'Tai Chi, the Chinese martial art that involves sequences of very slow controlled movements, may curb the symptoms and complications of Parkinson’s disease for several years, reveals research, published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. Its practice was associated with slower disease progression and lower doses of required drugs over time, the findings show.'
This is pretty cool! Just heard that my translation of Yang Chengfu's 10 Essential Points for Taijiquan has been translated in turn into Portuguese. Very nice to see that this is useful for folks!
Huh ... I interacted with this guy in some online tai chi forums and always though he seemed like an asshole who didn't respect other people. Never met him in person but folks I know who had met him didn't make me think I was missing anything.
And just ran across his name coincidentally in the story of another Jan 6 rioter getting sentenced.
Tai chi, a traditional, slow-moving form of Chinese martial art, is known to increase flexibility and improve balance. Now, new research suggests it's better than more vigorous aerobic exercises for lowering blood pressure in people with prehypertension.
While its movements are slow and gentle, Tai Chi is actually a martial art. Now, a new study shows that it can not only help people learn movements grounded in self defense, but it can also help them fight back against the symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
Woken up early #today by the cat wanting food.
Didn't really feel like going to #taiChi / #Quigung but enjoyed it in the end.
Phone call from the vet following the tests on the #cat last week - he's losing a lot of protein in his urine and has Vitamin B12 deficiency. This might account for his weight loss.
So - he's getting kidney medication, and weekly B12 injections for a month.
If you're in the #Boulder / #Longmont area and want to try Tai Chi out, we've got a bunch happening in August: Tai Chi at the Farmers Market and Tai Chi in the Park. And a new beginning class starting in Sep.
And if you join one of these classes because you saw it on Mastodon, let me know!
Welcome to your 40s, where you can go to sleep fine and wake up with such a crick in your shoulder and neck that you can't move it. No #TaiChi today as I can't drive safely. Bums.
There's no such thing as progress in #taichi / #qigong without your mind also getting rewired and transformed, but the mind-body aspects don't cause changes in each other. They just both change and blur together.
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OZZY OSBOURNE Says He Will Try Tai Chi To Improve His Balance And Mobility
In the newly released fourth episode of the revived "The Osbournes" podcast, Ozzy Osbourne revealed that he will try tai chi as a way to boost his health.
I think I am hyperphant, as opposes to an aphant, meaning I have an "overactive imagination". I think this has fueled a certain skepticism and hyper-rationality in me as hedges against putting too much credence in experiences that might simply be my overpowered imagination.
Then I learn about popular science that tells me, at least for my meditative practices, that some effects may be more real, like Tai Qi hands, than I previously gave credit. #taichi#qigong#zazen
I salute you with a closed right fist with thumb tucked and touched by a left palm with four extended fingers together to show self-discipline with humility. The Salute represents five continents and four oceans together in solidarity.
We are one world, one breath at 10 am in every time zone. Please join us for Tai Chi or Qi Gong.
So I've decided where I am going to classify this as.
I will nest it into the Ceratosauridae family, alongside Ceratosaurus itself, but this would be its own later, more derived version.
As for a name, I would go with something like, Jiaoruanlong kamiyaii
Meaning, in Chinese, "keratin dragon", with specific name being a reference to the Digimon anime, and the first character to have a Greymon, #Taichi#Kamiya
What do we think of this classification. What should we classify next?
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Just couldn’t get up early to exercise today, I was kind of awake but too weirded out by a very disturbing dream I had. I’m up and in the bath but I still feel sleepy. Where is my get up and go? (Don’t say it’s got up and gone!) Anyone feeling Tuesday more? Tell me your plans
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Dull day here. I'm off to £#TaiChi and #quigung while Mrs Mike is at the gym.
Nothing specific planned for the rest of the day (which is good as we're both tired)
Anyone out there have recommendations for beginner tai chi videos online?
Classes in person would be ideal, but this is for someone hypermobile with fibromyalgia (and some other issues), that cannot access classes easily at the moment.
So, videos that are clear and simple. Especially as chronic pain can cause brain fog, so clarity is key.
They are keen to try, having been recommended slow movements, so they can keep mobile without causing any extra pain by over exerting/extending.
We know strength training, stretching, yoga etc... But have no experience in Tai Chi, so assessing a good example from a bad is tricky.
Any suggestions that narrows our search gratefully received 👍
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