...October 27th, 2015 Tai Chi vs Yoga Tai chi is a form of marital arts that originated from Ancient China. Tai chi is based on the philosophy of Taoism, more specifically on Yin and Yang. This exercise connects mental concentration, deep breathing, and actions to try and equally balance these two concepts. Tai chi is made up of two main forms – Dayoin and Tuna. Dayoin is the exertion of inner force whereas Tuna refers to deep breathing exercises. Tai Chi uses this combination of breathing and moving to calm the mind and thus can be regarded primarily as a mind exercise. There are many different styles of Tai chi such as: Chen style, Yang style, Hao Style, Wu style, Sun style, etc. Each of these styles emphasizes different variations of slow...
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...art, Tai Chi Chuan is also called “meditation in motion” and is famous for its overall health benefits. Although its motion is slow and gentle, it provides good exercise to improve muscle strength, flexibility and aerobic conditioning as other common fitness sports. Besides these, it also offers other benefits that other common sports cannot give us, such as the balance improvement, the reduced probability of falling, relieving depression, easing of Parkinson’s disease and hypertension. Here are some studies that scientists have finished and will prove how Tai chi can improve our well being. The first, practicing Tai chi improves balance. According to NIH—National Institute on Aging, a study was conducted to see how much progress the participants of Tai Chi could get on improving balance in Connecticut FICSIT site (1). Over 110 participants, who were all over age 80, were divided into four groups to receive balance training, computerized balance platform, resistance and weight lifting training, education training respectively for three months. And then, each participant joined weekly Tai Chi classes for six months after the intensive training period. The study result shows that practicing Tai Chi helps to improve the body’s balance level by 25-50%. This result proves that compared with other standard treatment methods, Tai Chi leads to significantly balance improvement than other methods. Therefore, it should be widely applied to the clinical practice. Practicing Tai chi also...
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...Health Benefits of Tai Chi Tai chi grew out of Chinese martial arts, and its roots are intertwined with traditional Chinese medicine and philosophy. In the early 20th century, the benefits of tai chi were discovered and it became an exercise for preventive medicine and wellness. There are several different forms of Tai Chi taught, however the most popular are Wu, Yang, and Chen. These different forms vary in what they emphasize. Some emphasize stress relief, while others emphasize health or self-defense. When deciding if one wants to learn Tai Chi, research should be done on the different styles. The Chen style has jumps, kicks, and strikes and explosive movements. The New Wu style has a pronounced lean in many of the movements that is said to help gain leverage and power. The Kuang Ping style uses an upright stance and straight-leg heel kicks and jumping kicks and is done at a faster pace than later Yang forms. The Yang Cheng-fu style has slow, smooth and graceful movements. There are several other Tai Chi styles that a vast range of movements and speeds. Tai chi can be done by anyone who can walk, as it is a low impact exercise. Even those suffering from impaired balance, joint stiffness or poor kinesthetic awareness can practice tai chi. A 1992 Australian study found that tai chi has the same effect as brisk walking on heart rate, blood pressure and stress hormones. Tai chi focuses on muscle strength, flexibility and balance. Those who practice tai chi say that it helps...
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...Tai chi isn’t just martial art but also philosophy of life. It’s interested because you will see how smart our ancestor make tai chi. The learn from nature and make one great culture from that. They can make whole hospital in one martial art. They brign our body to the basic level of health. Todays, tai chi use for alternative treatment in medical technology . People belived that Chang Shan Feng is the Ancestor of tai chi. Chang Shan Feng lived in Wudang mountaion ,north west od Hubei Province, China. A lot of Chinese myth tell about Chang Shan Feng. In historical records , there were 2 Chang Shan Feng, ones lived in dynasty song and the other in dynasty ming . Chang Shan Feng in Dynasty Song was known good in martial art. In Chinese myth he got the tai chi from the dream. In that time Chang Shan Feng invated by the king Song to show his martial arts, but in the middle of road, there were 100 thief who inhibit his. In the night hi got a dream , Wudang mountain spirit came to him and teach him tai chi. In the next days he used the taichi to against 100 thief. Chang Shan Feng from Dynasty Ming was known good in play a sword. The story of Chang Shan Feng in Dynasty Ming told that Cahng Shan Feng learn Taoism in Wudang Mountain . he tried to solve the mystery of Yin –Yang , which is the theory of “ eight trigram”, and he tried to solve The mstery of immortality from turtle and bird life. Tai chi is ancient culture in china which is still exist until now. There are people exercise...
