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Tai chi reduces blood pressure better than aerobic exercise

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Re: Tai chi reduces blood pressure better than aerobic exercise

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That is the most clever and hilarious thing I have read in a long time.

Probably not original. From a 1989 episode of The Simpsons: https://tv.getyarn.io/yarn-clip/c1743b56-f791-49a9-9d22-0bd5...

Pointing out "The Simpsons did it" is also not original.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsons_Already_Did_It

Re: Tai chi reduces blood pressure better than aerobic exercise

#32
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I believe the benefit to Tai Chi is that you're more in motion. With Yoga you are more static. If you are static in a position where your muscles are contracted, it's hard to relax. With Tai Chi you are doing movements which contract and relax your muscles for shorter periods of time, which helps you relax. Also, the fluid movements can bring you to a state of effortlessness, which is of course also relaxing.

Not all yoga is like that. Yin yoga involves holding one position for longer periods of time (often 2 minutes or more) and is meant to be relaxing.

holding a position sounds pretty static to me

Re: Tai chi reduces blood pressure better than aerobic exercise

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Not all yoga is like that. Yin yoga involves holding one position for longer periods of time (often 2 minutes or more) and is meant to be relaxing.

holding a position sounds pretty static to me

I would agree but maybe he was excluding the forms of yoga that arent dynamic by naming the most static one ...

Re: Tai chi reduces blood pressure better than aerobic exercise

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Purists like me would object to Chai being referred to its redundant form Chai Tea :)

why? you can have Chai in coffee as well. I found out when I wasn't paying attention and ordered a Chai latte instead of a Chai Tea latte.

a chai latte doesn't contain coffee; a chai latte with an espresso shot added to it is referred to as a dirty chai

Re: Tai chi reduces blood pressure better than aerobic exercise

#36
post #21

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Purists like me would object to Chai being referred to its redundant form Chai Tea :)

why? you can have Chai in coffee as well. I found out when I wasn't paying attention and ordered a Chai latte instead of a Chai Tea latte.

That's not chai tea, that's chai tea flavored syrup.

Re: Tai chi reduces blood pressure better than aerobic exercise

#37
post #21

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Purists like me would object to Chai being referred to its redundant form Chai Tea :)

Pedants* like you. Everyone knows what chai tea is referring to. In the same way they understand what naan bread is.

Doesn’t mean it’s correct!

Re: Tai chi reduces blood pressure better than aerobic exercise

#39
post #18

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Probably not original. From a 1989 episode of The Simpsons: https://tv.getyarn.io/yarn-clip/c1743b56-f791-49a9-9d22-0bd5...

Pointing out "The Simpsons did it" is also not original. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsons_Already_Did_It

Pointing out something that's true and relevant can be valuable even what that thing has been true and relevant before and thus is not "original."
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