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In addition, Lam has written four books: Overcoming Arthritis, Tai Chi for Diabetes, Tai Chi for Beginners and the 24 Forms, and Teaching Tai Chi Effectively. I very much enjoy creating the Tai Chi for Health programs, training people to teach the programs, doing research for those programs, and writing books to help people learn the programs. In fact, for anybody who wants to learn tai chi for health, the program we eventually produced is much more effective at improving people’s health and...
Are you experienced in using tai chi or qigong with older adults? In the Nov/Dec 2009 issue of Active Aging Today, we are pleased to showcase Paul Lam, MD, a world-renowned leader in tai chi for health. I invite anyone with knowledge and experience using tai chi, qigong, or other similar forms of exercise to share your program with the readers of Active Aging Today.
Pamela Kircher, MD, a family physician and former medical director of integrative medicine at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango, Colorado, found that practicing, and teaching, tai chi – particularly Tai Chi for Health programs – can do exactly this. Today I stay balanced in my own life as I practice tai chi regularly and teach tai chi to others to help them stay balanced in their lives. As the purpose of learning tai chi changed from martial arts for the elite to improving health, I ...
The American Journal of Health Promotion published an across-the-board review of the health effects of qigong and tai chi, finding that they offer many physical and mental health advantages. The American Journal of Health Promotion published an across-the-board review of the health effects of qigong and tai chi, finding that they offer many physical and mental health advantages, with benefits for the heart, immune system and overall quality of life. “A Comprehensive Review of Health ...
