{"id":30830,"date":"2023-12-06T16:40:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T16:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chi-gong.net\/en\/?p=30830"},"modified":"2024-01-07T14:54:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T14:54:38","slug":"the-surprising-health-benefits-of-tai-chi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chi-gong.net\/en\/blog\/the-surprising-health-benefits-of-tai-chi\/","title":{"rendered":"The surprising health benefits of Tai Chi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-b2d485b0 gb-container-post-container-content\">\n\n<p>&#8220;Michael Mosely is a very well respected TV Doctor in the&nbsp;UK.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So wrote Emma, a longtime Tai Chi student, when she sent me a fascinating BBC podcast about Tai Chi&#8217;s surprising health benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Tai Chi has been found to improve brain function faster than other&nbsp;exercise.<\/p>\n<cite>Michael Mosely<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>On his BBC website, Michael succinctly summarizes the latest research on Tai Chi as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tai Chi could lengthen your life<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It\u2019s healthy for your heart<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It can boost your immunity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It actually changes your brainTai Chi improves brain function \u2013 fast<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It actually changes your brain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It burns the same number of calories as conventional exercise<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tai Chi can help you lose fat as quickly as the&nbsp;gym<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/articles\/18gmYMx2ntW6Sdyl3fTH0Gw\/the-surprising-health-benefits-of-tai-chi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"481\" src=\"http:\/\/chi-gong.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Michael-Mosley-Tai-Chi-health-benefits-cpr.webp\" alt=\"Michael Mosley\" class=\"wp-image-30835\" style=\"object-fit:contain\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chi-gong.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Michael-Mosley-Tai-Chi-health-benefits-cpr.webp 900w, http:\/\/chi-gong.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Michael-Mosley-Tai-Chi-health-benefits-cpr-300x160.webp 300w, http:\/\/chi-gong.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Michael-Mosley-Tai-Chi-health-benefits-cpr-768x410.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the full piece at:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/articles\/18gmYMx2ntW6Sdyl3fTH0Gw\/the-surprising-health-benefits-of-tai-chi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/articles\/18gmYMx2ntW6Sdyl3fTH0Gw\/the-surprising-health-benefits-of-tai-chi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or learn more about the benefits of Tai Chi by listening to this episode of Just One Thing on BBC Sounds at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/m001hf9h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/m001hf9h<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/m001hf9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" src=\"http:\/\/chi-gong.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Michael-Mosely-BBC-Radio-cpr.webp\" alt=\"Just One Thing with Michael Mosley - BBC Radio 4\" class=\"wp-image-30831\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chi-gong.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Michael-Mosely-BBC-Radio-cpr.webp 900w, http:\/\/chi-gong.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Michael-Mosely-BBC-Radio-cpr-300x300.webp 300w, http:\/\/chi-gong.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Michael-Mosely-BBC-Radio-cpr-150x150.webp 150w, http:\/\/chi-gong.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Michael-Mosely-BBC-Radio-cpr-768x768.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Michael Mosely is a very well respected TV Doctor in the&nbsp;UK.&#8221; So wrote Emma, a longtime Tai Chi student, when she sent me a fascinating BBC podcast about Tai Chi&#8217;s surprising health benefits. Tai Chi has been found to improve brain function faster than other&nbsp;exercise. On his BBC website, Michael succinctly summarizes the latest research &#8230; <a title=\"The surprising health benefits of Tai Chi\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/chi-gong.net\/en\/blog\/the-surprising-health-benefits-of-tai-chi\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about The surprising health benefits of Tai Chi\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30831,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[34,32,33],"class_list":["post-30830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-benefits","tag-health","tag-tai-chi","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chi-gong.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chi-gong.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chi-gong.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chi-gong.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chi-gong.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30830"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"http:\/\/chi-gong.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31693,"href":"http:\/\/chi-gong.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30830\/revisions\/31693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chi-gong.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chi-gong.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chi-gong.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chi-gong.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}