Brain Fitness

Exercises designed to prevent brain aging. Dr. Aihan Kuhn shares her expertise in tai chi, qigong, and Traditional Chinese Medicine, giving readers exercises designed to prevent brain aging. This book represents a synthesis of Dr. Kuhns studies in martial arts as well as Eastern and Western healing. Tai chi and qigong practitioners around the world have long known that these arts promote fitness and self-defense. In this book Dr. Kuhn explores their physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual benefits, emphasizing how tai chi and qigong aid in memory, emotional balance, and lifelong learning. This book features: An illustrated manual detailing tai chi and qigong exercises to prevent brain aging Elements of Eastern and Western medicine combined to form a new vision of brain health Dr. Kuhns concise, accessible guidance from a lifetime of studying martial arts and medicine With this book you will: Learn Dr. Kuhns keys to prevent brain aging Discover the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual benefits of tai chi Learn how tai chi and qigong assist in human healing Dr. Kuhn says we have long assumed that getting older means facing a decline in memory, attention span, numerical ability, creativity, alertness, learning ability, and language. "But we were wrong, she adds. New findings from science show that if the brain can be consistently stimulated, no matter our age, the brain can remain youthful and healthy.