action—continuous tension and balanced compression maintained through the fascial system.

🧭 Internal Feedback Through PressureWhen Song is present, the body feels lighter under pressure, not because force has diminished, but because it has been absorbed across a larger network. This shift in feedback allows practitioners to sense the presence or absence of Song with precision.

This drill gives access to one of Tai Chi’s most foundational internal states—one that can be learned and felt immediately with the right internal cue.

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction and Purpose of the Drill
00:17 - How Song Feels and Functions in the Body
01:25 - Fascia-Based Response to Compression
02:33 - Internal Space and Pressure Dissipation
04:37 - Identifying the Presence of Song

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