太极拳的精髓在于“静”，这也是它区别于其他武术的关键。道不仅仅是指清与浊、静与动对立的两个方面，其中，清静是本，浊与动是流。因此，无论是在养生还是技击上，都要以清静为本，这样拳道才能合一，与天地同寿。先哲们提到过，无劳而形，无摇而精，归心静默，可以长生，这生命之根本就在于此道。

在太极拳各门派中，“静”字都非常重要。赵堡太极拳第八代宗师和兆元在《耍拳解》中说，练功须“轻灵自然，中正平圆”。轻灵自然，其前提就是“清静”，能清静才能轻灵，能轻灵才能体现松 静柔活。这是不变的道理。在整个身形运转上，如同三尺罗衣挂树上迎风飘荡那样的轻灵自然。但要做到极轻灵极自然，却并非易事。

与人交手较技时，我们老师要我们从非性着手，要“心静如水”，以静制动，有备无患。拳经云：“见之如妇，夺之如虎”。看上去好似一个柔弱的娇女子，但动起武来却势如猛虎，不可小觑。

大道因静而得，因此我们习练太极拳要以清static 为本，只有在非性的基础上，我们才能真正体悟到轻灵natural “dynamic”的价值，即所谓“dynamic returns to static, and extreme dynamic is achieved through the union of yin and yang within Tai Chi.”

前辈和兆元提出的lightness 和 balance are actually the same as what Wang Zongyue said in his “Thirteen Postures Explanation,” that one should stand upright with a sense of stability and comfort, supporting all eight directions. The phrase “heart like water at the hundred meetings suspended” in the Zhao Bao Tai Chi manual is also mentioned by Wang Zongyue as "spirit able to be raised without any delay or heaviness."

The heart must be like water at the hundred meetings suspended. What are these hundred meetings? They refer to a specific acupoint on the head called Baihui Point, which is located at the center of the top of the head. This point belongs to acupuncture theory's twelve main meridians and eight extraordinary meridians' governing vessel channel.

Baihui Point is an important junction for all yang channels; it represents a critical point where qi gathers during meditation practice. In our practice of Tai Chi, we pay special attention to having this point suspended. We require that Baihui Point always points vertically toward Yinjiao (a point between urethra and anus), forming a straight line with it while keeping Yinjiao steady.

In other words, we want our body posture to resemble an arrow shot from a bow: Baihui Point would be similar to its tip while Yinjiao would correspondingly represent its tail end, connected by an invisible string representing continuous flow between them. The backbone then becomes equivalent to this imaginary bow's back part consisting of neck vertebrae, thoracic spine vertebrae, lumbar spine vertebrae, sacrum bone or coccyx bone respectively.

This forms one out of five arches in human anatomy known as "five bows." Many schools within Tai Chi believe that only when Baihui Point can maintain suspension does one enter into initial levels characterized by "qi adhering along spine" or "force originating from spine."

To illustrate how "suspension" works effectively in mastering movements during training sessions with students who seek perfection through their stance postures—just imagine placing large bowls filled with clear water on their heads inside small inner compartments designed specifically for such purposes during lessons conducted under close supervision—ensuring not even single drop falls down upon completion has been accomplished successfully!