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Try Tai Chi
Try Tai Chi
In this 15 minute BBC 4 podcast you can listen to Michael Mosley exploring the health benefits of tai chi. He speaks to Dr. Parco Siu from the University of Hong Kong, who has been studying the health benefits of Tai Chi for over a decade.
His research has reveals that Tai Chi can lead to faster brain benefits than other exercises. He also found tai chi proved as effective as moderate-intensity aerobic exercise or muscle strengthening activities for reducing body weight and visceral fat!
Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley
Can You Think Yourself Stronger
Can You Think Yourself Stronger
In this 15 minute BBC 4 podcast Michael Mosley shows how research has found that “motor imagery” is a technique that really works. It’s used by top athletes but you can try it too. It can help you get stronger, improve muscle function, and even help you recover after an injury. In his podcast, Just One Thing, Dr Michael Mosley takes a close look at the science behind this incredible technique – and explains how you can use it.
Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley
The Invention of Martial Arts
The Invention of Martial Arts
In this just keynote lecture for the First Annual Wushu Conference, Henan, China, 28 November 2020, Professor Paul Bowman, paints an overview of the way in which the 'west' has overlaid particular ideas and concepts onto the martial arts of China, Japan and Korean, including tai chi and qigong.
Well worth a watch just to see how many ideas that you think originate in the east in fact came from a western, european perspective.
Philosophy In Action
Philosophy In Action
Harvard Professor, Michael Puett explains how ancient Chinese philosophy can offer an alternative way of understanding concepts of self and identity in the world that differ from 'western european' ideas.
You may like to watch a Longer Google Talk by Michael on this subject as well.
These talks and the accompanying book, The Path, by Michael Puett help ground the practise of tai chi and qigong in the cultural philosophical ways of ancient China.
Tai Chi for Whole Person Health
Tai Chi for Whole Person Health
In this webinar, Harvard professor Peter Wayne presents a fantastic overview of the research into tai chi and qigong as rehabilitation modalities for different health conditions.
Well worth a look.
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