Staying active becomes increasingly important as the years slip by, especially when it comes to preventing falls and ...

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 ...

Tai Chi, a mind-body exercise rooted in multiple Asian traditions including martial arts, traditional Chinese medicine and philosophy, has become widely recognized as a gentle form of fitness that ...

More Tai Chi participants maintained practice, supporting sustained insomnia remission . A new study published in The BMJ ...

The HKUMed study supports the therapeutic use of tai chi as an alternative for managing chronic insomnia among middle-aged ...

Most health research into the benefits of tai chi focus on people over 50. But the earlier you start in life, the more you reap the rewards, says Dr. Michael Irwin, director of UCLA's Mindful ...

“In classical training, walking drills were used to build stability, sensitivity, rootedness and efficient movement, as if ...

Another month, another walking trend that we can't get enough of. This time, it's the turn of tai chi walking. That's right: fuse the ancient Chinese martial art with a simple stroll, and (if the ...

Tai Chi is a traditional Chinese martial art originally designed as a unique self-defense technique, which later evolved into an effective health exercise. Characterized by flowing, graceful, and well ...

Beyond just the forms, there is sparring called "push hands," in which two practitioners try to unbalance one another by redirecting the other's energy. Though studies show that most of those who ...

Standing 6 feet 5 inches tall, Patrick York is a gentle giant. The soft-spoken 26-year-old with a "Peace Love Tai Chi" T-shirt flowed into a grounded stance on a Long Beach, California, hilltop. He ...