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Subjective Experiences of Older Adults Practicing Taiji and Qigong

Author(s) -

Yang Yang,

Sharon DeCelle,

Malcolm Reed,

Karl S. Rosengren,

Robert Schlagal,

J Greene

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

journal of aging research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.564

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 2090-2212

pISSN - 2090-2204

DOI - 10.4061/2011/650210

Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , meaning (existential) , qualitative research , medicine , psychology , applied psychology , psychotherapist , nursing , social science , sociology

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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