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...Speech: Do Tai Chi One big watermelon / cut it into half / gives half to you / and gives half to him / one more big watermelon / left to myself / you want rob my one / I will kick you out / watermelon is Oishi (Delicious) / thanks to mom / thanks to dad / I will good good study / and day day up (Study hard) / And become your hero / makes a lot of money / and we get a beautiful life. Hi, class. Do any know what I did before? It is called Tai Chi. Tai Chi is a Chinese word. It is also known as “Supreme Ultimate Force.” It was originated from Chinese ancient. It is a relaxing exercise that consist a sequence of movements. Just like I do before. Many of those movements are come from the martial arts. The way to perform Tai Chi is slowing, softly, and gently. Men and women, old and young, all are suitable to perform Tai Chi. Now, class, please stand up. Let me teach a very simple movement of Tai Chi. First, you separate your legs to make a 60 degree angle. Second, imagine there is a big watermelon in front of you, and you are holding it. Then, use one hand to hold it, and another hand to cut the watermelon into half. Give half to your left, and half to your right. Imagine one more big watermelon and it is only for you. Someone want to rob your watermelon, you protect it by kick that person. And you eat the watermelon which is delicious. Thanks to mom, thanks to dad, because they bought it. I swear I will stay hard and read a lot of book. To become parents’...
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...|hike|e.|the way in which a person stands, sits or walks| 6.|eyestrain|f.|tired or painful eyes as a result of too much reading, looking at a computer| |||screen, etc.| 7.|nutrition|g.|wanting to have something that you know you should not have| 8.|posture|h.|when employees are not at work when they should be| 3 Reading Read the article `Corporate well-being' about the different health initiatives that the UK company i-to-i has experimented with. Answer the following questions: 1. Why is a healthy workforce good for business? 2. What happens on `Fruity Friday'? Is this initiative a complete success? Why/why not? 3. What did i-to-i give its staff as a reward? Why did they stop it? 4. Why did the firm cancel the Tai Chi classes? 5. What was the `Caledonian Challenge'? 6. Why was the 14-mile hike more popular than the Caledonian Challenge? 7. Which key areas does the firm want to focus its health initiatives on? Corporate well-being A firm that offers travel opportunities wants to expand the health horizons of its employees. 1 A healthy workforce is good for business. Apart from reducing absenteeism, there is increasing evidence that suggests a connection between good performance and employees who are in good condition. The...
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...I was asked to organize a Life Behavior Plan for myself and turn it at the end of the year. Although this paper may seem to be opposite of what my agenda is suppose to be; it is in fact my approach to a better behavior. For some people a good behavior plan may consist of exercise and physical strengthening. For others maybe a healthier diet is in need. To me a behavior plan is something that helps organize your life or puts light on issues that need to become more balanced. Ultimately a balanced life is the goal of our behavior plans. My Behavior plan is to meditate and get back to doing the one thing that I do best and that is to write. The following paragraphs are part of a daily/weekly ritual I like to call “Words of Wisdom.” They are my thoughts on various aspects of life. These thoughts are brought to me through meditation and some research. The goal of these, “Words of Wisdom” is to focus on areas of unbalance in my life and plan my approach to getting them in balance. The following is my approach and thoughts on self confidence Believing in one’s self is a structured characteristic. Self confidence isn’t obtained easily this is because there are several aspects of one’s life that must be balanced in order for self confidence to be obtained. One can’t just get confidence it is an earned characteristic and must be tried and tested. High ego or cockiness can easily be mistaken for confidence because most people associate lack of fear with being confident. However confidence...
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...A Trail Of Thoughts For You To look Up. | B A Y O We live in a society absolutely dependent on science and technology and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. That's a clear prescription for disaster. -- Carl Sagan Lumbini in Nepal. Bodhgaya (North India) Bodhicitta bodhisattvas anicca, Crepuscular Rays, Phosphenes “Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. If you look at it to admire it, you are lost” — Samuel Butler “COUNTRY” – EMPIRE OF THE SUN The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist Astrocytes... Stella matutina, (Morning star) Teenage wasteland Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours Stevie Wonder You Sexy Thing Hot Chocolate Superfly Curtis Mayfield Pulsars, Before a spirit can be summoned it must teach the shaman its song Amazonian Colombia One More Chance – THE Notorious Big Do for love – 2pac “Who you are is a decision you make by yourself, based on the cards you were dealt” ‘Greed stops human intelligence evolving into wisdom; human intelligence without wisdom becomes destructive. It can destroy every aspect of nature.’ Obsolete MuteMath flow is a state of effortless attention. Autotelic http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1xVtPX/www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0%252C28804%252C2085389_2085358_2085373%252C00.html Acid jazz knowledge about the future state is limited by the precision...
