The Requirement of Grief by Danielle Ariano The Requirement of Grief by Danielle Ariano What’s In a Cloud? If you are someone with balance issues, or just want to make sure you do not have them, this book is a must-read. 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. This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Free Book Program, which is open to all readers and is completely free. No matter how strong and skillful my classmates and I became, Master Yu stayed well ahead of us, even into his 80’s!

Rachel spent her school year’s day-dreaming about becoming a professional skier and finally achieved her goal when she took the leap of faith of moving to Whistler, Canada in 2004. 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. 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. Falling Is Not an Option: A Way to Lifelong Balance is a work of non-fiction that offers advice and guidance for life in the health and fitness sub-genre and was penned by author George Locker.Excellent depiction of biomechanics for senior mechanical improvement…well-reasoned plan for balance improvement…easy read…makes sense…great pre-rehab guide to resolve common problem. Falling Is Not an Option is an original, provocative, and groundbreaking work of the widely misunderstood subject of human balance.

Locker has created an enlightening and uncomplicated guide that explains why we need to work on our balance and the detailed instructions on how to improve it. The words "Mighty Ape" and the Ape device are registered trademarks of Mighty Ape Limited in New Zealand and Australia. Falling Is Not an Option begins by exploring the nature of balance: its inherent beauty, its elusive source, its necessity, and its common loss late in life. If you have older relatives, you will completely understand the problems that arise when a loved one suffers a fall.Overall, I would highly recommend Falling Is Not an Option: A Way to Lifelong Balance to readers seeking gentle but very worthwhile improvements to their physical health in the long term. I found the section on Issac Newton's insights into stability absolutely fascinating as well as the history of T'ai Chi.

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By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. I thought that the photographic demonstration of the exercises was a wonderful touch, one which endears the author to us and also helps add clarity to the work. Because of its focus on developing and maintaining automatic balance skills, Falling Is Not an Option: A Way to Lifelong Balance is a resource both for health professionals and for their patients. After being faced with serious illness and the realisation she wouldn’t ski at her top level again she had to make a drastic lifestyle change. Locker also contrasts weight-bearing and non-weight-bearing exercises and lists the benefits of the former.