Kaiser Permanente includes TCC movements on instructional video

Last year Kaiser Permanente Complementary and Alternative Medicine Department produced a videoconference film on movement therapies. Featured on the video are four movement therapies, chosen from the many classes offered through their health education department. I was asked to present the T’ai Chi Chih segment.

A few minutes of a sample class were filmed, and a question and answer portion, which were then blended. The video is being used in Northern California Kaiser Hospitals. Shown to doctors and nurses, it will educate them on various movement modalities, to help them suggest the appropriate one for their patients. Compared to the other three movement programs featured on the tape, Feldenkreis, a chi gong set, and yoga, the T’ai Chi Chih discipline came across as the most versatile and user-friendly. But then we (TCC teachers) knew that. It’s getting exciting out there. Where will the T’ai Chi Chih discipline find its way to next?

– Sandy McAlister