April 23rd, 2010 
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Winner of the 1998 Mature Media Award and the prestigious 1998 Telly Award. The Gentle Tai Chi routine was developed at the St. Luke’s Center for Health and Well-Being, St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in response to the frustration felt by beginning students who wanted to learn tai chi, but found many of the traditional forms or routines too difficult to master. This routine allows the participant to “feel” the relaxing quality of tai chi without having to concen… More >>
Ageless Fitness – Gentle Tai Chi
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I found this video hard to follow. I was looking for something easier. Instruction is confusing.
Rating: 2 / 5
I was forced to give a rating of one star, since there is no place to indicate that no stars are warranted. The copy of Gentle Tai Chi Meditation in Motion that I received was defective. It stopped mid-exercise and rewound. Repeated attempts to advance the tape or fast forward were unsuccessful. Needless to say, i’m not a satisfied customer.
Rating: 1 / 5
This is my first dvd showing Tai Chi, I have books that I am now starting to read, but this dvd makes me want to have more dvd’s.This is an excellant dvd as far as I’m concerned, clear concise, not rushed, and easy to follow and do, and quite enjoyable.It is around 45 minutes long and it won’t leave you tired or sore.I picked this style(gentle)as I am an older person as is my wife.I wanted her to be able to do it also, sitting down as well as I doing the exercises standing up.To me (60) some of these exercises are quite simple, but to my wife, who has quite a few problems this may be what she needs for sitting down exercise.This is one of the beauties of this dvd,it can be done sitting or standing,although if you are going to do it standing you’ll need a little room as there is a bit of movement to your whole body after you get into the swing of things.all in all, I’m very pleased with this and the instructor is very good and easy to follow.I highly recommend this if you are just starting out as I, and you don’t want to exhaust yourself, try it, it’s fun and somewhat exhilerating!I also think it may be a bit better than a book,as the actual doing and watching with the instructors seems to make it all easier to understand and follow.
Rating: 5 / 5
As the fitness director for a group of retirement communities, I’ve based a whole class series on this video. In the last year many of our residents have seen tremendous improvement in strength, balance and endurance. I recently increased the length of the class to keep them challenged. The instructions are clear, concise and easy to follow, and the forms flow from one to the next seamlessly. The moves can be modified by people of any fitness level, standing or seated. I have participants who can do this standing but will take a chair occasionally to strengthen and stretch the abdominals and lower back. I wish there was a second video with slightly more challenging forms for progression. It’s wonderful!
Rating: 5 / 5
For a beginner in Tai Chi, this was exceptionally good beause the instructions, examples and terminology were easy to understand and follow. The setting for the “class” was appropriate and the music was soothing. The two assistants (or students, I don’t know which) were a man who was not especially graceful and an older woman. This showed the viewer that one does not have to be a dancer to perform Tai Chi.
Rating: 5 / 5