2024 World Tai Chi Day
Join on us on April 27th, 2024 at 10 AM at the Allen Public Library Courtyard for another exciting year of World Tai Chi Day. We’ll showcase the Lu form of Tai Chi, Qigong, and more. Feel free to join in or just watch. Free and open to all! Seating is limited, so feel free…
Read MoreWorld Tai Chi and Qigong Day
10:00–11:00AM Always the last Saturday in April. April 29, 2023 Library Courtyard (weather permitting). The Allen Chapter of Lu Tai Chi Players will perform their Forms at the Allen Public Library to celebrate World Tai Chi and Qigong Day. Enjoy the demo and then join them to “Paint the Numbers the Tai Chi way”. Free;…
Read MoreWorld Tai Chi and Qigong Day
10:00–11:00 Saturday April 28 Library Courtyard (weather permitting). The Allen Chapter of Lu Tai Chi Players will perform their Forms at the Allen Public Library to celebrate World Tai Chi and Qigong Day. Enjoy the demo and then join them to “Paint the Numbers the Tai Chi way”. Free; no registration, all ages See: https://www.facebook.com/World-Tai-Chi-Qigong-Day-393654825812/…
Read MoreBalance – The Keynote To All Life
The Quality of your Life Depends on Balance. By Carole Lee Booth, Tai Chi Instructor at the City of Allen-Joe Farmer Rec Center & the Don Rodenbaugh Natatorium Change is constant and eternal. To work well with change is the key to Balance. From the moment you open your eyes in the morning to when…
Read MoreInternational Cultures Day
On Feb. 27, 2015, the Beverly Cheatham Elementary School in Allen, Texas, celebrated International Cultures Day. Terri Eck, teacher, (Left) and Insiya Patwa (on the right) orchestrated a program featuring people of 3 cultures most represented at their school… Hispanic, Indian and Asian. I demonstrated T’ai Chi from the Asian culture with some Form movements…
Read MoreLook Forward to Updated Information
On the blog page you will find the latest information about your Tai Chi Training. Carole and Kelly will be posting here regularly.
Read MoreRelieves Stress & Creates Peacefulness
The demands of living are stressful for adults of all ages. Although one cannot directly point to studies showing a reduction in stress from practicing tai chi the breathing, movement, and mental concentration required of individuals who practice tai chi may be just the distraction you need from your hectic lifestyle. The mind-body connection is…
Read MoreIncrease Energy & Alertness
Regular Tai chi practice has been shown to improve the ability to stay focused on particular tasks and studies have shown that it can increase mental alertness and clarity. This translates to operating efficiently and higher productivity. Various Tai chi movements incorporate ‘whole brain thinking’ using both left and right hemispheres as well as the…
Read MoreDevelops Strength and Endurance
One study took adults who practiced tai chi three times a week for 12 weeks (60-minute classes). These adults were given a battery of physical-fitness tests to measure balance, muscular strength and endurance, and flexibility before and after the 12 weeks. After just six weeks, statistically significant improvements were observed in balance, muscular strength, endurance,…
Read MoreImproves Balance, Grace & Health
Because tai chi movements are slow and deliberate with shifts of body weight from one leg to the other in coordination with upper body movements (sometimes with one leg in the air), it challenges balance and many have long assumed it helps improve balance and reduce fall frequency. A study involving 22 men and women…
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