When most people think of tai chi (short for “T’ai Chi Ch’üan”) they usually imagine a group of older people moving in slow motion in a public park. But this ancient movement practice is not just for ...

Sarah Trask, owner of Yoga on the Eastside in Woodmere, initially turned to Bikram Yoga because of her depression. She ...

The Avon Recreation Center will be offering beginner’s tai chi and a restorative body movement class based on qi gong principles beginning Jan. 4. Beginning tai chi is Monday and Wednesday from 5-6 ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- As the country continues to open up, many are looking for ways to lose what's being called the "COVID 15" -- the weight many people gained over the past year. Exercise can be a ...

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 ...

Say someone walks up to you in a bar and grabs you by the shirt. What do you do? Try Tai Chi – it might be a good idea. The gentle, repetitive movements of Tai Chi are not only good for meditation and ...

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 ...

For many, tai chi brings to mind scenes of people in a peaceful park, performing graceful movements that are more ballet than marital art. That idea isn't too far off, according to Scott Caulpetzer of ...

The kidneys perform three essential functions by filtering toxins, while maintaining fluid equilibrium and supplying energy to the body. The Tai Chi kidney cleansing technique involves deliberate ...

One day, while living in Brookline, Mass., Levi Ben-Shmuel was flipping through his local adult education course catalog. It was there he saw a 10-week course on Tai Chi, a Chinese martial art that ...

The after-school program at Orville Wright Elementary School buzzes with chatter and laughter, but the moment tai chi instruction begins, the room falls into a pin-drop silence. “It’s like day and ...