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Should You Take Online Qigong Classes?
If you’ve been considering taking a Qigong class, you have likely discovered that online Qigong classes have become more accessible. The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way we deal with in-person classwork, and online in-person is a new way to learn. The health benefits...
How Is Chi Kung Different Than Tai Chi?
If you are just digging into the ancient movement practices of Chi Kung and Tai Chi, you may be wondering “Hmmm, what’s the difference between the two?” Here at Just Breathe Tai Chi, we offer a variety of virtual online and video classes that teach Tai Chi, Chi Kung...
Are Tai Chi Videos as Good as Live Classes?
Do Tai Chi videos provide the same benefits and results as taking a live class? Tai Chi provides a wide variety of evidence-based benefits for the mind and body. Those benefits do not vary, whether you’re taking a live class or engaging with a video or on-demand...
Finding the Best Online Tai Chi Classes for You
You might be surprised to learn that online Tai Chi classes can be just as relaxing and beneficial as live, in-person courses. The physical, mental and emotional benefits of Tai Chi are well established. However, with concerns lingering about in-person gatherings,...
Tai Chi v Qigong What’s the Difference?
Tai Chi vs Qigong What’s the Difference?One of the most frequently asked questions I hear from my students is “Tai Chi vs Qigong, what’s the difference?” The short answer: Tai Chi, or Taiji, (the whole spelling thing is addressed below) is a martial art, and Qigong,...
Sitting All Day? 10 Great Benefits of Online Tai Chi Classes
Tai Chi online classes have become increasingly popular as a favorite source of physical, mental, and emotional support. Both live, using Zoom and self-paced video-on-demand, have made this uniquely healthful practice more widely available than ever before.
Tai Chi for Elite Military Forces and First Responders
Retired Special Forces operator of 25 years discusses his belief that Tai Chi has much to offer elite military forces and first responders in ways of resiliency and post-traumatic healing.
The Health Benefits of Qigong
Qigong Classes can help you prevent and treat illness, reduce stress, establish balance, integrate mind/body/spirit, bring peace, help regain flexibility with slow, gentle, non-impact motions, improve blood circulation, and many other healing positives.
Tai Chi is Like Soup
How is Tai Chi like soup you might ask? First, the short answer: Just as there are many styles, varieties, and flavors of soup, there are also various styles, varieties and flavors of Tai Chi. There are also certain fundamental qualities about soup that makes it soup,...
Just Breathe Online Tai Chi Class Sample Video
Just Breathe Online Tai Chi Class Sample Video Watch a 5-minute preview video of Just Breathe Tai Chi online classes. This is a compilation from an actual class to allow you to preview a taste of online Just Breathe Tai Chi and Qigong. About Just Breathe Just Breathe...
Online Tai Chi Classes Using Zoom
Even Tai Chi Classes are Going Virtual In the past few weeks, our weekly Tai Chi classes have successfully moved to the online platform Zoom as we all do our part to flatten the curve of COVID-19. While the online class experience cannot compare to in-person group Tai...
Do You Have COVID Caution Fatigue? Online Tai Chi Can Help!
Taking online Tai Chi lessons and maintaining a regular practice could help combat a newly-identified phenomenon called COVID-19 "caution fatigue" by helping to lift your spirits, reduce harmful physical effects of stress and anxiety, and contributing to a clearer,...
What do a Monkey and a Goldfish Have in Common?
Surpass the Goldfish and Quiet the Monkey with Tai Chi Our ability to pay attention may be one of the most basic and important cognitive abilities we have. Unfortunately for many of us, it seems nearly impossible to focus our attention for very long. We go through our...
Tai Chi Walk Step By Step Breakdown
Watch a demo video of the Tai Chi Walk. This fundamental Tai Chi form practice is performed by Teacher Kris Brinker.
NIH Reports Tai Chi Extremely Beneficial for Fibromyalgia
NIH just published an article explaining a new study from Tufts University and Brown University. Aerobic exercise is usually a core part of standard fibromyalgia treatment. It is the most commonly prescribed nondrug treatment for the disorder, which can...
Tai Chi and Fall Prevention for Seniors
Aging seniors and, over 55 communities in the Northern VA area should strongly consider recommending that their residents find Tai Chi classes! There are many of these communities in Prince William, Loundoun, and Fairfax Counties alone. Various studies have proven...
Tai Chi for Arthritis Proven Effective for Arthritis
Now, science reveals additional benefits. New studies show that Tai Chi may be as effective as physical therapy for knee osteoarthritis (OA), according to research published in 2016 in Annals of International Medicine. This is incredibly exciting news! Tai Chi...
Tai Chi for Parkinson’s Disease
What is Tai Chi? Tai Chi (also T’ai Chi, T’ai Chi Ch’uan, Tai Ji, Taiji, Taijiquan, etc.) is a balance-based exercise, originating in China as a martial art, that is gaining more and more notice with Parkinson’s disease researchers and health care professionals. While...
World Tai Chi and Qigong Day Fairfax County, Vienna VA April 2019
Come enjoy 2019 World Tai Chi and Qigong Day Fairfax County At Meadowlark Botanical Gardens — Vienna, VA FREE! Demonstrations, Mini-Classes, Healing Garden and More!For nearly two decades, a quiet subtle phenomenon has grown across the planet. Each year, on the last...
Tai Chi Research on Benefits for Seniors
The word is spreading about the benefits of Tai Chi for Senior health, and more and more research is becoming available regarding the subject. I was recently consulted for an article about Tai Chi and fall-prevention by the staff at Comfort Home Care, a family-owned...