Tai Chi Benefits

Growing old may not be all that nice, but it is interesting. People who say old age is wonderful might be kidding. Whatever a writer, orator, sage or medical science may say about it, old age is still an old age. Especially for some people who tend to think old age is a shipwreck can hardly grow old gracefully and happily. For others, even though when people grow old they lose certain things they treasure – vitality, mental sharpness and looks – but also at the same time they gain what they spend their lives pursuing: the happiness.

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Tai chi is an ancient Chinese meditative exercise. It involves slow circular movements and balance-shifting practice – often called ‘meditation in motion.’ It is the meditative, slow-motion exercise. Self-care practice of tai chi has a host of health benefits. It may help lessen pain from arthritis, reduce blood pressure, relieve from fibromyalgia (body-wide pain), improve sleep, and ease depression in the elderly. The benefit of tai chi extends to everyone: from cancer survivors to patients battling fibromyalgia to people with chronic heart failure and depression. With overall improved balance, it is very good for patients struggling with vestibular disorder which is a set of inner ear balance disorder that causes vertigo, dizziness, nausea and other problems. For men and women of an average of 70 years old, tai chi enhances performance in 4 types of physical capabilities: (a) grip strength, (b) walking speed, (c) standing balance, and (d) ‘chair rises’ (how quickly and smoothly one goes from a sitting position to standing position). Strength and control in all of these areas are associated with fewer