An Unprecedented Global Health & Healing Event Expands Across the Planet on Saturday, April 25th, 10 am Local Time, Worldwide - All Are Invited To Participate In These Free Events

    OVERLAND PARK, KS, April 16, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- At 10 am in hundreds of cities in over 65 nations, spanning 6 continents, mass teach-ins and exhibitions of the mind-body techniques of Tai Chi & Qigong will be held globally. A global wave of these healing events will be held in most major cities.

When?
Saturday, April 25th, 2009, 10 am local time worldwide.

What?
The public is invited to mass teach-ins and exhibitions of Tai Chi & Qigong, held in most major cities worldwide. To be part of a healing wave of movement spanning over 65 nations in hundreds of cities. World Tai Chi & Qigong Day events will unfold around the world on the last Saturday of April each year.

The purpose:
1) To educate the mass public of natural health techniques medical research show can help with most of the major health issues that people face, and if practiced widely could save our world trillions of dollars in annual health expenditures each year.
2) To bring people together across racial, ethnic, religious, and geo-political boundaries to join in a mass human happening to focus global attention on the health & healing of our world.

To learn where local events will be held, visite http://www.worldtaichiday.org

There you'll find a searchable directory of events in most major cities, and many smaller towns worldwide. Also, a free "Medical Research Library" searchable by health issues, showing modern medical research on how Tai Chi and/or Qigong are proven to help with Insomnia, boost immune system resistance to viral infection, reduce symptoms of Anxiety, Depression, Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder, Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, Type 2 Diabetes, Parkinson's Disease, Arthritis, Back Pain, and dozens of other health issues. While Tai Chi is the lowest impact exercise known, it burns more calories than surfing and provides the same cardiovascular benefit as moderate impact aerobics.

A Kaiser Permenente study showed that between 70 to 85% of illness sending people to their doctors were caused by stress. The ancient mind/body sciences and exercise techniques of Tai Chi & Qigong are proven to be one of the most effective stress management technologies available.

Each year on the last Saturday of April the public is invited to join in these global teach-ins and celebrations to learn how Tai Chi & Qigong many improve their lives, reducing health costs, and connecting people worldwide in a global celebration of health & healing, to create an example of global unity, calm, and hopeful possibility for our world.

World Tai Chi & Qigong Day has been officially proclaimed by governors of 22 US States, the state legislatures of New York and California, the Senates of Puerto Rico and New York, recognized as part of the United Nations Movement for Health, and mayors in many nations.

In the past events have been held at the United Nations (New York), the Nobel Peace Center (Oslo, Norway) and notable institutions worldwide. Events vary from a few people to thousands of people.

World Tai Chi & Qigong Day is currently announced on the National Institutes of Health website, as well as by health institutions and universities all across the United States and beyond. To learn more, learn how to get involved, or search the "Medical Research Library," visit http://www.worldtaichiday.org

World Tai Chi & Qigong Day provides health information related to Tai Chi & Qigong to government, health care, education, penal institutions, and the general public worldwide, and has consulted or presented for the National Council on the Aging, the National Parkinson's Foundation, the American Heart Association, the ALS Association, and some of the world's largest corporation's wellness departments. http://www.worldtaichiday.org

About World Tai Chi & Qigong Day

World Tai Chi & Qigong Day is a global health education effort, informing millions worldwide of the health & healing benefits of Tai Chi & Qigong. WTCQD efforts have been officially recognized by the United Nations World Health Organization, and governors of 20 US States, mayors and legislators of many nations.

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