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...Topic: Bad Taxi should be punished. General Purpose: To persuade Type: Question of Policy General Idea: Did you know that About 12,800 complaints were filed against taxi drivers during this years. The top complaints included refusing to accept passengers, being verbally rude, dropping off passengers before the agreed destination, unsafe driving, and refusing to use the meter. Bad Taxi-driver is a cancer for Thailand. 90% of people have encountered with bad taxi drivers, but do not know how to deal with it. Therefore it ends up with ignorance. Introduction: As I came across this topic, I saw this headline news said, “Cheating taxi-drivers a cancer for Thailand”. (Chor-Yong, 2013) As an Tourism and Hospitality student, this sentence made me feel kind of depressing. Cancer is the uncontrolled disease, soon enough it will spread through your body, and you will die, unless you find a cure. Similar to this issue, imagine Thailand as a person, and dishonest taxi driver is abnormal cells which spread through Thailand and we cannot find a cure. Unscrupulous taxi-drivers are seriously damaging the country's reputation. It leaves a bad taste in the mouths of foreign visitors also to us. Why is there neither will nor effort to stop the bad taxis yet? Credibility: A.) Charging for extra. i. News; a foreigner was killed after accusing a taxi driver for cheating meters. B.) Bad driving C.) Rejecting Passengers . One of the biggest complaints from passengers is that taxi...
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...key features and attractiveness of the Bun Festival. First is ritual marking start of Bun Festival (啟壇開光). Taoist priests will hlod the ceremony on the stage, and the purpose of this ceremony is to invite gods and goddesses to join the Bun Festival. After the ceremony, the festival will start officially. Second is the sending of boats (遣船). In this activity, black paper dolls with paper boats will be sent towards the sea by local residents. This has the meaning of ‘driving away the plague and bad luck’, and welcome a new start for Cheung Chau. Third is the ceremony to send the deities back to their temples (走菩薩). In the ceremony, different groups of local residents will lift up the statues of god and goddesses and race back to the Pak Tai Temple Plaza. As running can stimulate the atmosphere and has the meaning of being healthy and energetic, it is an important part of the ceremony. Fourth is the flower board (花牌). In Cheung Chau, flower boards are used to announce joyful occasions such as birthdays, weddings and gatherings. During the Bun Festival, flower boards are also used to decorate the stage. (RTHK,2010) Changes of the Cheung Chau Bun Festival The Cheung Chau Bun Festival has gone through a long history and changes have been adopted to fit the society. Most of the changes are shown in the Piu Sik parade, the Bun Scrambling Competition and the Ping An buns. For the Piu Sik parade, the dressed children are lifted up by four people in the past. Also, children will...
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...Culture Paper Crystal A. Naquin GBM / 380 January 25, 2016 Jeffrey Buck Abstract The culture I choose for this paper is Thailand. Having lived in Pattaya, Thailand for well over eighteen months. I lived off post from the United States Naval Base. I and my husband wanted to learn about the culture that surrounded us. We meet up at a social group of people’s homes once a week and we would learn how to cook and enjoy the cultural food. We learned the customs and rituals of cultural social gatherings. This sequence explores the experience I learned and research studying done on individuals living in Japan. This experience is in implementing the Thai and Japanese culture into business practices. I will reference language, traditions, ceremonies, religion, beliefs, arts, etiquette, body language and attitudes. Language Even though English is widely spoken the official language is Thai. English is mainly understood in business and major cities such as Bangkok. Writing English is less commonly understood and practiced. In the Language barrier one must consider the importance of the Royal Family and Buddhism in the culture. The Royal Family and Buddhism only speaks in Thai due to the language of their country and religion around Thai. In the business world of Thailand one must consider the use of an interpreter. It is not necessary but highly recommended in special circumstances when making executive decisions or negotiations when you have a group of five to...
