In a fast-paced world dominated by busy schedules, seemingly constant noise and inescapable stress, Phyllis Bagwell is most grateful for tai chi. When she practices the slow, meditative movements, she ...

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 ...

Benefits come from those who practice its combination of slow movements, deep breathing and focus. Tai chi, an ancient Chinese form of exercise dating to more than 700 years ago, is taking its place ...

Researchers found that tai chi classes helped older adults improve their subtle problems with cognition (memory and thinking skills). It also helped them with a fundamental multitasking skill: walking ...

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 ...

Tai chi is adaptable for people with a wide range of physical abilities. Many classes and different forms of tai chi are available for anyone in Humboldt County. The description many people use for ...

WILKES-BARRE —When 89-year-old Jeannette Garber, of Wilkes-Barre, tells you tai chi makes her arms and legs stronger, and 81-year-old Anne Visoky, of Plains Township, says it gives her greater balance ...

Bernie Hart's first piece of advice is "Don't worry." The second, "Don't think." "Just follow," he tells the 31 homeless people standing behind him. And so Nancy Freeman did. Rows back from Hart, a ...