To get the most out of your Taijiquan practice, you must be able to unlock its ‘genetic code’, to decipher the set of rules and information encoded within the pattern and arrangement of the art. Only then can you practice its essential wisdom, its intrinsic quality and will it hold its lasting appeal. Only in this way can you get the returns you wished for when you took up the practice; to benefit from it every time you practice; to "do it ten thousand times and feel it ten thousand times."
Taijiquan requires practitioners to access the inner wisdom (capabilities) within themselves - "seek the cause in oneself." This is the most fundamental element, and is also the only way to the essence of Taijiquan.