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Effect of Tai Chi on depression symptoms and sleep quality among older adult women after exercise cessation

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Research in Sports Medicine (January 2021)  Liang Cheng1,2, Li Qian1, Shuwan Chang1 & Benxiang He2 1 Sichuan Sport College: Chengdu, Sichuan, CN2 Chengdu Sport University: Chengdu, CN Abstract This study investigated the effects of Tai Chi exercise on the psychological health and sleep quality of older adult women after exercise cessation. Nineteen Tai Chi practitioners and 20 controls completed the […]

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Tai Chi listed as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage

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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) inscribed on Thursday China’s Taijiquan on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The decision was announced during the online meeting of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage held from December 14 to 19 in Kingston, capital […]

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Qigong for the Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of COVID-19 Infection in Older Adults

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Fan Feng, M.D., Ph.D.,1 Sylvie Tuchman, B.A.,2 John W. Denninger, M.D., Ph.D.,1 Gregory L. Fricchione, M.D.,1 and Albert Yeung, M.D., Sc.D.1,2,⁎ The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (May 2020)  Abstract The elderly are at high risk of contracting respiratory infectious diseases, including COVID-19 infection. The recent pandemic has the potential to cause significant physical and mental damage in older adults. […]

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Moon Festival Celebrations

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by Amanda Heidke COVID-19 has certainly meant many changes to our year and the thought of not being able to celebrate Mid Autumn Festival was not a happy one. However the easing of NSW Health directives allowing gatherings of 20 enabled us to share Tai Chi, Qigong and Mooncakes in the most beautiful natural environment […]

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World Health Qigong Day 2020

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“World Health Qigong Day” was initiated by the International Health Qigong Federation and is celebrated on the 2nd Saturday of September each year. This year’s event’s slogan was: Have you Baduanjined today? Yes, we have! On 12 September 2020, Wushu & Tai Chi NSW, together with thousands of Health Qigong enthusiasts from all over the […]

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Qigong, Philosophical Reading, and the Cultivation of Attention: Chinese Contemplative Body Practices and Slow Philosophy

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 by Steven Geisz Sport, Ethics and Philosophy(April 2020)  Abstract Qigong practices are contemplative body practices and meditation techniques that emerge from Chinese philosophical, medical, and martial traditions. This paper argues that Qigong is a kind of embodied philosophical activity that is analogous to the ‘slow philosophy’ called for by Michelle Boulous Walker. Four features of […]

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