Falls Among Older Adults Cost Our Medical System $30 BILLION in 2010....What Will a Fall Cost You?
According to the CDC, 1 in 3 adults over the age of 65 will have a fall this year. Of those who fall, 20% to 30% suffer moderate to severe injuries that make it hard for them to get around or live independently, and increase their risk of early death. Unfortunately, it's easy to ignore the aches and pains of aging and put off dealing with your health.
Have you noticed any of these early warning signs in yourself or in a loved one? Trouble going up and down stairs Stiff joints and reduced feeling in the lower body Hesitance to get out and walk, especially when the weather is bad or at night
A Graceful Way to Age
What if you had you a daily practice that gave you the confidence to get around, left you feeling loose and relaxed, and nourished you on a deeper level?
For hundreds of years, older adults in China have taken up Tai Chi to slow the effects of aging. Every morning they flock to their local parks to take care of themselves. Tai Chi makes it a pleasure to be active, focused, and engaged.
The Tai Chi Way to Better Balance
Join Tai Chi Master-Instructor Don Ethan Miller in a ground-breaking new program to increase your physical stability and overall well-being.
Each exercise and key Tai Chi concept is explained in detail and organized in a safe, easy-to-follow progression of levels.
By practicing the 3 Levels of Tai Chi Balance Training, you will soon embody the Tai Chi principles of Rooting, Central Equilibrium, and Yin-Yang Balance, through such ancient exercises as:
Wu Chi Standing Master Cheng's Single Leg Rooting The Universal Post Dragon Scans The Horizon Tai Chi Cat Walking Primal Movement and many, many more...
What's Inside the Book?
Unlike other Tai Chi books, where you get over-dense text or photographs in confusing sequences, The Tai Chi Way to Better Balance uses:
Step-by-step IMAGES & INSTRUCTIONS for each exercise. ILLUSTRATIONS that simplify abstract concepts. Beautiful MASTER photos that capture the essence of Tai Chi.

A provocative reassessment of the concepts underlying the struggle for sustainable development Much of the debate over sustainable development revolves around how to balance the competing demands of economic development, social well-being, and environmental protection. "Jobs vs. environment" is only one of the many forms that such struggles take. But what if the very terms of this debate are part of the problem? Reimagining Livelihoods argues that the "hegemonic trio" of economy, society, and environment not only fails to describe the actual world around us but poses a tremendous obstacle to enacting a truly sustainable future. In a rich blend of ethnography and theory, Reimagining Livelihoods engages with questions of development in the state of Maine to trace the dangerous effects of contemporary stories that simplify and domesticate conflict. As in so many other places around the world, the trio of economy, society, and environment in Maine produces a particular space of "common sense" within which struggles over life and livelihood unfold. Yet the terms of engagement embodied by this trio are neither innocent nor inevitable. It is a contingent, historically produced configuration, born from the throes of capitalist industrialism and colonialism. Drawing in part on his own participation in the struggle over the Plum Creek Corporation's "concept plan" for a major resort development on the shores of Moosehead Lake in northern Maine, Ethan Miller articulates a rich framework for engaging with the ethical and political challenges of building ecological livelihoods among diverse human and nonhuman communities. In seeking a pathway for transformative thought that is both critical and affirmative, Reimagining Livelihoods provides new frames of reference for living together on an increasingly volatile Earth.