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...In Mary Beth Mills’ book, “Thai Women in the Global Labor Force” explains to the reader her explanation of her fieldwork in Thailand. There is a lot of evidence that she has been proven to me throughout her reading in chapter one that I had no I idea about and things that I do not agree with. I understand other countries outside of the United States don’t have the freedom we are lucky to have as Americans, but women are not treated the way that they are supposed to be. I believe strongly in inequality under any circumstance. Modernity is a big topic throughout this chapter. I had no idea what is was until I starting reading Mills’ book. Modernity is the movement throughout America to stay up with all the trends and the new popular product. According to Mills, “progress, growth, and advancement” (Page 13) is what she has broken it down to for a better understanding of modernity. The Thai women are making and producing products for Americans to buy to be “up-to-date” says Mills. American trends come and go. From new different styles to taking it back to the 70s and 80s with high wasted shorts and bright colors, other countries like Mexico, China, Thailand, ect are always producing modernity. There is always something changing within America for companies to make more money and create new things that is being brought in and produced from outside of America in factories full of women making the products. Within Thailand modernity, women are fad upon how someone views them as a person...
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...Make A Wish Foundation By: Candace General Purpose: To inform you about the Make-A-Wish Foundation Specific Purpose: You better understand all the things behind the scenes of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Thesis: As a result of my speech, my audience will know and understand how Make-A-Wish has had a huge impact on the lives of many kids and families that continues today. Body: I. What is Make-A-Wish Foundation and what do they do? A. Make A Wish foundation is a nonprofit organization. 1. Statistic: According to charity.org out of all the money given in America 74.7% of the money raised goes toward the wishes of the children. 2. CONCRETENESS: Founded in Phoenix, AZ in 1980. B. QUOTE: “We grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy.” 1. Statistic: According to sc.wish.org South Carolina has granted over 130 wishes through Make-A-Wish. 2. Statistic: According to makeawishna.ca over 320,000 wishes have been granted worldwide Transition Sentence: LIFE RELATEDNESS: Almost everyone will cross paths with a child that has some type of terminal illness, like cancer. I will now tell you how the foundation grants the children’s wishes and how you can tell them about Make-A-Wish. Where one of their wishes can come true. II. How does the organization grant wishes? A. The different donors that contribute to the foundation. 1. Disney, Macy’s, Zaxby’s, and many more give annually. ...
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...carefully in order to pick out the most appropriate word. There are many ways of translating of some nouns related to professions, classes, and fields in society. H : Polish President affirmed that the Polish government would continue to create favourable conditions for the Vietnamese community, the fourth largest foreign community in Poland. Tổng thống Balan khẳng định rằng chính phủ Balan sẽ tiếp tục tạo điều kiện thuần lợi cho cộng đồng người Việt, cộng đồng nước ngoài lớn nhất thứ tư ở Balan. President Ho Chi Minh is a lofty example of sacrifice in Vietnamese revolution cause. Chủ tịch Hồ Chí Minh là tấm gương hy sinh cao cả trong sự nghiệp cách mạng Việt Nam. Last year, there was a conference for alumni of Harvard University in New Delhi and Mr. Larry Summners, a former President of Havard, he said in his speech that the U.S. has to change its thinking and has to change its look at the world. Năm ngoái, trong một hội nghị của cựu học viên Đại học Harvard tại New Delhi, nguyên hiệu trưởng Đại học Harvard, ông Larry Summers có phát biểu đề cập đến một ý: Nước Mỹ cần thay đổi cách suy nghĩ và cách nhìn nhận về thế giới. Ha: Rule The class is divided into 4 groups. Each group is given 4 boxes of words. You will use words in each box to make a sentence which have the right word collocation and run...
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...Macroeconomics, Business Math * Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint WORK EXPERIENCE * Private Nanny, Broomfield, Colorado Summer 2013 * Organized and planned daily activities for two children * My Children’s Fitness Center, Westminster Colorado 2011-2012 Lead Teacher * Instructed children from 6 months old to 7 years old on gymnastics and motor skills * Taught children songs and dances * Coordinated classes and guided the assistants through the class * Gold Crown Sports Camp Summer 2012 Lacrosse Coach * Taught children from 7 to 12 years old on how to play lacrosse * Planned out camp activities ACTIVITES AND LEADERSHIP * Chi Omega, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 2012-Present Apparel Chair * Corresponded with companies about ideas and thoughts for apparel items * Distributed apparel items to the chapter and in charge of money order forms * Developed philanthropy shirts * Make-A-Wish Foundation, Fort Collins, Colorado 2012-Present Ambassador * Contributed to panning events for the child sponsored * Raised thousands of dollars...
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