Tai Chi

Why I Practice Tai Chi

Sito Negron | Posted 04.11.2012

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The reason tai chi is able to have an emphasis on wellness, despite its origins as a martial art, is because of its foundation, which is millennia-old Taoist arts called neigong.

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With Yoga, Tai-Chi, Balance Expectations, Expand Your Calm, Flexibility

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.19.2012

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Combining movement with meditative practices can help protect your good health -- but let common sense control expectations.

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How to Improve Your Health by Moving

Marc B. Levin | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Healthy Living, Healthy Living Body, Exercise, Health, Fitness and Exercise, Physical Exercise, Wellbeing, Wellness, Tai Chi, Physical Activity Health, Qigong, Physical Activity Benefits, Physical Activity, Physical Activity Guidelines, Healthy Living News

Physical activity, exercise and movement are available to you to promote the natural healing of your body, and you are empowered right now to use them if you choose.

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The Ancient Chinese Exercise That Could Help Those With Parkinson's

AP | By STEPHANIE NANO | Posted 02.09.2012

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NEW YORK -- The ancient Chinese exercise of tai chi improved balance and lowered the risk of falls in a study of people with Parkinson's disease. Sym...

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Love or Fear: Playing on the Edge

Akoshia Yoba | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Mind-Body Connection, Fear, Consciousness, Tai Chi, Emotional Management, New York Open Center, Mindfulness Meditation, Love, Martial Arts, Conscious Evolution, Healthy Living Health News, Healthy Living Spirit, Healthy Living News

At first, I silently wondered, "How is this related to Tai-chi? And seriously, how do you embrace the parts of life that are hard, sad or just plain suck?"

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Slo Flo: The Christian Alternative to Tai Chi

Lianna Carrera | Posted 11.06.2011

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Enter Slo Flo, the Christian alternative to Tai Chi. Slo Flo is when a group of Christians go into a field and combine hand movements with slow motion Bible verses using American Sign Language.

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Astoria Characters: The Wheelchair Gardener

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Astoria, Wheelchair, LaGuardia Community College, Kaman Fong, Hong Kong, Two Coves Community Garden, Astoria Characters, China, Tai Chi, Astoria Houses, Grocery Store, Compost, Methane Gas, Italy, Bronx, New York News

Kaman Fong, along with other gardeners, is working on a waste-to-energy project she conceived that is designed to turn compost into low-cost and clean, sustainable energy.

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An Ancient Technique To Shape Your Body And Mind

Allen N. Wilkins, M.D. | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Healthy Living, Tae Kwon Do Fitness, Healthy Living Body, Tai Chi, Aikido, Martial Arts Fitness, Tae Kwon Do, Fitness and Exercise, Tai Chi Fitness, Martial Arts, Aikido Fitness, Healthy Living News

Whether you're thinking of getting involved in martial arts or have already begun, you can improve your health and have fun learning non-violent self-defense.

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Chicago's Outdoor Workout Options

| Erin Chan Ding | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Bootcamp, Yoga, Citysbest Chicago, Exercise Classes, Tai Chi, Exercise, Chicago Events, Chicago, Fitness, Citysbest, Best of Chicago, Pilates, Chicago Around Town, Chicago News

It's nearly 100 degrees, but all the pizza you ate during the seemingly endless winter is still with you. Whether you want to get your bod ready for t...

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The Power in a Smile

Levi Ben-Shmuel | Posted 08.04.2011

Read More: Tai Chi, Smiling, Relaxation Techniques, Smile, Relaxation, Smiling Power, Smiling Relaxation, Healthy Living Body, Smile Power, Power of a Smile, Healthy Living Spirit, Smiling Tai Chi, Healthy Living News

The power of a smile has nothing to do with your mood. If you put a smile on your face right now, chances are it will shift whatever mood you are in, and even your energy level, in a positive way.

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Enhancing Cancer Treatment With Yoga And Tai Chi

Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D. | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Yoga, Complementary and Alternative Therapies, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Tai Chi, Alternative Medicine, Yoga Cancer, Healthy Living, Healthy Living Body, Tai Chi Cancer, Healthy Living News

Yoga and Tai Chi are two popular complementary treatments. What they share is that they combine movement, posture and breathing to help people relax and achieve a "balance" between body, mind and spirit.

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Tai Chi Makes Heart Failure Patients Happier

TIME | Posted 06.27.2011

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Weekly Health Tip: To Stretch or Not to Stretch?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 06.17.2011

Read More: Pilates, Yoga, Stretching Exercises, Tai Chi, Exercise, Fitness, Home News

Brought to you by Deepak Chopra, MD, Alexander Tsiaras, and TheVisualMD.com If you exercise regularly, you probably have a routine set of steps to...

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Is Qigong For You?

