Useful tips for those curious about or studying Tai Chi.
This video is based on a combination of excerpts from a best-selling Tai Chi book, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Tai Chi & Qigong" (Penguin-Alpha Books, 4th edition); and one of the world's most highly acclaimed Tai Chi DVDs, "Anthology of Tai Chi & Qigong: The Prescription for the Future," by Bill Douglas. (www.SMARTaiChi.com)
Bill Douglas is the 2009 Inductee to the World Internal Arts Hall of Fame in New York; and is the Founder of World Tai Chi & Qigong Day (www.worldtaichiday.org). Bill has taught through major medical institutions throughout the United States and one of his Tai Chi DVDs was provided by physicians and neurologists all across America to patients dealing with Parkinson's Disease. He has studied and taught Tai Chi and Qigong (chee gung) for 40 years throughout the world.
Bill was commissioned by Prevention Magazine to create their Tai Chi tutorial for an article on boosting your immune system naturally with Tai Chi; and he has been a Tai Chi source for media worldwide, including: The New York Times; Wall Street Journal; Prevention Magazine; WebMD; Strive Magazine; Self Magazine; the South China Morning Post; BBC World Radio; etc.
Bill is also an award winning author and novelist. A story from his inspiration book on life as seen through the eyes of a parent, "The Amateur Parent: A Book on Life, Death, War & Peace, and Everything Else in the Universe," was the United States Winner of the AOL / Chicken Soup for the Soul Award.
His spiritual/political thriller "2012 The Awakening" was chosen Best Awakening Fiction of the Year by Spiritual Enlightenment Magazine, and his environmental/spiritual/political thriller, "A Conspiracy of Spirits: Wall Street vs. the 99%" was acclaimed by Pulitzer Nominee, David Menefee, who wrote, ""Bill Douglas is one of the most remarkable writers of our generation ... on a par with Charles Dickens."
Bill's latest non-fiction Tai Chi book, "The Tao of Tai Chi: The Making of a New Science," has been lauded by top Tai Chi professionals worldwide, and is available in English, soon to be released in Spanish and Dutch, and may also soon be available in Romanian and French. (www.illuminationcorporation.com)
