Tai Chi and Healing

From “O” Magazine, April, 2011 entitled Feeling Good, Healing Thoughts p.128

“Try Meditative Exercise. We know tai chi has all sorts of benefits, and here’s one more: In research conducted at UCLA, 61 older adults took tai chi classes three times a week, while 61 others attended health education classes. At the end of four months, both groups received a dose of the shingles vaccine—and the tai chi group achieved twice the level of immunity. ‘It’s likely the meditation component that is causing the effect.’ Says study author Michael R Irwin. ‘Which means it’s possible other forms of meditative exercise, like yoga, would lead to a similar boost.’”