 “ITQTC publishes ground breaking review of the 'evidence base’ for Qigong and Tai Chi."
The Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi in Santa Barbara CA in collaboration with Arizona State University and the University of Arizona has just had a breakthrough review of Chinese wellness practices — Tai Chi and Qigong — published in the prestigious American Journal of Health Promotion.
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 On the Significance of Tradition and Lineage in Taijiquan.
by Shifu Teresa A. White
My summer vacation this year was spent in the lush Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina with my teachers Shifu Tina Zhang and Laoshi Frank Allen of New York’s Wu-Tang Physical Culture Association as part of the workshop/retreats sponsored by Healing Tao USA every summer.
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Taking a Short Hiatus!
IMOS will be taking a short 6 week hiatus this fall as we work on relaunching the Journal with a content management system. The new site will be more community inter-active, and easier to navigate. Look for us on October 1st 2010.
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 Qigong: Unleash Incredible Healing Powers
According to the National Center of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Qigong is recognized as a Mind-Body Medicine. Focus on the breath, body posture and state of awareness opens up the channels for energy (Qi) to be moved. Through Qigong exercises practitioners are able to correct energy imbalances within the body. |
Hopkins Nurse Helps Older, Low-Income Adults Age Safely at Home
In Baltimore City, dozens of older adults are now aging safely in their homes, thanks to the work of Assistant Professor Sarah L. Szanton, PhD, CRNP, at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. |
Taoist Tai Chi of Canada turns 40
The 40th anniversary of the Taoist Tai Chi Society of Canada, the world’s largest non-profit Tai hi organization, is being marked with an international day of awareness.
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Biophysicist explores the science behind the mind-body practice of tai chi
The UC Irvine professor of developmental & cell biology and biomedical engineering has become an internationally recognized expert in tai chi as well as qigong — a more diverse family of Chinese mind-body practices — and he has advanced training in several major styles of kung fu. |
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Beginning this Fall our featured articles will be focused around central themes. Here are the themes for our upcoming issues.
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