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Harvard Study Shows Heart-Health Benefits of Tai Chi
A recent study from Harvard University shows the health benefits of tai chi, especially for those with heart conditions that prevent them from engaging in…
Tai Chi Benefits Arthritis patients
Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese movement series that focuses on improvement of balance, mobility and overall health. Tai chi is a low impact type of…
T'ai Chi in the Information Age – Ancient Cure for Modern Problems
According to a twenty-year study by Kaiser Permanente, between seventy and eighty-five percent of illness is caused by stress, meaning that in the U.S. alone…
Burn Calories, Dump Stress, Boost Immune Function - Without Sweating?
Time Magazine wrote, ". . . Tai Chi is the perfect exercise . . ." While serving as the Tai Chi Expert at DrWeil.com, I learned that best selling author…
Parkinson’s Disease & Tai Chi Therapy
In a special to CNN, the Mayo Clinic's mayoclinic.com reported that, "Parkinson's disease is progressive, meaning the signs and symptoms become worse over…
Bone Loss, Osteoporosis, Depression, Menopause & TAI CHI
Emerging medical research indicates that an ancient health therapy may be the prescription for the future. Increasingly the menopausal problems of hormonal…
High Blood Pressure and Tai Chi Therapy
Way back in 2003, the Journal of Alternative and Complimentary Medicine's Oct. 9th issue reported a study finding that Tai Chi "could decrease blood pressure…
Ancient Health Science: How Do T’ai Chi and Qigong Work?
Western medical science is only beginning to understand what T'ai Chi and Qigong offers us. However, just the tiny amount of research that has been…
Strengthen Your Back With Taijiquan
There are a few traditional exercises which you can still do to strengthen your back, namely, sit ups, cross sit ups, leg raises and back extensions.…
Tai Chi and Chi Kung Explained
What is Tai Chi?
Tai Chi Chuan is an ancient Chinese set of exercises. It is based on the Taoist understanding that all things comprise of the harmony of two…
News Articles
Tai Chi gets cautious thumbs up for psychological health
Tai Chi, a low impact martial art, has been associated with reduced stress, anxiety and depression, and enhanced mood, in both healthy people and those with…
Research shows Tai Chi exercise reduces knee osteoarthritis pain in the elderly
Researchers from Tufts University School of Medicine have determined that patients over 65 years of age with knee osteoarthritis (OA) who engage in regular Tai…