o What: Tai Chi: Moving for Better Balance. o When: 11 a.m. to noon Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. o Where: Touchmark at Fairway Village Health & Fitness Club, 2911 S.E. Village Loop, Vancouver. o ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Looking at Tony Chiariello, one would never know he suffers from arthritis. His strong legs and ...

Seven women gathered in the basement activities room of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church near Blain, working on memorizing and mastering a series of meditative motions as part of a regular exercise class.

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 ...

Don’t try to knock these seniors over — they’re balance is excellent. The Lifetime Learning Center, at Long Beach City College’s Pacific Coast campus, offers a class called Tai Chi for Better Balance, ...

Seniors citizens in Willows are meditating in motion. Ever since taking up tai chi one year ago, Barbara Kistner, 86, has not only improved her strength and balance, but said her overall health and ...

At the Monroe Street Neighborhood Center, some mornings there's a certain calm. Combine it with exercise and that routine experience is said to help with overall health and well-being. The focus comes ...

Emulating the movements of the dragon, the snake, the preying mantis and the crane, the dozen participants in Northwest Assistance Ministries' 60 Plus intermediate Tai Chi class stretch out their arms ...

The men and women meandering on the beach with arms rising high then low, their concentration intense as the afternoon sun, set themselves apart from the average beach-goers. Sometimes they take weird ...

Research shows that it does, and now a group of Quinnipiac University students are spreading that message to the state's seniors and health care providers. Four third-year graduate students in ...