Lou Reed
October 26, 2010
New York Times
To the Editor:
Thank you for your columns on tai chi on living to be 100 (Personal Health, Sept. 28 and Oct. 19). Over the years I’ve been asked: “How do you stay in shape? How do you take care of your back, your knees, your joints?”
People ask these questions because they know I probably shouldn’t be here — I’m a study in reckless excess. Yet here I am, at age 68. (And I say this as I watch my cousin Shirley, who is 102.)
I have studied the art of tai chi for more than 25 years…. (You must have an authentic instructor to correct alignment and to preserve and strengthen the knees and back.)
Tai chi is life-changing. It puts you in touch with invisible power of — yes — the universe. You don’t need equipment. My teacher has choreographed a series of moves that can be done in an apartment with very little space.
I know it sounds too good to be true. But as your columnist said, the question isn’t “why you should practice tai chi, but why not.”
Lou Reed
New York
No comments:
Post a Comment