Tai Chi for Health

Tai Chi Chuan is the ancient Chinese exercise form that is performed in a slow, relaxed, continuous manner. Totally absorbing for mind and body, it exercises all the muscles without straining any, and the concentration required provides refreshment for the mind as well. Its graceful movements can be done by young and aged people, in a small space, with no special equipment and in street clothes. Once you have learned the forms, it takes about 15 minutes to go through them at the proper slow pace. This comprehensive book gives clear instructions and illustrations for the movements; it indicates the many health benefits of the exercises; and it offers a history of the forms and the writings of their 13th-century originators.