Are you searching for a safe, light-intensity cardiovascular workout?
Tai Chi is a technique which enhances your physical and mental health, as well as to improve balance, strength, flexibility and posture. Tai Chi is also said to increase mood, reduce pain, strengthen your immune system and improve overall heart health. Whether you are young or old, this form of exercise focuses the mind and boosts your cognitive skills.
What is Tai Chi?
Tai chi, short for T'ai chi ch'üan or Tàijí quán, sometimes colloquially known as "Shadowboxing," is an internal Chinese martial art practiced for defense training, health benefits and meditation. The term taiji is a Chinese cosmological concept for the flux of yin and yang, and 'quan' means fist. It was developed by Chen Wangting around 1670. It is characterised by contrasting and complimentary movements-slow and soft versus fast and hard.
What are the benefits of Tai Chi?
When learnt correctly and performed regularly, tai chi can be a positive part of an overall approach to improving your health. The benefits of tai chi may include:
· Decreased stress, anxiety and depression
· Improved mood
· Improved aerobic capacity
· Increased energy and stamina
· Improved flexibility, balance and agility
· Improved muscle strength and definition
More research is currently been explored to understand further health benefits of tai chi. It has been shown that some evidence includes tai chi may also help with:
· Enhancing the quality of sleep
· Enhancing the immune system
· Help to lower blood pressure
· Reducing joint pain
· Improves symptoms of congestive heart failure
· Enhances overall well-being
· Reduces the risk of falls in older adults
