Tai Chi For Health

• Autore: Maisel Edward
• Pubblicazione: San Francisco : , : Hauraki Publishing, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (172 pages)
• Disciplina: 613.7/148
• Soggetto topico: Tai chi; Exercise
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- DEDICATION -- PART I-LEARNING ABOUT TAI CHI: The important health benefits it offers you -- 1-Tai Chi: The What and the Why -- Tai Chi: A Non-strenuous, Pleasant Conditioner -- Tai Chi-a Health Secret from Ancient China -- Tai Chi's Benefits Endorsed by Medical Authorities -- The Dangers of Strenuous Physical Activity -- The Effect of Exercise on Life Span -- Sports Are Not the Answer -- 2-How Tai Chi Works Wonders for Your Health -- Tai Chi: An All-Around Conditioner -- 108 Easy Ways to Health-Done Slow and Easy -- Not a Dance or a Performance -- No Special Clothing or Equipment Needed -- Practice Anywhere -- The Breath of Life -- The Benefits of Good Breathing -- How Tai Chi Helps You Breathe -- Avoid the "Oxygen Jag" -- 3-Other Health Benefits of Tai Chi -- Age Is No Barrier -- A Way to Remain Youthful -- Continuous Flowing Movement Is the Secret -- Tai Chi in Three Sections -- Tai Chi Prevents Freak Injuries -- How to Relax and Sleep Well -- Arthritis and Tai Chi -- If You Are Overweight -- Other Personal Problems and Diabetes -- Benefits the Eyes -- 4-Greater Mental Powers Through Tai Chi -- Tai Chi-The Safe Tranquilizer -- Furnishes Strong Motivation -- Never Becomes Dismal or a Dull Habit -- Awakens Your Mental Powers -- Become a "Whole" Person -- The "Crown of the Senses" -- The Somato-Psychic Benefits -- Advantages Not Found in Yoga -- 5-Tai Chi and Your Heart -- Heart Trouble Is Widespread -- Lack of Physical Activity-a Major Factor -- Daily Exercise-a Preventive Measure -- How Tai Chi Benefits the Heart -- What Research Revealed -- Tai Chi Supplies that Certain "Something" -- Tai Chi-the "Wise" Exercise -- 6-Relaxation and Relief from Body Aches and Pains -- How to Relax the Entire Body -- Become a Marionette -- Your Body Becomes Efficient -- Tai Chi Relieves Backache -- Adapt Tai Chi to Your Body. ; PART II-THE PRACTICE OF TAI CHI: How To Do It -- The Ten Basic Rules -- A Way to Begin -- Six Helpful Hints -- Section One-Lessons 1-15 (Form 1-20) -- Section Two-Lessons 1-15 (Form 21-57) -- Section Three-Lessons 1-15 (Form 58-108) -- Short Tai Chi -- Continuing with Tai Chi -- Tai Chi to the Left -- Tai Chi with Speed -- To Advance with Tai Chi -- Handy Check-list of the 108 Forms -- PART III-THE STORY OF TAI CHI: How It Can Help You Gain New Benefits from Your Practice -- 7-How It All Began -- Male and Female -- Breathing and Butting -- Imitation of Animal Movements -- Our 108 Forms and the 37 Actions -- 8-The Search for the Mysterious Old Man -- Tai Chi and Self-Defense -- Chang San-feng, Tai Chi's Originator -- The Secret of Immortality -- Effortlessness-the Key to Tai Chi -- 9-A 400-Year Secret -- The Northern School and the Southern School -- How the Chens Kept "The Secret" -- How "The Secret" Was Revealed to the World -- The First School -- Carrying on the Ancient Tradition -- 10-On to America! -- Tai Chi in Modern Times -- Widespread Adoption of Tai Chi -- Other Forms of Tai Chi -- The Tai Chi Boom in America -- APPENDIX-THE THREE CLASSIC WRITINGS ON TAI CHI -- I. A Discussion on the Practice of Tai Chi Chuan -- II The Treatise on Tat Chi Chuan -- III. An Exposition on the Practice of the 13 Movement Forms.
• Titolo autorizzato: Tai Chi For Health
• ISBN: 1-78625-902-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910156270503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II