Physical therapist Susan Welsh says that the movements in Tai Chi are helpful in addressing back pain, knee, hip and foot problems. "Motion is the lotion,” she said. That's why Welsh, director of the ...

Six years ago, I joined a new tai chi class at the Clarence Senior Center. The teacher was a young Korean woman named Ti (as in "tea"). Six years later, six of those original class members are still ...

“Parting the Wild Horse’s Mane.” “Wave Hands Like Clouds.” “Embrace Tiger, Return to Mountain.” These are not song titles or poems. Rather, they’re the deceptively complex movements of tai chi. With ...

Tai chi can have significant benefits for older adults, due in part to the way it focuses on muscle control, stability, balance, and flexibility. Tai chi is an ancient Chinese movement practice that ...

Moving meditation—that's how Dr. Aihan Khun describes the ancient Chinese practice of Tai Chi. Kuhn owns Sarasota's Tai Chi and Qi Gong Healing Institute and says she has seen vast improvements in ...

The ancient art of tai chi, plus a modern twist, may help older adults reverse mild declines in brain power, a new clinical trial reveals. Researchers found that tai chi classes helped older adults ...

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Participants in yoga, tai chi, and Pilates all benefit physically and mentally from the exercises. However, there are differences between the forms. Yoga, considered a branch of classical philosophy ...

Having trouble sleeping? New Chinese research suggests the age-old practice of tai chi might help. The study found it equaled talk therapy in helping middle aged people with insomnia regain restful ...

Tai chi, a traditional Chinese mind-body exercise, is as effective for chronic insomnia as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), results of a randomized noninferiority trial showed. Among middle-aged ...

Walk past a park or stroll through a gym and you might find people practicing tai chi. The flowing exercise-meets-meditation has been around for many centuries and is renowned for its roster of health ...