Comments on: tai chi moves http://www.autismtoys.org/autism-dvds/tai-chi-moves/ Autism Toys is an online source of toys for kids with Autism ! Sat, 13 Aug 2011 17:57:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: colorado carol http://www.autismtoys.org/autism-dvds/tai-chi-moves/comment-page-1/#comment-1185 colorado carol Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:40:29 +0000 http://www.autismtoys.org/autism-dvds/tai-chi-moves/#comment-1185 Tai Chi MovesI brought the CDs with me to Uganda where I went to teach primary school students. To learn the moves for myself, I started with the video CD to see how Cari did the actual moves. Cari speaks slowly, clearly and gradually initiates you into each sequence. Her voice is soothing and calm. After just a couple of the sessions with the video, I started using the audio CD. Again, Cari takes you through each sequence, slowly adding instructions as the moves progress. I found myself able to internalize the moves and get more meditative effect using the audio CD. I especially found that the "stork" poses did wonders for my back. <br /> <br />I introduced the 8-10 year olds to the tai-chi moves in my first class. We started with a 5-7 minute session at the beginning of the class, in the middle and at the end of the class. The children immediately loved all the animal poses. It does not matter if the pose is exact, so the kids had fun personalizing the movements. By the second week, the children would request certain poses and seemed to intuitively know what they needed for each session. It was amazing to see how much calmer and focused the kids were after a session. Their concentration levels went up and they were more productive. Rating: 5 / 5 Tai Chi MovesI brought the CDs with me to Uganda where I went to teach primary school students. To learn the moves for myself, I started with the video CD to see how Cari did the actual moves. Cari speaks slowly, clearly and gradually initiates you into each sequence. Her voice is soothing and calm. After just a couple of the sessions with the video, I started using the audio CD. Again, Cari takes you through each sequence, slowly adding instructions as the moves progress. I found myself able to internalize the moves and get more meditative effect using the audio CD. I especially found that the “stork” poses did wonders for my back.

I introduced the 8-10 year olds to the tai-chi moves in my first class. We started with a 5-7 minute session at the beginning of the class, in the middle and at the end of the class. The children immediately loved all the animal poses. It does not matter if the pose is exact, so the kids had fun personalizing the movements. By the second week, the children would request certain poses and seemed to intuitively know what they needed for each session. It was amazing to see how much calmer and focused the kids were after a session. Their concentration levels went up and they were more productive.
Rating: 5 / 5

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