Tai Chi for older people: A method to improve health - Paperback by Books by splitShops

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by Rosa Álvarez Halcón (Illustrator), Daniel Sanz (Contribution by), Juan Antonio de Blas (Author)

Tai Chi is an ancient Martial Art of Chinese origin, whose study and practice offer numerous health benefits. The richness and profoundness of this discipline make it possible to adapt diverse training systems to specifically influence the different aspects that one wishes to enhance, correct or improve.

This handbook is specifically directed to the group of active older people and develops, clearly and conveniently, a work system that constitutes a tool for betterment for everyone interested in improving their general state of health.

Among other things, the techniques and exercises presented in this book contribute to increasing muscle tone and strengthening the connective tissue, correcting harmful postural habits, increasing coordination and balance and acquiring healthy breathing patterns.

This book, rather than constituting a systematic exposition of the Tai Chi technique, seeks to offer the reader a learning element rooted in the traditional teachings.

This book extracts the essentials of a broad and complex martial system so that the reader can achieve, step-by-step, a greater degree of well-being.