I truly appreciated Jenna's thoughts and words on Tai Chi. We practice Tai Chi at the start of all my senior groups and I truly believe the participants benefit in the ways described in her article. It is fun, different and challenging in a different sort of way. The NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL of Medicine even has an article on it this week for improving postural stability in Parkinson's patients: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1107911 and an article last year showing benefit for people with fibromyalgia: http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa0912611. It is an incredibly empowering activity that can be done by anyone anywhere.
Wow, it is has been 6 weeks since my last writing. I am currently in Lake Tahoe on holiday with Grace and our puppies. It is amazingly beautiful here. We have come here in the summers intermittently over the past 20 years. Last summer was very difficult for me as I could not sleep and was extremely limited in my activities. It was the lowest I have ever been in my memory. Hiking amidst the beauty is what we love and not being physically able was very hard on me mentally. Thanks to the Liberation Procedure and lots of rehab/re-training, I am very happy to say that I am back on the trails and able to see, feel and experience the beauty again. I am deeply grateful to once again be a participator in this magical life. Nature has always been my temple/church and movement in nature truly lights my fire. Swimming in Lake Tahoe and the surrounding mountain lakes rejuvenates me in ways that nothing I have ever experienced can or does. My favorite hike here -- Five Lakes -- is a rigorous hike u...
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