Quote Originally Posted by Cristina
BTW: I keep hearing about this tai chi stuff but I don't know what it is unfortunately. Can you give me a detailed explanation of its purposes please ? Thanks.

Tai chi is like martial arts in slow-mo... think kung fu or jujitsu but reeeeeeally slow.

It is aggressive in form, but not a martial art you fight with.

You work on breathing and centring your body and your thoughts. Your balance improves and I always feel more able to cope with my working week if I have had an hours concentrated tai chi during the week.

Because you move so slowly, you get a great large muscle workout - but although your body heats up, most people don't break a sweat cause it is not aerobic.

Its a wonderful all-over stretch routine too... see if you can find someone to teach you - I have learned through night classes with one of the local schools.