Tai Chi in a Chair [Kindle Edition]

Cynthia Quarta (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

No more braving the bad weather or trying to squeeze gym work-outs into your busy schedule. Now you can get fit in the comfort of your own home, at your own pace!
Adapting the popular, hugely benefical T'ai Chi exercise to a seated form, T'ai Chi in a Chair allows you to get fit at your desk, while watching TV, or even before you get out of bed in the morning. The exercises are GENTLE, EFFECTIVE, EASY and FAST.
This unique book combines the proven routines of T'ai Chi with an innovative format that makes it easy to achieve health and fitness.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 969 KB
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0051U9N4S
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #79,261 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #78 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Exercise & Fitness > Tai Chi & Qi Gong
  • #92 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Sports > Individual Sports > Martial Arts

More About the Author

I studied Kwon Bup Hard Style Korean Karate in which I hold a black belt and Eagle Dragon Chinese Kenpo Kung Fu in which I earned a green belt. I have taught martial arts for more than twenty five years.
While Program Supervisor at a local assisted living community, I developed a program of seated T'ai Chi Chuan based on the Yang short form. This exercise system was so successful with the elderly and disabled that I wrote a book describing the program. Fair Winds Press, a division of Rockport Publishing Company, bought T'ai Chi in a Chair and published it in June 2001. The book has recently been released in ebook format at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and the Scribd Store.
I have continued to teach both seated and standard T'ai Chi and Qigong to people of all ages and levels of fitness including severely mentally ill adults at a local mental health center. I write a blog of seated exercises at http://chairtaichi.wordpress.com and maintain a store featuring products for the martial arts and alternative health products, http://www.healingtaichi.com.
Although retired from teaching ballet, tap and jazz, I remain very interested in that field as well. I write a blog for young children about ballet, http://millicentmouse.wordpress.com.
I have written a new book of seated T'ai Chi and Qigong exercises entitled Seated T'ai Chi and Qigong, Guided Therapeutic Exercises to Manage Stress and Balance Mind, Body and Spirit specifically designed for health care professionals and caregivers for the elderly and disabled. The book is being published by Singing Dragon, an imprint of Jessica Kingsley Publishing Company of London. It will be released on February 15, 2012.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must for your Health Library, November 4, 2011

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Tammy Cropp (Clarkston, MI, US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tai Chi in a Chair (Hardcover)

This book was introduced to me by my Tai Chi Instructor as I was beginning my own journey as an Instructor. While teaching either standing or in a chair, I have been able to blend Cynthia's information into the class. Introducing/recommending this book to others is a must!! The simplified way it is written and explained will definitely help others in their journey, no matter what level of ability. Cynthia makes it easy to work the program into your day and life. I encourage anyone, instructor or student, to add this book to their health library!

Tammy Cropp
Tai Chi Instructor

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tai Chi in a Chair, November 3, 2011

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Denise Murray (LAKE ORION, MI, US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tai Chi in a Chair (Hardcover)

If you are fitness professional and teach chair base classes this book will open a whole new world for you. If you teach tai chi or yoga and are looking for a way to create the tai chi or yoga practice in a chair, this book is your road map. If you are experiencing frailty as a result of chronic illness or injury, or from a sedentary life style, you will find Cynthia Quarta's 15 minute practices very healing. I am a raving fan of Tai Chi in a Chair! I have incorporated Cynthia's 15 minutes practice in my tai chi classes and into my own personal practice with excellent results. I have been recommending this book to other tai chi instructors and my students.

Denise Murray
ACSM HFS, Yoga Alliance RYT
Tai Chi Instructor

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource for excercising at home, August 10, 2011

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Judy H. Wright (Missoula, Montana USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tai Chi in a Chair (Kindle Edition)

"I loved Cynthia's book on Healing T'ai Chi. In the way of most coincidences, my physical therapist had suggested I start doing T'ai Chi to gain flexibility and endurance. Looking locally, I could not find a class that was convenient and then I found the exact book that taught how to do the moves. Cynthia explains every move and meaning so that the average person can readily understand and do the exercises. If you are looking for a manual and motivation to learn this life-extending skill, this is it. You will be so glad you bought the book and followed the instructions."

Judy H. Wright, Empowerment Coach
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