A couple of interesting stories about the healing effects of tai chi and qi gong.
Told in 1986 that he had full-blown aids and just a year to live, Morris turned to tai chi its companion discipline qigong and later a cocktail of antiviral drugs. Now, HIV is virtually undetectable in his blood, and he teaches tai chi at various locations in Miami-Dade County.
And this one:
Libby Bolton lost something when she started doing traditional Chinese taiji, commonly known as tai chi, exercises as part of a University of Illinois study looking at benefits of physical activity for senior citizens.
"I was walking with a cane and I didn't have much balance at all," the 90-year-old resident at Parkview Senior Homes in Savoy said recently. "I came today without a cane."
And this one:
A new study shows tai chi chih -- a variant form of tai chi -- can boost seniors’ immunity to the shingles virus.
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