Traditional and Alternative Medicine

T'AI CHI
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T'ai Chi means "the supreme ultimate." Since the olden times, Tai Chi has been considered as the highest form of exercise and martial arts because it enables the practitioner to accumulate, store, and cultivate "chi" or vital life force.

T'ai Chi is composed of slow, deliberate movements, meditation, and deep breathing, which enhance physical health and emotional well-being. It is based on spiritual and philosophical ideas that advocate a need for balance in the body, mind, and spirit.

T'ai Chi involves overall fitness, coordination, and agility. People who practice this gentle exercise program on a regular basis tend to have good posture, flexibility, and range of motion. They are more mentally alert and sleep more soundly at night.

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MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON TAI CHI

General Benefits: [T'ai Chi] teaches inner strength while tomnign muscles, increasing flexibility, and boosting immune power. It is also said to reduce stress, store up energy, increase body awarness, and improve balance and coordination. T'ai Chi was closely held secret of a few Chinese families for nearly 1,000 years... Men's Health Magazine. 8 Mar/Apr '93 p. 66-69

Physiological Benefits: Relative to measurement beforehand, practice of T'ai Chi raised hert rate, increased nonadrenaline excretion in urine, and decreased salivary cortisol concentration. Relative to baseline levels, [Test subjects] reported less tension, depression, anger, fatigue, confusion, and state-anxiety; they felt more vigorous, and in general they had less total mood disturbance. (American Psychological Association) Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 1989 Vol 33 (2) 197-206




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Other Benefits:

• Achieve psychological homeostasis


• Boost immune system


• Increase breathing capacity


• Cure aches and illnesses such as back/neck aches, hypertension, asthma, and insomnia


• Improve balance and flexibility


• Delay aging


• Delay the decline of cadio-respiratory function in older individuals

>> T'ai Chi appears to be safe for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients

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T'ai Chi classes:

Punch Out Gym,
5th flr World Center Building,
Makati, Manila
PHILIPPINES

Mondays and Wednesdays
7am-8am

For inquiries,
please email: Eric at jkeric@yahoo.com

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FREE TAI CHI AND QIGONG sessions (starting October 22, 2006)
Back of the U.P. Diliman Admin Building (Quezon Hall),
Quezon City, PHILIPPINES

Sundays
7-8:30am

For inquiries,
please text/call: Rudolph at +63918 210 3932 or (02)427 7419