Tai Chi: Wellness and Clinical Applications
December 8 and 9, 2007
9 am - 4:30 pm
12 CEU hrs., Cost $285
Audubon Room, Danna Center [map]
Loyola University, New Orleans
Approved for 12 hours CEU credit by the LSBPTE for PTs & PTAs,
by the LSBME for OTs & OTAs, and by the LBMT for LMTs
Cost: $285 in advance, $300 first day of class
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Evidence is mounting to support the health benefits of Tai Chi (Taiji) practice, and more and more medical and health facilities want to include Tai Chi in their wellness and clinical programs.

Among the many benefits of Tai Chi are improved quality of life (including sleep, digestion, immune function, cognitive function and stress resilience) and improved physical functioning (including balance and postural control, flexibility, coordination, agility, strength, body awareness, and reaction time).

This 12-hour course is designed for health practitioners who would like to learn more about this slow-movement exercise system both to help themselves and to share with patients and clients.

This two-day course will include the method of teaching Tai Chi developed by Master Yang Yang and will include practice of his Evidence-Based Taiji form (EBT)TM taught to seniors in research trials.

Susan Welsh, PT, PhD, instructor for this course, has been a student of Dr. Yang Yang since 1996. Dr. Yang developed the Center for Taiji (Tai Chi) Studies in 1996 with the mission to share and promote Taiji in the West. His doctoral studies at the University of Illinois included a longitudinal study of the health benefits of Taiji practice for seniors. He has several publications including his recent book Taijiquan: The Art of Nurturing, The Science of Power (winner of the 2005 Chicago Book Clinic Award for Excellence in Publishing). Susan recently participated in Dr. Yang’s first teacher certification training in his Evidence Based Taiji (EBT)TM method. More information about Dr. Yang and his work is available at his Center for Taiji Studies website.

In this course you will learn a beginner’s Tai Chi form that can be taught to clients or patients in a group setting, and you will also learn how to create a personal Tai Chi practice that enhances your personal fitness, improves balance, and reduces stress.

In this two-day course you will learn:

• to understand the health benefits of Tai Chi;
• to demonstrate the Tai Chi principles through Qigong exercises;
• to perform Master Yang’s seven-part beginner’s form in a group setting;
• to modify Tai Chi movements for persons with different physical abilities; and
• to develop Tai Chi classes appropriate for wellness and clinical settings.

Instructor

Susan Welsh
Susan Welsh, PT, PhD has been a PT since 1974 and is currently the director of the PTA Program at Delgado Community College. She developed the Wellness Therapy Institute in 2000 to provide post-graduate wellness courses to health professionals in Louisiana.

Susan has studied Tai Chi since 1994, most recently with Master Yang Yang, PhD. She is completing training for certification as a teacher of Dr. Yang Yang’s Evidence-Based Taiji (Tai Chi). Susan has used Tai Chi with patients in a rehabilitation setting and is currently teaching Tai Chi for seniors at an adult day care center in New Orleans and also for students, faculty and staff at the Delgado Fitness Center.
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