Falling Is Not An Option: A Way to Lifelong Balance

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But if the physical challenges that are part of T’ai Chi stance and movement are removed, and the exercise becomes more of a dance than a martial art, its benefits to balance and stability are greatly reduced. In Falling Is Not an Option by George Locker, as we get older, our overall balance and stability will naturally decline. I was impressed by both his depth of understanding of the topic and his presentation, and quickly began to understand why my earlier attempts at Tai Chi were accompanied by pain.

With colored step by step illustrations and instructions, you will understand which postural muscle groups you are improving with each exercise. Rachel knew she wanted to be a professional skier but she had no idea this would lead to her jumping out of helicopters and skiing off 30 foot cliffs. This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Free Book Program, which is open to all readers and is completely free.Falling Is Not An Option (A Way to Lifelong Balance) by George Locker provides the principles behind excellent balance and methods to move without the fear of falling. No matter how strong and skillful my classmates and I became, Master Yu stayed well ahead of us, even into his 80’s!

Postural Retraining™ is a practical and effective method for anyone who wants to develop better balance: seniors with insecure balance and hesitant walking, mid-lifers to prevent age-related imbalance, and elite athletes to improve upon excellent balance. Our class met in a Buddhist Temple in New York's Lower East Side, in a building that had once been a Jewish Synagogue.

The postures and exercises - which do not have to be memorized and can be done at home - emphasize simple positions and small movements that are appropriate for those who have mobile impairments, including several exercises that acknowledge the common elderly struggle to sit down and stand up.

George Locker’s Falling Is Not an Option was of particular interest to me as I have had knee problems for some years now, and balance is of considerable concern to me.The second part of the book presents 15 weight-bearing postures and exercises, described in words, and illustrated with 122 sequential photos of the author demonstrating how to perform them. With practice, the fifteen postures and exercises improve balance and stability in a safe and incremental way. This is done with the goal that physical and bio-mechanical balance can be improved, producing greater stability which combats the common loss of balance later in life but can also improve performance for those who are very active and sporty now. Locker also contrasts weight-bearing and non-weight-bearing exercises and lists the benefits of the former.

These exercises activate and strengthen the postural or balance muscles, and over time develop the ability to create downward force to increase stability and improve movement. It promises to be a useful and adaptable reference and guide for health professionals and for anyone in need of an effective physical therapy to improve balance and stability (which is just about everyone). The exercises look very achievable whatever your current abilities may be, and I certainly think it is an excellent book for groups to learn from together. Apart from T'ai Chi, I am an attorney in NYC, have a magnificent daughter, and ski and kayak in the Adirondacks.Learn how athletes in sports such as surfing, skating, and skiing remain stable and upright standing on one bent leg, and the implications for creating balance exercises. The exercises are so easy to follow and I believe anyone can gain something from this book to improve overall mobility, bone structure, or posture. Over 40 years ago, I had the good fortune to begin the study of T'ai Chi Chuan as a martial art with Grandmaster Cheng Hsiang Yu, who was born in Shanghai, China. Postural Retraining™ is an incremental method that emphasizes simple positions, small movements, and increased duration. Change country: -Select- Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji Finland Gabon Republic Gambia Georgia Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Romania Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea Sri Lanka Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Swaziland Sweden Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Vietnam Virgin Islands (U.