Tai Chi for Health & Vitality: A Comprehensive Guide to the Short Yang Form

by Robert Parry

Tai chi is good for everyone, of any age or fitness level. An experienced tai chi teacher presents one of the most popular styles--the Short Yang form--and shows complete beginners how they too can enjoy its many health benefits. These richly illustrated and information-filled pages make it amazingly easy to follow every move. Generously sized photographs with numbered, comprehensive instructions show all the positions in every sequence. Inset close-ups focus in on details. There's also guidance on shifting body weight and notations on when to inhale and exhale. Begin with a warm-up, and then try narrow stances, diagonal steps, steps that go backwards and sideways, rotations and turns, and closing movements. For easy reference, a summary of movements features 160 mini-photos.

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference

144 pages, Paperback

First published March 28, 2005

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Reviews

[Paula]

This book has some of the clearest written directions for tai chi movements. It's been invaluable to me between classes, as a "coach" to the various movements and in helping me make refinements.

My book is getting worn out from daily use. It's not an inexpensive book, but it's printed on heavy, glossy stock paper, with clear step-by-step photos, a grid system to show foot placement, a written explanation of every photo, and callouts for where to take a breath. In addition, at the back of the book, there are pages of smaller photos showing every movement in part 1 and part 2 of the form. The book is worth every penny.