Saturday April 30th 2011 is world T’ai Chi and Qi Gong day! This annual event is a day to showcase the many and varied styles of T’ai Chi and Qi Gong, with many clubs and societies in the UK participating. There are often demonstrations and taster ...
A recent study by the University of Massachusetts, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Bender Institute of Neuroimaging has shown that deep meditation produces detectable changes in the hippocampus, the area of the brain that deals with memory, emotions, spaci...
Last weekend I was lucky enough to be able to spend the day at a series of conferences and workshops entitled ‘The Embodiment of the Dao: Daoist Yangsheng Practices and the Cultivation of Health and Vitality’. It was an inspiring and informative da...
A recent study has found that T’ai Chi can improve quality of life for fibromyalgia sufferers, with both mental and physical improvements noted for the T’ai Chi group, significantly more than the control group who were given wellness education and ...
The Telegraph have reported a study by researchers of Tufts University in Massachusetts which has shown that T’ai Chi practice leads to a significant improvement in symptoms of arthritis of the knee. As well as reduced pain, the participants were able to...
