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Subjective Experiences of Older Adults Practicing Taiji and Qigong

This article presents a qualitative study following a 6-month Taiji (T'ai Chi)/Qigong (Ch'i Kung) intervention for older adults. The researchers conducted in-depth interviews of eight selected participants who elected to continue practicing Taiji after the intervention ended, in order to e...

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Autores principales: Yang, Yang, DeCelle, Sharon, Reed, Mike, Rosengren, Karl, Schlagal, Robert, Greene, Jennifer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3134827/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21773028
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/650210
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author Yang, Yang
DeCelle, Sharon
Reed, Mike
Rosengren, Karl
Schlagal, Robert
Greene, Jennifer
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description This article presents a qualitative study following a 6-month Taiji (T'ai Chi)/Qigong (Ch'i Kung) intervention for older adults. The researchers conducted in-depth interviews of eight selected participants who elected to continue practicing Taiji after the intervention ended, in order to explore their subjective experiences of Taiji's effects and their motivations for continuing to practice. We created a Layers Model to capture the significance and meaning of the multidimensionality of their reported experiences. Participants not only reported simple benefits along five dimensions of experience (physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual) but also described complex multidimensional experiences. Overall findings indicate that participants derived a very wide variety of perceived benefits, the most meaningful being a felt sense of body-mind-spirit integration. Our results support the important role of qualitative studies in researching the effects of Taiji and Qigong.
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spelling pubmed-31348272011-07-19 Subjective Experiences of Older Adults Practicing Taiji and Qigong Yang, Yang DeCelle, Sharon Reed, Mike Rosengren, Karl Schlagal, Robert Greene, Jennifer J Aging Res Research Article This article presents a qualitative study following a 6-month Taiji (T'ai Chi)/Qigong (Ch'i Kung) intervention for older adults. The researchers conducted in-depth interviews of eight selected participants who elected to continue practicing Taiji after the intervention ended, in order to explore their subjective experiences of Taiji's effects and their motivations for continuing to practice. We created a Layers Model to capture the significance and meaning of the multidimensionality of their reported experiences. Participants not only reported simple benefits along five dimensions of experience (physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual) but also described complex multidimensional experiences. Overall findings indicate that participants derived a very wide variety of perceived benefits, the most meaningful being a felt sense of body-mind-spirit integration. Our results support the important role of qualitative studies in researching the effects of Taiji and Qigong. SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2011-06-26 /pmc/articles/PMC3134827/ /pubmed/21773028 http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/650210 Text en Copyright © 2011 Yang Yang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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