While keeping up with an active lifestyle may feel like a challenge with so many pandemic-related safety procedures and restrictions to abide by, it can also be an opportunity to get creative about ...

The group of five women and one man glided across the hardwood floor in the well-lit, butter yellow room on the second floor of the People's Food Co-Op in Southeast Portland. Their synchronized ...

Hand exercises are a way to practice motor skills, which can be beneficial for maintaining cognitive abilities as we age. But ...

IN my previous article, I described several variations of doing qigong while sitting and lying down. I also went into some detail about stretching exercises. Today I will teach several variations of ...

Qigong meditation is an ancient Chinese healing practice that combines controlled breathing, gentle movement, and meditation to promote good mental, physical, and spiritual health. Similar to tai chi, ...

As with the beginning of every new year, many people will create complicated workout regiments and strict diets in hopes of turning into their new selves. Many of those people will soon fall off the ...

CHICAGO — By self-admission, Nate Davison was once the prototypical Angry Young Man. ‘‘I was so angry and full of rage that I would punch walls,'' said Davison, 28, of Barrington, Ill. ‘‘I mean, punch ...

Mindfulness and mind-body practices are hot topics today, especially since the Covid-19 pandemic brought with it increased levels of stress and anxiety. In the US, some of the most popular mind-body ...

Stress has become a bothersome partner in our hectic lives. Be it demanding job duties or tight schedules or family issues, there is always something that makes lives stressful. Relaxation techniques ...

Vicki Windsor-Polich was diagnosed with brain cancer Sept. 4. On Tuesday, she was practicing the 5,000-year-old Chinese art of Qigong (the Spring Forest variation), at Caring Ways Cancer Resource ...

Christian leaders from mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore weigh in on the ancient Chinese practice—which includes tai chi—and its physical and divine connotations. In the 1980s the ...