Participants in yoga, tai chi, and Pilates all benefit physically and mentally from the exercises. However, there are differences between the forms. Yoga, considered a branch of classical philosophy ...

Tai chi is a self-paced system of gentle exercises. It is a series of postures and movements that flow in a slow, graceful manner. Falls are the leading cause of injury in people 65 and older.

Every week in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Zibin Guo guides veterans in wheelchairs through slow-motion tai chi poses as a Bluetooth speaker plays soothing instrumental music. "Cloudy hands to the right, ...

October 8, 2007 (Chicago) -- The Asian exercise tai chi is comparable to but not quite as effective as a brisk walk for raising heart rate variability (HRV), according to a poster presented here at ...

Matt Lauters knows the benefits of the Chinese arts of tai chi and qigong and demonstrated some of them to a group of people at the St. Peter Community Center. Saturday was World Tai Chi and Qigong ...

FORT WALTON BEACH – As a child, Sharon Triplett was a ball of energy. Her mother would call her fidgety. While it wasn’t exactly the same as an adult; she had a similar issue, anxiety. It persisted ...

Veterans in Murfreesboro, Tenn., enjoy a wheelchair tai chi class; other alternative health programs now commonly offered at VA hospitals in the U.S. include yoga, mindfulness training and art therapy ...