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Benefits from Practice of T'ai Chi Chih! Joy Thru Movement
Because T'ai Chi Chih practice circulates and balances the life energy within
the body, people report not only wellness and increased vitality but also
relief from aliments and diseases. Listen to people of all ages from all
over the world who have practiced TCC and experienced its many benefits tell
you their stories. (excepts from Blooming the Flower, T'ai Chi Chih
Experiences)
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A University of Wisconsin study (Richard Detert, Ph.D.,
LaCrosse, WS) found that T'ai Chi Chih practitioners experienced a
decreased number of headaches and quicker healing time. As estimated 40
million American experience chronic headaches. Migraine victims alone
lose more than 64 million workdays because of headache pain.
Headaches and Migraines
I'd had episodes of migraine headaches since I was a
teen. Almost none of the miediations address the onset of the migraine
known as the aura, which in my case caused temporary partial blindness.
I atttended a Seijaku (advanced TCC) class. One evening I coul see the
subtle onset of the aure; I immediately started to practice Seijaku.
Within 20 minutes, teh aura was gone; the headache never arrived. I have
not had a migraine since. At last I possess the means to defeat the
auras and migraines that plauged me for 30 hears. I am finalyy free.
— John Rogers, Albuquerque, NM, Vital Force 1997 |
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Athletic Performance |
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University of California's Berkeley Wellness Letter,
February 1994, reports: "T'ai Chi calls for smooth, slow
movement that requires balance, coordination and body awareness.
That's why many college and professional sports teams include
tai chi as part of their training." I heard from another
rock climber that TCC practice would give me more focus and
balance. It was true; I advanced one whole levle in climbing
skill. I used to feel that my feet were separate from my hands;
now they are not. I am with the rock. —
Dennis Zallen, TCC teacher and rock climing instructor, Albuquerque, NM |
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Back Pain |
| I had been experiencing sciatic back
pain (with riverting pain down the back of may right
leg) for 18 years. During my first T'ai Chi Chih class
in 1996, my right leg began to shake and felt as if it
were goint to collapse. I thought I should drop out of
the class. That night I went to bed and much to my
surprise woke up in bed the next morning. You see, for
18 years I would start in bed but have to move to the
floor due to intesne back pain. Since that very first
class, I have had very few episodes of back pain. I also
now sleep the whole night in bed. — Ann Rodgers, Albuquerque, NM, NM T'ai Chi Chih®
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My student Barbara
Friedman had had pain in her hip and expected to need a
replacement hip. After the second day of TCC she had no pain, and
on the fifth day, she was running up hills. Needless to
say, she feels she no longer needs hip replacement
surgery. — Jean Katus, TCC
teacher, Fort Yates, ND, Vital Force, December, 1995 |
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| Energy |
You can go in with low energy or be agitated or nervous or
tired, and when you finish even 20 minutes of T'ai Chi Chih you
feel a decrease in these symptoms. — Hannah
Hedrick, spokeswomen for the American Medical Association and
TCC teacher, Chicago, IL In the
beginning it was hard to muster the energy to practice, but I
always ended with more energy than I had started with, and so I
continued. The benefits that I derived were increased energy and
improved mental focus. — Eddy Perez, TCC student Newark, CA,
Vitial Force, June 1995
The main reason [I continue practicing]
is for the beneifts it provdes me eighty after doing the
exercises, the wakefulness, the alertness and how ready I am for
the day. After these exercises I am ready to go out and dothing
and o not need to rely on massive amounts of coffee to ge me
ready. — Dan Carpenter, student, of Sharon Sirkis, Columbia, MD,
Vital Force, June 1999 |
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