Bodies turn and arms unfold in slow, fluid movements as Karen Fischer leads a class at the Willmar Community Center through the disciplined steps of tai chi. Tai chi instructor Karen Fischer, center, ...

In a fast-paced world dominated by busy schedules, seemingly constant noise and inescapable stress, Phyllis Bagwell is most grateful for tai chi. When she practices the slow, meditative movements, she ...

Mary Ann Kazanecki and Jemiel Grant raise a leg to strike at the poles. Their instructor, Doreen Rakowski, advised them to hit the pole with their thighs rather than hit their thighs with the pole.

WILKES-BARRE —When 89-year-old Jeannette Garber, of Wilkes-Barre, tells you tai chi makes her arms and legs stronger, and 81-year-old Anne Visoky, of Plains Township, says it gives her greater balance ...

Physical therapist Susan Welsh says that the movements in Tai Chi are helpful in addressing back pain, knee, hip and foot problems. "Motion is the lotion,” she said. That's why Welsh, director of the ...

Researchers found that tai chi classes helped older adults improve their subtle problems with cognition (memory and thinking skills). It also helped them with a fundamental multitasking skill: walking ...

Tai chi chuan, often shortened to tai chi, originated in China as a martial art for self-defense. But, in recent years, it has gained popularity among the general population as a beneficial exercise.

Tai Chi also improves mood, confidence and quality of life, studies suggest. April 26, 2011— -- Every morning, rain or shine, a group of Chinese elders spread out along the lower East River bike ...

Bernie Hart's first piece of advice is "Don't worry." The second, "Don't think." "Just follow," he tells the 31 homeless people standing behind him. And so Nancy Freeman did. Rows back from Hart, a ...