The slow movements of Tai Chi can help you become more physically fit and maintain your health. Busy people who find themselves full of stress at the end of the workday will want to try Tai Chi to grow calmer and develop a sense of inner peace. People from all walks of life and a variety of circumstances turn to Tai Chi to help them increase their flexibility, improve balance and boost strength.

Tai Chi practitioners move very slowly, and the exercise is sometimes referred to as a form of meditation in motion. It is suitable for older people who want to regain muscle tone as well as avoid injuries caused by falling. You may have seen groups of people standing in your local park in the morning performing their Tai Chi movements and wondered if you could benefit from doing the same type of activity.

If you are interested in getting into the world of Tai Chi, there is no time like the present to get started. You can practice it every day and learn the various poses and movements to begin experiencing increased vitality and serenity.

Tai Chi Can Help You Stay Healthy

Tai Chi uses low-impact movements, which is idea for people who need to get into shape, such as novice exercisers, elderly people and people who are otherwise not suited for high-impact exercises that rely on quick movements. People recovering from surgery often choose Tai Chi to help them ease their way back into better physical condition.

You stretch your muscles out slowly as you perform the various Tai Chi movements, all the while keeping mindful of what you are doing and how your body feels.

About David-Dorian Ross

David-Dorian Ross is a renowned practitioner of Tai Chi. He has won the U.S. national gold medal seven times, the world silver medal once and the world bronze medal twice when competing internationally.

Ross traveled to China in 1991, where he met Wu Bin, who was serving as the Beijing Wushu team's head coach. The coach counts among his pupils the well-known martial arts star Jet Li. Ross lived in China to trade under Wu Bin as well as the Tai Chi master Feng Zhiqiang.

PBS viewers were treated to a 60-minute introduction to Tai Chi, in which he showed people how to perform Tai Chi movements, while explaining the underlying concepts, emphasizing freedom, flow and power.