So many people are stressed, that they find it hard to relax into just being themselves. There's always a deadline, or a difficult task, or demanding people; always something that works against being relaxed.

When I first started tai chi, I was extremely stressed and one of my friends asked how I could possibly manage to go out to tai chi after work, but tai chi was the only time I could just do things, just work at my own pace, just be myself. Indeed, knowing I had tai chi in the eveni...

People keep asking me if they can lose weight doing tai chi. There are two answers to this – both yes and no apply:

I myself lost 20kg through doing tai chi and changing my diet. However, my intention hadn't been to lose weight – having tried a conventional diet and been driven mad by counting the minutes until the next bite of food was allowed, I'd given up on those. Also, at that time (ten years ago), I was living a truly unhealthy lifestyle – I'd go home, have a ready meal and fl...