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Healthy Aging Month: What the New Tai Chi Evidence Map Shows

September is Healthy Aging Month, a time to think beyond simply living longer and focus on living better. Healthy aging means maintaining the physical, mental, and emotional abilities that help…

Breath, Stabilize, Rebuild: Liuzijue (Six Healing Sounds) Qigong for Stroke Rehabilitation

When people think about improving balance, they usually think about stronger legs, better coordination, or practicing standing exercises. But what if one of the most important places to start is…

The Structured Path to My Tai Chi Teacher Certification

How an ATCQA-Accredited Program Guided My Journey By Meg Fortune McDonnell (ATCQA-certified Associate Instructor) Grandmaster Liang Tung-tsai once said: “At first I take up Tai Chi as a hobby, gradually…

The Sense of Belonging: A Powerful Factor for a Lasting Tai Chi Habit

Why do some people continue practicing Tai Chi for years while others gradually stop? One of the most practical chapters in Atomic Habits offers an intriguing answer. James Clear argues…

Breath, Stabilize, Rebuild: Liuzijue (Six Healing Sounds) Qigong for Stroke Rehabilitation (Premium)

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Tai Chi and Qigong on Your Summer Vacation

Summer vacation season is here. Whether you are heading to the beach, taking a cruise, embarking on a road trip, or flying across the country, your Tai Chi or Qigong…

Deconstructed Tai Chi Step Training: A Novel Approach for Rehab and Fall Prevention

A recent scientific study may quietly reshape how Tai Chi is understood in rehabilitation and falls prevention. Most Tai Chi practitioners already know that Tai Chi improves balance and reduces…

Tai Chi for Preventing Frailty Before It Starts

Most people think of frailty as something that happens late in life. But long before frailty develops, many older adults enter a stage called prefrailty—a period marked by subtle changes…

Could Qigong Help Us Discover a Hidden Human Sense?

Most of us learned in school that humans have five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. Modern science has since expanded that list to include other sensory systems, such…

Tai Chi for Preventing Frailty Before It Starts (Premium)

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