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Fibromyalgia and Taoist Tai Chi® arts

If you have recently been diagnosed with fibromyalgia or have had it for years, you know that it can cause pain, extreme fatigue, muscle aching and tenderness, sleep problems, stiffness, headaches and psychological distress. Most importantly, it can deeply affect your enjoyment of life.

Fortunately, Tai Chi helps people who have fibromyalgia. With Taoist Tai Chi® practice many people have found they can reduce pain, increase energy and move more freely. In addition, people practicing Taoist Tai Chi® arts find they have better balance and flexibility, fewer headaches, improved cognitive function and a feeling of lightness and well-being.

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One Person’s Story of Improved Quality of Life through Taoist Tai Chi® practice - Reduced Pain and Reduced Medication!

My name is Vicky. I have fibromyalgia and I spent two years in bed and in pain all the time. My pain specialist recommended Tai Chi. I have now been practicing Taoist Tai Chi® arts for six years and I have got better. I can move with much less pain and I have been able to take myself off four prescriptions in five years. My recommendation: go to Taoist Tai Chi® arts sessions and stick with it!

What are participants with fibromyalgia saying about Taoist Tai Chi® practice?

My physician tells me every visit, that I save the medical system so much time and money because I practice Tai Chi, and how he wishes his other patients would do it too. I have had to give up activities, I have had to job-shift, I have felt left out and left behind…and yet Taoist Tai Chi® practice is always there…and I am living better because of it. Taoist Tai Chi® arts have given me the opportunity to live life with joy.

Life with fibromyalgia means never knowing what part of you is going to fall apart. I have had tendinitis and bursitis just about anywhere a person can develop them. I fight heavy fatigue every day and flu-like symptoms almost every morning. I have Raynaud’s Syndrome which makes my hands and feet cold and white no matter what the weather. I have degenerative discs that threaten my mobility.

What is the constant in all this chaos? Taoist Tai Chi® practice is the ultimate weapon against chronic pain, crushing fatigue, and reduced circulation! Battling a crazy unpredictable condition, Taoist Tai Chi® arts are the one thing in which I can put my trust. They have revived me, and healed me. They are an energy-return system.

– Barbara, Canada

I have fibromyalgia. I used to spend a lot of time in doctor’s offices trying to get relief. Taoist Tai Chi® practice is what gives me the best relief.

I have autoimmune issues. Before I started Taoist Tai Chi® arts I got very sick with mononucleosis… The inflammation in my chest was so bad it hurt to breathe, my body tried to help by taking shallow breaths which started to affect the heart.

With guidance from my Taoist Tai Chi® arts Leader in Training, I opened up my chest and the continued practice keeps it open. My fascia is always trying to pull me closed, but regular practice keeps me open. Although not cured, I am quite comfortable now as long as I practice daily.

– Sherry, Canada

I manage fibromyalgia and post-traumatic syndrome by practicing Taoist Tai Chi® arts almost every day. I have much less pain, increased flexibility, better circulation, greatly improved breathing, much better balance and better cognitive function.

– Bonnie, Canada

Cultivate health and well-being with Taoist Tai Chi® arts

The whole body approach of Taoist Tai Chi® arts has a profound effect on all aspects of our health and well being. Mind, body and spirit are deeply nourished and transformed.

Taoist Tai Chi® practice involves a full range of motion with deep stretching and continuous turning of the spine. It exercises the whole physiology including muscular, skeletal and circulatory systems, as well as tendons, joints, connective tissue and organs, increasing strength, flexibility and resilience, whatever our condition. It is a form of moving meditation that has a penetrating and relaxing effect on the nervous system and the brain, reducing anxiety, lightening the spirit, calming and clearing the mind.

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