Mama and Taichi

It has been more than a year now since mama joined a group of old women, some retirees like her, doing ‘Taichi’ in front of the BSU Library. Every morning, except Sundays, she joins the group in doing 10-, 16-, 24- steps routines (she’s still practicing the 42, sword and fan steps). Whatever those numbers mean or steps are, Taichi has been doing her good by the grace of God. She claims that with her almost daily Taichi, she since has stopped taking her maintenance drug for her heart issue, and lowered her maintenance doses for her diabetes and hypertension. Taichi was her perfect therapy since Daddy died. She not only gets the health benefits, but the social benefits of having her Taichi-mates as ka-berks.

“Taichi chuan (Tai Chi) is an internal Chinese martial art often practiced for health reasons. Taichi is typically practiced for a variety of other personal reasons: its hard and soft martial art technique, demonstration competitions, health and longevity.” (Source: http://twincitiestaichi.com accessed April 23, 2012)