Cynthia Quarta

Are you tired and sore from working out? Too old to exercise? Too busy? Can't afford a gym? Then T'ai Chi from a Chair is for you. Regardless of your age, gender, or level of fitness, the fifteen-minute exercise program in this book will increase your strength, energy, flexibility, and emotional outlook-while you sit in your living room chair!

Customarily performed standing up, t'ai chi is a series of slow motion movements that reduces stress, keeps the mind sharp, and maintains the body's suppleness and muscular strength by moving chi, or energy, through the body. The sitting adaptations of traditional t'ai chi exercises in this book are simple and easy to follow while retaining all the important health benefits of the original movements. Scientific studies have proven that t'ai chi can improve your sense of balance, lower your blood pressure, help you loose weight, and increase your flexibility, muscle strength, and oxygen intake. And there's no sweat or strain involved.

Tai Chi in a Chair allows you to choose between performing the hour-long seated exercises, or you may prefer the fifteen-minute daily exercise routines that contain a list of helpful acupressure points that help speed recover and alleviate pain for anthing form a toothache to a broken bone. Also inclucded is an easy-t-understand guide to teh healing benefits of self-massage.

You'll be amazed by how much better you'll feel-without the residual aches and pains associated with traditional aerobic exercise. You'll no longer return home exhausted at the end of the day, nor will you suffer from the usual array of colds and flu. And emotinally you'll feel more positive, with a greater sense of well-being. Best of all, these exercises are so enjoiyable and refreshing that you'll actually look forward to doing them every day.

Cynthia Quarta has taught martial arts in the Great Falls area for more than twenty years. She studed Kwon Bup Hard Style Karate, in which she holds a black belt, and Eagle Dragon Chinese Kenpo Kung Fu, in which she holds a green belt. She lives in Montana.

Slow down the aging process-from your chair!

here's no need to do a hundred jumping jacks or run a twelve-mile race to be in good shape. By performing the simple exercises in T'ai chi from a Chair you'll lower your blood pressure, increase the flow of oxygen throughout your system , and revitalize muscles, bones, joints, and organs. And because t'ai chi is not merely an exercise system for the body, but also for the mind and spirit, you'll rediscover your intimate connection to nature, rewaken your intuitive abilities, and expand your mental capacity-all without a single stress fracture! The exercises in this book are:

Soft, flowing, and painless.
Quick and easy to do.
Perfect for doing in the comfort of your own home.
Suitable for all ages, genders, and levels of fitness.
Accompanied by an easy-to-follow guide to acupressure and self-massage.

Contents

Dedicatin
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 How seated t'ai chi began
Chapter 2 The benefits of seated t'ai chi
Chpater 3 The complete routine
Chapter 4
Fifteen-minute daily exercises: Introduction
Fifteen-minute exercises: Day One
Fifteen-minute exercises: Day Two
Fifteen-minute exercises: Day Three
Fifteen-minute exercises: Day Four
Fifteen-minute exercises: Day Five
Chapter 5 Acupressure's healing points
Whole-body healing points
Upper-body healing points
Lower-body heailng points
Relaxation points
A final word
Appendix A
Appendix B
Bibliography… (altro)