Dr. Roger Jahnke, of The Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi, shares Eastern medicine as interpreted for the Western approach to medicine. What is Qi? Can it be explained in terms of functionality for Western science? In the video below, Dr. Jahnke proposes that the Eastern concept of Qi [...]
Our knowledge of fascia is beginning to expand rapidly. Until recently, it was viewed simply as extra tissue surrounding organs in the body. It was the “stuff” that surgeons cut through to reach the targeted organs. Now researchers are realizing there is more significance to the matrix of fascia that [...]
Studies over the past two decades show that the brain can grow and make new connections over our lifetime and that exercise can promote this process. Recent meta-analysis of 20 studies on Tai Chi and cognition indicate that “Tai Chi appears to improve executive function—the ability to multitask, manage time, [...]
After a fall, many Seniors feel apprehensive about resuming their normal activities for fear of falling again. Curtailing normal activities and exercise results in a loss of balance and strength, which only makes a person more vulnerable to another serious fall. The National Council on Aging recognizes 14 exercise programs [...]
As reported in the New York Times (2010), a clinical trial at Tufts Medical Center and published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that after 12 weeks of tai chi, patients with fibromyalgia, a chronic pain condition, did significantly better in measurements of pain, fatigue, physical functioning, sleeplessness [...]