{"id":22,"date":"2019-07-27T22:52:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-27T22:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horaceluong.com\/tc\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2019-07-27T23:31:31","modified_gmt":"2019-07-27T23:31:31","slug":"tai-chi-benefits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/horaceluong.com\/tc\/index.php\/tai-chi-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Tai Chi Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Benefits of Tai Chi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People who practice tai chi properly\non a regular basis will reap many benefits.&nbsp;\nFor years, tai chi has been thought to relieve stress, improve coordination,\ntone muscles, maintain good posture, develop flexibility, and helps neutralize\nthe effects of arthritis.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent years, there has been research focused on the effects of tai chi on arthritis, fibromyalgia, diabetes, and seniors prone to falling, just to name a few.\u00a0 You can get access to abstracts of tai chi-related research by searching on <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.ca\/scholar?hl=en&amp;as_sdt=0%2C5&amp;q=tai+chi&amp;btnG=\">Google Scholar<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"408\" height=\"305\" src=\"http:\/\/horaceluong.com\/tc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image0091-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horaceluong.com\/tc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image0091-2.jpg 408w, https:\/\/horaceluong.com\/tc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image0091-2-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/horaceluong.com\/tc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image0091-2-1x1.jpg 1w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mental Benefits   <\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Stress Reduction:\u00a0 While practicing tai chi, your attention   and focus is placed on your breath and movement, and therefore away from your   everyday worries.   <\/li><li>Increase in awareness, clarity and concentration<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Physical Benefits  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Increases pliability in the body rather than muscle power.<\/li><li>Increase blood circulation   <\/li><li>Stimulate glandular activity <\/li><li>Helps joint movement <\/li><li>Improves posture and balance<\/li><li>Healing tool for high blood pressure, anemia, gastric disturbances.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benefits of Tai Chi People who practice tai chi properly on a regular basis will reap many benefits.&nbsp; For years, tai chi has been thought to relieve stress, improve coordination, tone muscles, maintain good posture, develop flexibility, and helps neutralize the effects of arthritis.&nbsp; In recent years, there has been research focused on the effects [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horaceluong.com\/tc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horaceluong.com\/tc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horaceluong.com\/tc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horaceluong.com\/tc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horaceluong.com\/tc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/horaceluong.com\/tc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65,"href":"https:\/\/horaceluong.com\/tc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions\/65"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horaceluong.com\/tc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}