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Arthritis and Taoist Tai Chi® arts

If you have been recently diagnosed or have been suffering for years, you know that arthritis of all kinds can cause pain and problems with mobility and flexibility. Over time it can affect your energy and your enjoyment of life.

Tai chi is very effective in helping people who have arthritis. With Taoist Tai Chi® practice many people have found they can reduce pain, move more flexibly and freely, and increase their energy. In addition people practicing Taoist Tai Chi® arts have found a sense of lightness and well-being.

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Stories of Improved Quality of Life

Video 1: A man describes how Taoist Tai Chi® practice has improved his osteoarthritis and psoriatic arthritis, and allowed him to regain much of his mobility.

Video 2: A woman describes how Taoist Tai Chi® practice has significantly improved her arthritis, which has made a tremendous difference in her life.

Video 3: A long-term practitioner of Taoist Tai Chi® arts tells the story of how she was unable to walk, stand or sit for long periods due to severe pain and has since become pain free through her dedicated Taoist Tai Chi® practice.

What are practitioners with arthritis saying about Taoist Tai Chi® arts

Taoist Tai Chi® arts changed my life. I was able to get off my rheumatoid arthritis drugs completely.  I felt physically and emotionally strong enough to adopt a baby on my own.

– Margaret, Canada

As a result of Taoist Tai Chi® practice, I no longer suffer from osteoarthritis in my spine and no longer take medication.

– Michelle, USA

I have flat feet.  This was so painful that it was hard for me to walk at all. My Taoist Tai Chi® arts instructor helped me find moves from the set that I could do, first only a little, but with daily practice more and more.  Now some 10 years later my feet get tired and ache but there is no severe foot pain.

I recently had my feet examined by a foot specialist. He looked at the x-rays and asked me what I did for exercise. I showed him some of my Taoist Tai Chi® practice. He said, “I do not know why the Tai Chi works but never stop doing it because all the joints in your feet are out of alignment. Usually this causes crippling arthritis, but your feet show almost no sign of arthritis at all.

– Polly, Canada

Cultivate health and well-being with Taoist Tai Chi® practice

The whole body approach of Taoist Tai Chi® arts has a profound effect on all aspects of our health and well being. Mind, body and spirit are deeply nourished and transformed.

Taoist Tai Chi® practice involves a full range of motion with deep stretching and continuous turning of the spine. It exercises the whole physiology including muscular, skeletal and circulatory systems, as well as tendons, joints, connective tissue and organs, increasing strength, flexibility and resilience, whatever our condition. It is a form of moving meditation that has a penetrating and relaxing effect on the nervous system and the brain, reducing anxiety, lightening the spirit, calming and clearing the mind.

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