Choosing a Tai Chi Style

All styles of tai chi incorporate continuous movement from one pose to the next and can be modified to suit your goals and personal fitness level. The styles are:

1. Yang: focuses on slow, graceful movements and relaxation. Good starting point for beginners.
2. Wu: emphasizes micro-movements and practiced very slowly.
3. Chen: uses slow and fast movements. Somewhat difficult for beginners.
4. Sun: is similar to Chen style but involves less crouching, kicking, and punching, making it less physically demanding.
5. Hao: focuses on accurate position and internal strength.

Tai chi is a traditional Chinese form of exercise based in martial arts that involves slow movements and deep breaths. 

Tai chi brings many physical and emotional benefits like decreased anxiety and depression and improvements in cognition and chronic disease management.