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Want to Get Well? Keep Moving!


W


hen the waves struck her legs above the knee, Bev- erly tightened her grip on the arm of her instructor, Susan.


The teacher glanced back at her. “Want to stop here? Want


to go back to the beach?” Beverly glanced out at the pristine blue waters. She drew a


breath, filled with the powerful aroma of the sea. “No,” she re- plied. “I want to go further out.” No one who knew her, especially those acquainted with her


medical condition, would have imagined that Beverly could travel to Wilmington, let alone that she would actually go to the


beach or attempt to wade into the surf. From a physical stand- point, Beverly and her family and her physicians for years had considered her to be an invalid. They shared an assumption that Beverly could not make any significant health gains. She suffered with a debilitating form of arthritis that severely limited her abil- ity to stand, walk or care for herself. The arthritic condition was exacerbated by her breathing issues. Her chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was so advanced she had to have a breathing canula in her nose and keep oxygen with her at all times.


Like everyone who knew her, Beverly believed her physical


condition could not be significantly improved. However when her children, out of concern for her well-being, suggested she move from her house to an assisted living placement, she re- belled. She clung to a desperate hope that she might at least be able to limber up her joints a bit and hang on to the small degree of flexibility—and independence—she still possessed. It was this intention that brought her into a new Tai Chi for Arthritis (TCA) class formed in 2008. Beverly came to her first class leaning on her walker and


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carrying oxygen. Apart from a sore back and fatigue, she saw few positive results from her first few classes. After a couple months of practicing the TCA form, it dawned on her that she was leav- ing her house more often—and with a cane instead of her walker. Sometimes she didn’t use either. Several months later, to her even greater surprise, she found she was able to make excur- sions without taking an oxygen supply with her. What was happening to her physically was no fluke. TCA,


as it has for millions of others who practice it, gradually restored her posture, improved her muscle tone and flexibility and lim- bered her joints—even those afflicted with arthritis. The greater surprise for Beverly, however, came as she learned to match the gentle, graceful moments of the TCA form with her breathing. Without realizing it, she was relearning how to take slow, full, deliberate breaths. The result was the improved functioning of her lungs. Two years after she began taking TCA, a number of Beverly’s


classmates and her teacher decided to make a trip to Wilmington, to gather on the beach at low tide and practice Tai Chi. Excit- edly, Beverly insisted she wanted to go as well. This was the sort


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