Spiral Chi Center

12/22/2025

Happy solstice. Days are now growing longer. When you practice see if you can feel the transitions in your movements and energy as smoothly and fully as transitions from day to night. 

11/29/2025

We will be doing a self-defense workshop on December 13th from 2 to 5:30pm at St Luke's! We will be covering a variety of topics and having fun while we're at it, so whether you're experienced or new, there will be something there for you!
Open to all regardless of experience level; if you've been wanting to try out a class but haven't done it yet, this is your chance!
More details and RSVP here: https://forms.gle/9CFa9opHodvupEZt9

11/12/2025

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/what-happens-to-your-brain-after-eight-weeks-of-tai-chi-the-cognitive-impact-explained/articleshow/125213192.cms

Ancient Tai Chi practice offers remarkable brain benefits in just eight weeks. Neuroscience reveals enhanced memory, focus, and mental flexibility, wi

10/13/2025

“Conclusion: The 16-week Tai Chi intervention yielded concurrent benefits in physical and mental health among non-depressed college students with high perceived stress.”

Aim: Non-depressed college students with high perceived stress represent a distinct preclinical population at elevated risk for psychological deterioration. ...

09/22/2025

Tai chi specifically helps with depression


Martial arts with an emphasis on holistic whole person integration, philosophy and psychology can have powerful effects on mood and mind.

09/01/2025

Leg power correlates with brain power. Train t’ai chi today.

Leg muscle strength is a good marker of brain health, say researchers who have studied pairs of twin sisters.

07/09/2025

Recent talk on Taoism at the Interfaith Center

Greg Knollmeyer discusses "Practical Taoism" as the Sunday message on July 6, 2025, at the Interfaith Center for Spiritual Growth in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA...

02/22/2025

“Tai Chi can enhance physical fitness and alpha-band power [brain wave state] in college students”

Regular physical activity is beneficial for health, but research on interventions for young people’s physical and mental health remains limited. Tai Chi may have potential benefits, but its effects on young adults are not well - studied. 45 college ...

02/15/2025

Conclusion: Tai Chi, compared to cycling and rest, significantly enhanced positive emotional memory and L-DLPFC activation. These findings highlight the unique potential of Tai Chi to improve emotional memory through increased cortical activation, suggesting its effectiveness as a cognitive-emotional intervention.

This article is part of the Research Topic Noninvasive Brain Stimulation: A Promising Approach to Study and Improve Emotion Regulation View all 3 articles

01/27/2025

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/behavioral-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2024.1520508/full

Objective: Acute exercise has the potential to influence emotional memory and cortical hemodynamics, but the specific effects depend on the type of exercise. This study aimed to determine whether acute Tai Chi practice enhances emotional memory and prefrontal cortex activation compared to cycling an...

01/06/2025

Taiji improves cancer survival.

Tai chi could improve the survival rate of those with advanced cancer by a year, University of Hong Kong's medical school researchers said as they found that tai chi and aerobic exercise can also ...