This post was updated Oct. 11 at 6:23 p.m. Peter Asco said he hasn’t caught a cold in 20 years. Asco credits his resilient health to the practice of tai chi, which not only has the ability to ...

You may have seen people doing tai chi in your local park — and for good reason. Thanks to its mental and physical health benefits, the centuries-old practice remains a popular way to work out the ...

Pat Fontaine has only practiced tai chi for a year, but she’s noticed a difference. Fontaine, a Williamsburg resident, said she has bad knees. This often throws off her balance. But after three months ...

Tai chi is nothing short of ferocious if you ask Laurence Berkley. The 77-year-old Sifu, or tai chi teacher, has traveled the world — destinations such as Hong Kong, Japan, Myanmar and Spain — over ...

The movements are slow and fluid. The practitioners feet are firmly planted on the ground while their arms and bodies mimic the moves of the teacher. Music softly fills the room. It is exercise and, ...

Stretching, bending, pushing and swirling in perfect unison and with deliberate slowness, scores of men and women, donned in white uniforms, moved as gracefully as wing-spreading swans hovering under ...

More Tai Chi participants maintained practice, supporting sustained insomnia remission . A new study published in The BMJ ...

Over the past 25 years, there have been almost 500 studies performed on the many health benefits of tai chi. Tai chi has been shown to increase strength, balance and flexibility, to decrease falls in ...

Adding a tai chi exercise program to standard medical care may help improve quality of life and mood among patients with heart failure (HF), data from a randomized study suggest. “Tai chi exercise, a ...

Yoga is an ancient Indian tradition, and the word is derived from Sanskrit meaning to join or to unite. It includes physical poses, breathing techniques and meditation. There are many different forms ...