Category Archives: tai chi exercises

Kwan Sai Hung The Wandering Taoist

Despite many of the workshops and “certification” classes that you see these days, Tai Chi cannot be learned in a weekend…or mastered in a year. It takes years of practice with a real teacher to REALLY learn the form because … Continue reading

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A very good 10 minute qigong workout

This is called taichi qigong. It is a very good warmup for doing tai chi and also stands on its own as a relatively simple yet very effective qigong workout. I have done some research on this and trust me, … Continue reading

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Tai Chi and Mindfulness – daily practice

“Much, much there is, grasshopper, about this tai chi…” In perusing the new popularity of tai chi it could be said that people think of it as a system of  kind-of-complicated movements devised to be performed verrrrrry slowly to teach … Continue reading

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Benefits of Tai Chi and Qi Gong

I said that I was going to post about some good strategies for preventative and lifestyle medicine and here is a good place to start…a basic article but with scientific studies showing the benefits of these two ancient practices. Benefits … Continue reading

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Caregiver Revolution at the Tuscon Festival of Books!

Here’s our friend and Gateways Books and Tapes publisher Iven Lourie at the Tuscon festival last weekend. Photo by Kathleen Dreier – Esens Photography. Thanks guys!

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Tai Chi Helps Ease Parkinson’s Symptoms

A new study provides promising results for Parkinson’s patients…now they have a great reason to practice tai chi!

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