Of the many benefits, is the more grounded or rooted you are, the more you can manage stress. The goal is emptiness. You empty your mind of your thoughts and everything. The intent goes to the ground.

Now what happens is that when we relax tension down, vasodilation occurs. The blood vessel expands and the sinews open and with this comes some discomfort, which is normal like growth pain. Or when you stretch, you, however, are stretching more of the inside than the outside. Vasodilation is said to drop blood pressure, and ultimately when one ends doing the drills or the Taiji Quan form, you would feel more relaxed.

On a combat aspect, a strong base meaning being rooted generates more power, from the ground, which enters from the feet and up the waist and out the hands, if one launches a punch. A strong root will therefore allow for better issuing of power. From relaxing the joints in the hands and sinews and the whole upper body, we can achieve this.