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The Health Benefits of Tai Chi: Art and Science
Dr. Paul Lam, a practicing physician and Tai Chi master for more than 30 years, provides an overview of the ancient art of Tai Chi, and discusses the scientific evidence for its health benefits. Series: Integrative Medicine Today [3/2010] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 17600]
The Walking Classroom
The Walking Classroom is a teacher-initiated, in-school fitness and obesity intervention that improves health literacy and builds core content knowledge while addressing different learning styles.
9 Reasons Walking Meetings Are Way Better Than Sitting in the Boardroom
The Surgeon General recommends that people achieve a goal of taking 10,000 steps a day to reduce risk for disease and help lead a longer, healthier life. This is roughly equivalent to 30 minutes of activity most days of the week. How is that possible for people who work at desk jobs all day? Take a walking meeting!
feet first: promoting walking communitites
GUIDE TO WALKING MEETINGS
Thinking, talking, and walking are inextricably linked through history. It is only a recent idea that we meet around tables, seated in chairs. We want to help you rediscover and share the value of walking meetings.
Aristotle was said to walk as he taught, founding what we now refer to as Ancient Greece’s Peripatetic School of Philosophy. This name was derived from the colonnade or walkway in the Lyceum in which he taught. The Sophists, philosophers predating Socrates, were wanderers. They traveled place to place on foot delivering talks.
Got a Meeting? Take a Walk out of the Box Thinking
Nilofer Merchant suggests a small idea that just might have a big impact on your life and health: Next time you have a one-on-one meeting, make it into a "walking meeting" -- and let ideas flow while you walk and talk.
