NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Regina Barber and Rachel Carlson of Short Wave about singing gibbons, how tai chi might lower blood pressure, and why women get quicker benefits from exercise than men. It ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Tai chi was comparable to conventional exercise in reducing waist circumferences in a cohort of older adults ...

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 ...

Instructor Steve Bodnar teaches beginner Sun Tai Chi classes at 9 a.m. Wednesdays and advance classes at 9 a.m. Thursdays at the Monroeville Senior Citizens Center, 6000 Gateway Campus Blvd. Cost is ...

Activities like martial arts that involve whole body exercise, psychological factors, and interactions with others have clear brain and body benefits for all ages.

It’s easy to tell people to make exercise part of their daily routine. It’s not so easy to tell them what to do. Some folks like to run marathons or climb mountains. But if you would rather care for ...

Imagine performing slow, fluid movements, almost like a silent dance. This is the essence of Tai Chi, a practice that goes far beyond mere physical exercise. Its main goal is to mobilize your body's ...

You’ve probably seen groups of people practicing tai chi in a park, so you have some idea what it’s all about. Slow, mindful movements. No weights. Low intensity. The practice combines aspects of ...

While workouts like high-intensity interval training (HIIT) have only been popular since the early 2000s, many other types of exercise have been around much longer. Pilates, for instance, began nearly ...

Want to try your hand at some tai chi but aren’t yet ready to do it in the public? No worries — there are plenty of tai chi YouTube videos to stream that’ll get you acquainted with the gentle movement ...

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