For many, tai chi brings to mind scenes of people in a peaceful park, performing graceful movements that are more ballet than marital art. That idea isn't too far off, according to Scott Caulpetzer of ...

About 15 minutes into my online tai chi class, a notification popped up on my laptop about an email I’d been waiting for all morning. I dropped the exercise we were doing and ran over to check what it ...

There is more to this than simply walking and thinking. You also need to master breathing techniques and focus heavily on balance. The exercise itself appears relatively gentle, which is what makes it ...

SOUTH SIOUX CITY | Excuse Jacque Perez as she "parts the wild horse's mane," "hand strums a lute" and "grasps the tail of a bird." In other words, the Norm Waitt Sr. YMCA fitness instructor is ...

An ancient form of Chinese exercise may hold hope for staving off a modern illness - type 2 diabetes, according to a university researcher. People with - or at risk of developing - diabetes who took ...

While workouts like high-intensity interval training (HIIT) have only been popular since the early 2000s, many other types of exercise have been around much longer. Pilates, for instance, began nearly ...

Watching a group of people doing tai chi, an exercise often called “meditation in motion,” it may be hard to imagine that its slow, gentle, choreographed movements could actually make people stronger.

Physical therapist Susan Welsh says that the movements in Tai Chi are helpful in addressing back pain, knee, hip and foot problems. "Motion is the lotion,” she said. That's why Welsh, director of the ...

Whether you prefer quick and fast or slow and easy, Zhuang's Tai Chi and Kung Fu Academy has you covered. Like a flowing river, the ancient Chinese martial art tai chi consists of slow movements ...

The intersection of ancient wisdom and modern neuroscience has revealed remarkable insights into brain health enhancement through tai chi practice. This centuries-old martial art is proving to be a ...

Walk past a park or stroll through a gym and you might find people practicing tai chi. The flowing exercise-meets-meditation has been around for many centuries and is renowned for its roster of health ...