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 ...

Tai chi is a self-paced system of gentle exercises. It is a series of postures and movements that flow in a slow, graceful manner. Falls are the leading cause of injury in people 65 and older.

Every week in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Zibin Guo guides veterans in wheelchairs through slow-motion tai chi poses as a Bluetooth speaker plays soothing instrumental music. "Cloudy hands to the right, ...

October 8, 2007 (Chicago) -- The Asian exercise tai chi is comparable to but not quite as effective as a brisk walk for raising heart rate variability (HRV), according to a poster presented here at ...

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 ...

Matt Lauters knows the benefits of the Chinese arts of tai chi and qigong and demonstrated some of them to a group of people at the St. Peter Community Center. Saturday was World Tai Chi and Qigong ...

FORT WALTON BEACH – As a child, Sharon Triplett was a ball of energy. Her mother would call her fidgety. While it wasn’t exactly the same as an adult; she had a similar issue, anxiety. It persisted ...

Veterans in Murfreesboro, Tenn., enjoy a wheelchair tai chi class; other alternative health programs now commonly offered at VA hospitals in the U.S. include yoga, mindfulness training and art therapy ...