KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Bill Douglas has two words for a country desperate to cut its skyrocketing health care costs: Tai chi.
He's not kidding. In a few weeks, Douglas will give a presentation to the National Institutes of Health focusing on tai chi as a modern health solution, the first ever. And thanks to what he calls a "groundbreaking tectonic shift in health care," he's taking some persuasive ammunition with him: a stamp of approval from Harvard Medical School. A May 2009 Harvard Health Publication said that tai chi, often described as moving meditation, should more aptly be called moving medication. The complete article is available at Tai Chi as Moving Medication
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