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TAI
CHI
The
movement is slow, graceful, and fluid.
The effort is almost undetectable.
Most people are wearing street clothes,
and no one has special shoes.
Could
this really be exercise? Absolutely.
Tai
Chi is a centuries-old Chinese practice
designed to exercise the mind and
body through a series of gentle, flowing
postures that create a kind of synchronized
dance.
Deeply
rooted in Chinese meditation, medicine,
and martial arts, tai chi (pronounced
''tie chee'') combines mental concentration
with slow, controlled movements to
focus the mind, challenge the body,
and improve the flow of what the Chinese
call ''qi'' (also spelled ''chi'')
-- the life energy thought to sustain
health and quiet the mind.
Found
in many community centers, health
clubs, and studios in the United States,
tai chi is lauded for its gentleness
and accessibility.
In
fact, almost anyone can do it, even
those with conditions that may exclude
them from other forms of exercise,
says Bill Douglas, tai chi teacher
and founder of World Tai Chi &
Qigong Day. Seniors, the overweight,
and the arthritic can all participate.
Benefits
of Tai Chi
The
list of benefits that regular practice
of Tai Chi can bring is long, according
to advocates. It can improve strength,
flexibility, balance, and coordination.
Some research also suggests that tai
chi may help to improve heart function
and decrease blood pressure.
One
of the most significant benefits is
stress reduction, says Douglas, who
lives and works outside Kansas City,
Kan.
Stress
is known to aggravate some health
conditions, he says. And, according
to some estimates, unmanaged stress
could be costing U.S. businesses billions
each year.
''If
we provided tools like tai chi and
qigong and other mind-body techniques
through public education, every kid
could be graduating high school as
a tai chi or yoga master,'' Douglas
says. ''This could conceivably save
hundreds of billions of dollars, not
once, but every year.''
Just
learning to relax and breathe more
deeply can be reason enough to take
tai chi, says Warren D. Conner, founder
of the T’ai Chi Ch’uan
Study Center of the Washington, D.C.,
Metropolitan Area.
''You
can take what you learn from the practice
and transfer that to daily life,''
he says.
The
Body and the Mind
In
tai chi, both the mind and the body
are constantly challenged. It is hard
to say which benefits more, say experts.
''Initially,
benefits are physical,'' says Conner.
''For learning purposes, you start
with the body. You learn a set series
of movements, all in the same order,
and you have to pay attention. When
you pay attention, you purchase awareness.''
Santa
Fe tai chi instructor Robin Johnson
says it’s more like thinking
of the two as one.
''Tai
chi (and qigong) demonstrate how inextricably
interwoven the mental and physical
body is,'' says Douglas, author of
Stalking the Yang Lu-Chan: Finding
Your Tai Chi Body. ''Your mood, your
emotional states, and your physical
states are all beginning to improve
at the same time.''
Practicing
tai chi also helps to counteract the
repetitiveness of our jobs and daily
routines, where our bodies move only
in limited ways, Johnson says.
''Sitting
in front of a computer all day abuses
the body,'' says Johnson. ''We’re
not using our body’s versatility.
Like a hinge, if you don’t use
it, it gets sticky and stuck.''
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