Considering External and Internal Hygiene

Tai Chi has very few external hygiene rules, including not wearing perfumes, etc. that might impede the full breathing participants in class strive for.

But also internally, it is good to prepare yourself mentally and emotionally by letting go of some myths about yourself and exercise.

More on:

* External hygiene

* Internal hygiene

"Maybe we should have World Tai Chi and Qigong Day every week."

    -- International Herald Tribune

"World Tai Chi and Qigong Day, takes place [the last Saturday of April] . . . To learn more, find instruction on the basics or discover a class in your area, go online to worldtaichiday.org."

  -- USA Weekend

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TEACHERS, this page is a great resource for your new students.

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The information provided is courtesy of The Complete Idiot's Guide to T'ai Chi and Qigong, now in fourth edition, with nearly 150 web video support videos to compliment the 300 illustrated instructions.

This overview of Tai Chi and Qigong has been heralded by Booklist Magazine, the nation's premiere library journal, by the United States Tai Chi Forms Grand Champion, Sifu Hong Yijao, and by Team USA Senior Coach, Dr. Michael Steward, Sr., who wrote that although he had studied and taught Tai Chi for over 30 years, he read this book 7 times, and found something new from it each time.