If you or someone you know has Parkinson’s and is having difficulty
getting started with anything that sounds like, looks like, smells like or
rhymes with exercise, despite my constant harangues and diatribes in some of my
bloggings, I have an opportunity to help get you, him or her moving and
possibly enjoying it. No, I’m not kidding. Read on!
Go to www.TryGreatCourses.com
and find the “Essentials of Tai Chi and Qigong.” This course offered on line via streaming or with a DVD format. The latter does not require a computer,
just that thing you use to watch movies on your TV. Wait, it gets better.
There is an amazing sale for this Tai Chi instruction of several hours for $25
for streaming on your PC or $35 for the DVD format marked down from $270! My
lucky day since I had considered signing up for a local in-person Tai Chi class
for $450 for three months.
I tried it earlier today and I am more that satisfied that I
invested $25 very wisely. What I want is to improve my sense of balance and
learn how to relax through the meditative aspects of these ancient Chinese
movements.
The people behind this and dozens of other programs also
offer similar courses in everything from Building Great Sentences (I know what
you are thinking about my sentences. Just stop it!) to Great Ideas of Philosophy
and The Joy of Mathematics. They partner
with other people like National Geographic and The Culinary Institute of
America.
There is one hitch. The sale price of $25 or $35 (Regular
price is $270.) is only good until October 25th. To be honest with
you, I have very limited expectations that anyone with Parkinson’s who is not
exercising to help themselves have a better life, will try Tai Chi. I’m trying
it at the recommendation of my new Parkinson’s doctor at Columbia University
Hospital Neurology Department.
Ask your Parkinson’s doctor if he or she recommends Tai Chi.
If they don’t know about it, you need to find a new doctor.
Give it a shot. You’ve got nothing to lose except feeling shitty.
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