Mayo Clinic on Tai Chi for Seniors

JonSR77

JonSR77

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I agree. Years ago, while back packing through China for 2 months, I will never forget watching a group of seniors in a park. It was just at the break of dawn and there must of been about 200 of these seniors doing Tai-Chi to Johann Strauss's "Blue Danube Waltz." Imagine, 200 old Chinese all doing the same thing at the same time. You have to see it to believe it. It was an amazing sight and I will remember it in my mind's eye until the day I die!
 
Packerjohn said:
I agree. Years ago, while back packing through China for 2 months, I will never forget watching a group of seniors in a park. It was just at the break of dawn and there must of been about 200 of these seniors doing Tai-Chi to Johann Strauss's "Blue Danube Waltz." Imagine, 200 old Chinese all doing the same thing at the same time. You have to see it to believe it. It was an amazing sight and I will remember it in my mind's eye until the day I die!
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Here, people do tai-chi in the parks and in malls, and have been doing so for many years.
I have a non-Asian friend who started taking tai-chi in her early 20's, and is still taking it in her 70's.
When we took the beginner's class, I lost weight, even though the movements are slow. I found it to be relaxing, yet invigorating, if that makes sense.
 

Packerjohn said:
I agree. Years ago, while back packing through China for 2 months, I will never forget watching a group of seniors in a park. It was just at the break of dawn and there must of been about 200 of these seniors doing Tai-Chi to Johann Strauss's "Blue Danube Waltz." Imagine, 200 old Chinese all doing the same thing at the same time. You have to see it to believe it. It was an amazing sight and I will remember it in my mind's eye until the day I die!
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Interesting that they were doing that to Western classical music. But, makes complete sense to me. Sounds very relaxing. I had not known that it was done to music, at all.

My brother and his wife do Tai-Chi (wu su form). I took a couple of classes back when they started in the 80s. Amazing, excellent exercise. Very gentle, almost like dance. I guess..I can't dance a lick. But even with only what I did, I could tell it was developing powerful leg strength and balance and a strong core.

Their Tai-Chi teacher was a former kung-fu teacher (also wu su form). He was also a former boxer. When he was in his 60s, old injuries caught up with him and he switched to teaching Tai-Chi.
 
Pinky said:
Here, people do tai-chi in the parks and in malls, and have been doing so for many years.
I have a non-Asian friend who started taking tai-chi in her early 20's, and is still taking it in her 70's.
When we took the beginner's class, I lost weight, even though the movements are slow. I found it to be relaxing, yet invigorating, if that makes sense.
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That is wonderful. My brother and his wife do Tai-Chi. Back in the 80s, I took a couple of classes. I had the exact same experience you did.

I had taken Hatha Yoga earlier. The breathing in Hatha Yoga is different than in Tai-Chi. So, they usually recommend doing one or the other. So, I stayed with Hatha Yoga.
 
terry123 said:
Did it years ago but slowly neglected it. Would like to start again but just keep putting it off.
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I have that with disciplines that I do. Life keeps interfering with what I want to do. But I still do a bunch of things daily. Actually easier. The more stretching I do, the less stiffness and pain. So, it works out to be easier to do the work, than not.
 

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