Over the years that I have studied T’ai Chi, I have noticed that many practitioners apply the T’ai-Chi principles during formal practice but often not in many other areas of their lives. Principles such as being in the moment, naturalness, continuity, appropriateness of action, and balancing yin and yang seem to evaporate once many practitioners finish their formal daily practice. The most basic aspect of T’ai Chi is that it is all encompassing; it applies to every area of life and living—not just to the realm of practice of the T’ai-Chi forms and push-hands. The T’ai-Chi movements are not ends in themselves but a means of embodying the Taoist and Buddhist precepts in all actions.