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Chapter 4, Activity 1 Handout osant lo Cut and Paste for Main Ideas Maybe tai chi will be that opening; Caitlin makes the decision to sign-up for a tai chi class. Tai chi has many benefits. Her life has become like a seed under concrete. She tugs at a piece of paper sticking out of her coat pocket, and writes down the phone number displayed beneath Chinese characters. She'll find out after she calls. She had recently read an article about tai chi in a magazine, and it resonated with her. It keeps pushing and pushing It will either find that opening or will die trying. It is artistic, promotes balance, and is calming exactly what she needs in her life right now.

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ANS 2) Every TAI-CHI sets are comprised of movements alternates between accumalating & releasing energy , this is applied to most of all tai -chi movements & as they are the essence of alternating opening & closing movements. as when hands are pulled apart, thats called a openng movement.

ANS 4)  Tai chi is slow, gentle and doesn't leave you breathless, it shows the key components of fitness — muscle strength, flexibility, balance, to a lesser degree, aerobic conditioning. Tai chi can improve both lower-body strength and upper-body strength.

ANS 3) Caitlin makes a decision to sign up for tai-chi classes as it is a spritual practice & a form of meditative excercise.

ANS 5) Seeds planted in concrete : Seed planted in concrete is Bianca Sparacino's raw testament to the beauty that is found with in the contrast of life & this collection is a manifested of the journey every human takes through their life. The resilence heart through stages of hurting , feeling , healing & loving.

ANS6 ) From the clothesline he retrieved a handkerchief, white, with printed red Chinese characters–a slogan demanding absolute loy­alty to the Communist Party from every citizen–and laid it on her pillow. “Everybody dies,” he said.
Mrs. Gu pressed the handkerchief to her eyes. Soon the wet stains expanded, turning the slogan crimson.
“Think of today as the day we pay everything off,” Teacher Gu said. “The whole debt.” .

ANS 7) She needed some girls time , some space to figure out what to do about Tai.

ANS8) Ater reading an article was in tai chi the postures itself has aspecial culture significance ( a part of religious ritual & that relates to the chinese cosmology) that resonated her.

ANS 9) As per tai chi curriculum , two push hand sets per session by which one learns how to keep balance in afixed stances.

ANS 10) Either find that opening or will die : It is said for the individuals with parkinson dieases that exhibits debilitating non motor symptoms including sleep distrubences , cognitive decline & depression which has about 60 sessions for the exercises.

ANS 11) She describes the manner in which the exercises of spirttual form & meditative exercises which are artistic, promotes balances & are calm.