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Tai Chi For Body, Mind & Spirit: A Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving Physical & Mental Balance

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This book is great for the beginner who is just learning the Yang style Simplified Form and for the more advanced student. Of course, Tai Chi is best learned with the guidance of a teacher, but a book like this would be very helpful. The book starts with some philosophy and history of Tai Chi, continues with Qigong exercises, then details the movements and postures of the 24 forms--each illustrated with several color photos--and finishes up with a chapter on meditation. I enjoyed the book for its beautiful illustrations, its clear descriptions, and because it teaches the forms the way I know them. I will recommend it to my students.

This book is both simple and profound. A basic guide to Tai Chi, beautifully illustrated in color with every aspect of the 24-step Tai Chi Chuan, plus opening energy exercises, Qigong, meditation, two-person practices and more. I bought it as a supplement to a beginner's class about ten years ago and still use it as a reference, to correct, and to enhance the practice. Good energy found here!

some problems with seeming discrepancies between what's written and what's pictured, but generally a good way to develop a program on one's own