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Yoga, Tai Chi, Personal Health, Acupuncture, Exercise, Qigong, Healthcare Costs, China, Healthcare, Self-Care, Wellness, Healthy Living News

Ranging from simple to quite complex, this popular mind-body exercise represents a uniquely Chinese method of uniting good intentions with specific results.

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Yoga For Surfers

Liz Markus | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Dogtown and Z-Boys, Yoga, Joseph Campbell, Tai Chi, Eoin Finn, Surfing, Blissology, Creativity, Meditation, Surfing Yoga, Yoga Surfers, Surfers Yoga, Yoga for Surfers, Benefits of Yoga, Yoga Surfing, Healthy Living News

Canadian yoga teacher and Blissologist Eoin Finn found time to sit down with me to talk about yoga and surfing.

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Should Shaolin Monks Be Asian? Just Ask Abbot Shi Yan Fan of Shaolin Temple Los Angeles

Stacey Nemour | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Zen Buddhism, Qigong, Meditation, Healing, Shaolin-Monks-Kung-Fu, Tai Chi, Kung Fu, Healthy Living News

Should Shaolin monks only be Asian? Can a Westerner ascend to the exalted level of an abbot? Venerable Abbot Shi Yan Fan of Shaolin Temple Los Angeles can answer that.

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Is There Enough Space In Your Life? How To Tap Into A Neglected Source Of Power

Levi Ben-Shmuel | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Empowerment, Tai Chi, Space, Balance, Work-Life Balance, Power, Self-Empowerment, Nothing, Renewal, Relaxation, Inspiration, Healthy Living News

While preparing for a recent Tai Chi class, I was struck by the importance of space in generating power in Yang-style Tai Chi. This led me to think about how critical space can be in generating powerful results in anyone's life.

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The Adventures of Ozzy and Sanity

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The O'Jays, Norman Doidge, David Was, Tai Chi, Was Not Was, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Stephen Colbert, Neuroplasticity, Neanderthal, Rally to Restore Sanity, Genetic-Determinism, Jon Stewart, Meditation, Cbs-Records, Cat Stevens, Feldenkrais, Rolling Stone, Entertainment News

In the early '80s, shortly after a music trade magazine I'd been editing bit the bullet, a honcho at mega-label CBS Records hired me to help with the ...

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What Is Qi?

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Tai Chi, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qigong, Chinese Medicine, Chi, Ch'i, Wellness, Qi, What Is Qi, Healthy Living News

The concept of qi yields its secrets reluctantly to our Western, reductionist style.

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The Key to Qi -- A Book Review

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Qigong, Tai Chi, Acupuncture, Exercise, Qi, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Books News

As difficult as it is to define qi, it is even more difficult to transmit it through a book. The Key To Qi doesn't attempt such a miracle, but offers ways of understanding the concept and recognizing the presence of vitality in one's life.

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Quiet The Mind and Hear Your Inner Voice

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Energy, Tai Chi, Health, Sensual Fusion, Fitness, Spinal Health, Reiki, Alignment, Wellness, Meditation, Healthy Living News

Here are a few basic tips to quiet your thoughts and come into presence and the 'now.' The most important of these is to find your spinal alignment.

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Feldenkrais: Everything You 'Know' About Healing May Be Dead Wrong

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Yoga, Moshe Feldenkrais, Men's Fitness, Tai Chi, Feldenkrais Guild, Stacy Barrows, Pilates, New York, Michael Phelps, Norman Doidge, Alexander Technique, The Brain That Changes Itself, Feldenkrais Institute, New York Times, Physical Therapy, Feldenkrais, Healthy Living News

A brain without a body could not think. -- Moshe Feldenkrais When I told her that cross-training on the exercise bike only added hip joint stiffness ...

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There's a Different Way to 'Meditate' For Everyone

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Inward Investigation, Science, New Age, Marc, Meditation, Self-Awareness, Yoga, Tai Chi, Well-Being, New Age Stereotype, Ancient Practice, The Inner Life, Spirituality, Wellness, Self-Help, Healthy Living News

Meditation is really a means of investigating the mind, something perhaps we can all benefit from in this very "outward" oriented culture.

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Top 5 Activities For Longevity

Dr. Maoshing Ni | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Longevity, Tai Chi, Free Radical, Catechins, Laughter, Black Tea, Green Tea, Stress, Massage, Centenarians, Polyphenol, Osteoporosis, Meditation, Nature Genetics, Cardiovascular Disease, Circulation, Tuina, Antioxidant, Health, Healthy Living News

A study in the Journal Nature Genetics showed some people are genetically predisposed to age more rapidly than others. Age-associated diseases are more related to biological rather than chronological age.

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What is Tai Chi? More Than Just Martial Arts

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Reviews, Fitness, Qigong, New Books, Tai Chi, Exercise, Martial Arts, China, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Peter A. Gilligan, Books News

Gilligan portrays the Chinese worldview of a sea of energy through which living things move, and in the process defines the Chinese bipolar cosmology ...

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