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- Change Your Life, Change the World - World Tai Chi & Qigong Day - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2019 from Bill DouglasOn the last Saturday of April each year people all over the world come together to promote spiritual awakening, global peace and cooperation, and mind-body practices that can save the world trillions of dollars in saved healthcare costs. World Tai Chi & Qigong Day was originally founded as a ...
Views: 1067 - How Can Tai Chi Offer the World a New Generation of Geniuses? - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2012 from Bill DouglasHow Could this Change the World for ALL of Us? A few years ago I caught part of a major network news program on genius children and their's and their parent's experiences with public schools pressuring them to place these children on Ritalin. Some of the parents being interviewed had found ...
Views: 2381(1 vote) - Cardiac Rehabilitation and Tai Chi - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2012 from Bill DouglasGreat news for those rehabilitating from Cardiac related illness! And for everyone else! The BBC reported on a US study of 30 patients which found regular Tai Chi classes gave patients better movement and reduced BNP levels, a measure of heart failure. The British Heart Foundation said the study ...
Views: 1390(2 votes) - DIABETES AND TAI CHI THERAPY - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2012 from Bill DouglasI was quite surprised when I began searching for research on Tai Chi’s benefits for diabetes . . . it was very difficult to come by. Because on its face, Tai Chi seems to possibly offer many benefits to someone with diabetes. Tai Chi is known to stimulate microcirculation in practitioners, and ...
Views: 2860(1 vote) - The Tao of Our Economic Crisis - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from Bill DouglasWorld Tai Chi & Qigong Day will expand across hundreds of cities in over 65 nations and all 50 US states soon. It may offer something that can profoundly benefit our national and global economy. How? The Chinese character for “crisis” is made up of two other characters, “danger,” and ...
Views: 1315 - Burn Calories, Dump Stress, Boost Immune Function - Without Sweating= - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2009 from Bill DouglasTime Magazine wrote, "... Tai Chi is the perfect exercise ..." While serving as the Tai Chi Expert at DrWeil.com, I learned that best selling author and acclaimed naturopathic physician, Andrew Weil, suggested that poor breathing habits are at the root of many of our health problems. This was ...
Views: 1274 - T'ai Chi in the Information Age - Ancient Cure for Modern Problems - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2009 from Bill DouglasAccording to a twenty-year study by Kaiser Permanente, between seventy and eighty-five percent of illness is caused by stress, meaning that in the U.S. alone stress is costing us about one-trillion dollars per year in healthcare costs. Since most absenteeism is due to stress, US business is ...
Views: 1421(1 vote) - High Blood Pressure and Tai Chi Therapy - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2009 from Bill DouglasWay back in 2003, the Journal of Alternative and Complimentary Medicine's Oct. 9th issue reported a study finding that Tai Chi "could decrease blood pressure and results in favorable lipid profile changes and improve subjects' anxiety status. Therefore, Tai Chi could be used as an alternative ...
Views: 1299 - Mass Insomnia is a Symptom of Economic Crisis - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2008 from Bill DouglasForbes reported a survey that found that since the economic stress hit America, over 90% of American workers are now suffering regular insomnia. Sleep loss increases the risk of heart attack, it lowers the immune system’s resistance to infection, and it aggravates mood disorders, increasing ...
Views: 2817(2 votes) - T'ai Chi in the Information Age - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2005 from Bill DouglasMost illness is caused by stress, making most absenteeism due to stress. In fact, aging is accelerated by stress. Studies show that change is stressful, even "good" change. So as we computer jockeys settle into the saddle of a new age of rapidly changing information, we need an edge that can ...
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