T’ai Chi Improves Mood
October 19th, 2007 by Tom Cobb
The World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day newsletter points to an interesting study published in the Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 1989 Vol 33 (2) 197-206. The excerpt says:
“DEPRESSION & MOOD DISTURBANCE. Regular (daily) T’ai Chi practitioners usually find less incidence of depression and overall mood disturbance.
Relative to measurement beforehand, practice of T’ai Chi raised heart rate, increased nonadrenaline excretion in urine, and decreased salivary cortisol concentration. Relative to baseline levels, [Test Subjects] reported less tension, depression, anger, fatigue, confusion and state-anxiety; they felt more vigorous, and in general they had less total mood disturbance.”
While we know that T’ai Chi improves physical health and reduces stress, it is interesting to discover that it also helps improve mood.
