Tai Chi: The Path to Health and Well-Being
In a sunny, cork-floored studio in the Eastern Slope Inn Plaza in North Conway, more than a dozen people move as one, silently performing the moves of the Taoist Tai Chi set. Even passers-by who look in through the window can sense the peace and calm that pervades the room where, for nearly 25 years, the New England Branch of the Taoist Tai Chi Society of the USA has offered classes in tai chi.
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