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The Gaiam Tai Chi Beginners Kit is a great way to get started with this fitness technique. The ancient chi masters often used a ball to improve their sensitivity to circular motion. You can too with this soft-grip, one-pound weighted chi ball. The chi ball adds extra resistance to your movements, and its sand-filled spherical shape helps you feel your body-weight shift, while increasing your strength and muscle tone. The beginners kit also comes with a 45-minute, full-length Upper Body Chi for Beginners DVD, led by David Dorian-Ross. The DVD will show you how to use the ball as you move your body like waves, clouds and other forms of nature, guided by Ross' visualization cues. In addition, the kit includes a 16-page booklet excerpted from Ross' book "Exercising the Soul."
About Gaiam
Gaiam was created as a lifestyle company with the vision that, given a choice, people would choose a lifestyle that is healthy and life enhancing, for themselves, their families and the Earth. The Gaiam lifestyle is a vote for individual health as well as the future sustainability of the Earth’s resources. Gaiam strives to provide customers with alternatives to traditional products by offering natural or healthy versions that compare with the style, quality and price of conventional products.
Gaiam’s goal is to become the trusted source and unifying brand for Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS) participants. They understand that the opportunity to affect people’s lives with information and products is both a privilege and a responsibility. Gaiam believes in the concept of Conscious Commerce, the practice of making purchasing decisions based on personal values and beliefs. It takes into consideration all the aspects of our lives and the impact we have upon the planet. Research indicates this concept appeals to approximately 50 million people in the U.S. alone. Gaiam's strategy in delivering the distinctive quality for which they are known is to partner with experts in health/wellness, eco-living and personal development to develop proprietary products that meet our customers’ needs with meaningful solutions.
The name Gaiam is a fusion of the words Gaia (the name of Mother Earth from the Minoan civilization in ancient Crete), and I am reminds us that we are all interconnected with the Earth, the air and water, and very much a part of this living system that sustains us all.
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Ancient chi masters often used a ball to improve their sensitivity to circular motion. Our T'ai Chi Beginners Kit employs the same content. The soft-grip, 1 lb. weighted Chi Ball adds extra resistance to your movements; its sand-filled spherical shape helps you feel your body-weight shift and amplifies spatial transitions, while increasing your strength and muscle tone.
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3.5 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews)
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Ok Intro if you have never tried yoga, or tai chi, or qigong, Jan 18 2009
By BlueJaguar - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Gaiam T'ai Chi Beginners Kit (Sports)
This is a very nice looking video, really good production. But there is little theory here and you have to reverse the moves in your head. Consider this an appetizer toe-in-the-water course. What you get is a few moves, you do not get any complete form.If you really want to learn Tai Chi, and do not have a local instructor (or the time) and want a DVD go straight to the masters in Sunrise Tai Chi (YMAA) DVD (2005). YMAA stuff is always top notch.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good visuals, very relaxing. Valuable kit, not just a dvd., July 21 2009
By T. Kelly "tkellyboy" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Gaiam T'ai Chi Beginners Kit (Sports)
This DVD comes with a 1 pound weighted chi ball, which are extremely hard to find! The instructor is calm and relaxed, and while it goes fast in parts, you can pause and rewind. Learning this form of meditation is great, and it has changed my life for the better.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
A good intro, but don't depend on it., May 16 2008
By Shayna Grove - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Gaiam T'ai Chi Beginners Kit (Sports)
I've been wanting to learn Tai Chi for a while, but unfortunately, nobody offers classes near where I live. I received this as a gift, and I think it's a good intro. (I also received books and read copious amounts of information online.) You have to do the opposite of what you see on the screen, as the instructor is facing the student, and at the end of the tape when he combines everything, he goes pretty fast for my taste. I found I had an easier time learning moves from books than the dvd, but it was good for seeing how to connect moves together, which books have a hard time explaining.
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