What is Tai Chi?
Tai Chi is an internal Chinese martial art. It is often promoted and practiced as a martial arts therapy for the purposes of health and longevity. Tai Chi is considered a soft style martial art, an art applied with as much deep relaxation or "softness" in the musculature as possible, to distinguish its theory and application from that of the hard martial art styles which use a degree of tension in the muscles.
Variations of Tai Chi basic training forms are well known as the slow motion routines that groups of people practice every morning in parks across China and other parts of the world. Traditional Tai Chi training is intended to teach awareness of one's own balance and what affects it, awareness of the same in others, an appreciation of the practical value in one's ability to moderate extremes of behavior and attitude at both mental and physical levels, and how this applies to effective self-defense principles.
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QL flow yoga-presence through movement
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QL flow yoga- presence through movementAwaken your spirit and experience the joy of being with guidance from host Kim Eng, who leads viewers through a series of gentle tai chi, Yin yoga and qigong-inspired postures and flows designed to distribute positive energy throughout your body. |
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Alternative Treatments: 3 Natural Tactics For Healing
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Everything old is new again. This is especially true of healing. Several ancient healing techniques that have been used for centuries and in some cases millennia are seeing a resurgence in popularity. Many people are seeking out natural and holistic treatments that offer the possibility of healing without |
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Beat Back Pain With These 5 Strategies
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No one wants to live with back pain. Whether you pushed too hard at the gym or if you have a constant, nagging ache that just won't go away, there are some things you can do to help. The next time your back signals you to slow down, |
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Tai Chi and Chi Kung Explained
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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 complementary forces, Yin (yielding) and Yang (brittle).
Why Practice Tai Chi?
With its distinctive grace and flowing movements, Tai Chi Chuan |
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Natural Stress Busters
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Summer is the time for relaxation, recreation, vacation etc. all in an effort to relieve stress. Stress is an everyday phenomenon in our lives, whether you are pursuing your dream career, preparing for that special day or trying to recreate passion in your life.
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Parkinson’s Disease & Tai Chi Therapy
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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 time. But although Parkinson's may eventually be disabling, the disease often progresses gradually, and most people have many years of productive living after a diagnosis." |
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Your Hidden Portal to Peace
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Want more peace and joy in your life? Daily stress getting to you? With terrorism, layoffs and pollution, can you feel safe and happy? Yes, you can-by tapping into a little known, and less-used, doorway to internal security. This entry is not really hidden as much as misplaced. |
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Goodbye Aches and Pains: 4 Tips for Reducing Arthritic and Chronic Pain
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Arthritis and other conditions often cause chronic pain that can impair the ability to enjoy life and engage in normal activities. Arthritis is a degenerative condition that involves the wearing away of bone, cartilage, tendons, and ligaments in the joints of the body. Individuals may experience pain, swelling, |
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Consider these Five Exercises that You Can Do While Pregnant
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Expecting mothers have many activities that they can turn to for exercise while pregnant. Just because a woman is pregnant, does not mean that she should neglect daily exercise. We understand that mobility and endurance can be impacted by pregnancy, but any attempt at exercising is better than |
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Prostate health and Stress life of Men
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Prostate health and Stress life of MenA man health can be unenthusiastically affected by high levels of stress. Defend our self by practicing some simple rules to limit your stress. Stress has become a major modern day factor affecting men health so the tension and emotional damage of |
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High Blood Pressure and Tai Chi Therapy
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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 and results in favorable lipid profile changes and improve subjects' anxiety status. Therefore, Tai Chi could be used as an alternative modality in |
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Ten Powerful Keys to Unlocking Health
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1. Be Present Live in the now. The past is gone. You can never go back and make it right. You can never re-live a life that was yesterday. Live positively in the present moment, no matter what is occurring. It is All right and perfect. Do not |
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How to Cope With Cancer
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Picture yourself walking down the street where you live. Everything looks normal, but you have a feeling that something is not quite right. Suddenly there's a rumble and the road buckles up around your feet. You struggle, unable to move forward. Your thoughts become erratic and scattered, just |
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Bone Loss, Osteoporosis, Depression, Menopause & TAI CHI
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Emerging medical research indicates that an ancient health therapy may be the prescription for the future. Increasingly the menopausal problems of hormonal imbalance, often resulting in bone loss, are also affected by depression and stress. Change is stressful for all of us, even good changes, like changes of |
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T'ai Chi in the Information Age – Ancient Cure for Modern Problems
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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 stress is costing us about one-trillion dollars per year in healthcare costs. Since most absenteeism is due to stress, US business is losing |
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Stressed - Who Me ?
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For some reason, Christmas last year seemed to be a very stressful time for me. At the time, it really did seem quite daunting with all of its implications of organisation and costs. But, on the other hand the thought of contact with old friends, meals to be |
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The Astounding Truth about Depression - What they don't tell you!
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Everyone experiencing depression will know that it is impossible to "think" a way out of the darkness. No matter how hard we try to understand depression we cannot lift the dark cloud hanging over our head. So what is depression really about? Why can’t we solve it or |
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The Social Web of Stress - Simple Solutions
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Could simple stress reducing solutions be the answers to our myriad modern problems?
Urban sprawl and suburban flight are causing massive traffic jams on freeways nationwide, as individuals are working longer and longer hours. The invisible effect is a nation buckling under accumulating stress that affects parents, children, |
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The Sea Inside: Our Journey From “Doing” to “Being”
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As a culture, we tend to focus on our well being from the neck up, with exercise added in to take care of our bodies. We spend most of our lives engaged with our senses and interacting mentally with others. We may also focus on getting in touch |
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