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Sitting down to do tai chi

Posted by Fiona Anderson. on Tuesday, March 25, 2014,
A friend of mine in hospital asked me if tai chi could be done without standing up. Although asked as a joke, this is actually what I  do with some of my clients.... Certain clients have mobility issues and others feel like sitting down is where they're at.

For such clients, I've devised a routine that's a combination of tai chi breathing exercises (chi kung) and tai chi massage, which they feel happy to try out and persevere at. With one such group, I've been doing this for 3 months or so and...
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Stand up for health!

Posted by Fiona Anderson. on Tuesday, August 20, 2013,
I have been struck by the sheer number of people in motorised wheelchairs that I see every day... combined with tv adverts for circulation boosters and the like.

From my perspective as a former couch potato, I think plain truth is: use it or lose it! 

One of the most basic exercises you can do in most tai chi styles, is standing in a horse stance (legs like you're riding a horse, knees slightly bent), with your arms in front of you (as if you're holding a giant dinosaur egg pointing away from ...
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