by Adams Media, 2018 | This essential take-anywhere guide explains the numerous mindfulness benefits of tai chi and shows how to use this ancient martial art to reduce stress and improve overall wellness.Often called “moving mediation,” tai chi is an ancient practice with numerous health benefits our modern, over-stressed society needs. Not only is tai chi […]
Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health (February 2021) A Bradshaw, L Walker, E Borgstrom & S.M. Burke Abstract Advanced, incurable disease is a highly stressful and traumatic life event that can lead to losses of social identity, social connectedness, and losses associated with bodily disintegration. The combination of these losses makes it difficult to remain […]
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 […]
From World Tai Chi & Qigong Day Organisers: Sunday, January 17th 2021 at 06.00-08.00 am (Sydney time) (Saturday, January 16th, 2021 at 02.00-04.00 pm (USA Eastern time)) You are invited to join an historic FREE Official Online World Tai Chi & Qigong Day Summit, featuring Harvard Medical School’s Director of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
The 4th World Health Qigong Day will be held globally on 12 September 2020. The theme of World Health Qigong Day 2020 is “Have You Baduanjined Today?” Among the ancient Daoyin in China, Baduanjin is the most widely spread form. Among the Health Qigong promoted to the world, Health Qigong Baduanjin is also the form practised by the largest number of people in the world. This theme is in […]
