Overall, I would highly recommend Falling Is Not an Option: A Way to Lifelong Balance to readers seeking gentle but very worthwhile improvements to their physical health in the long term. This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Free Book Program, which is open to all readers and is completely free. Apart from T’ai Chi practice and teaching, I am a tenant's rights attorney in NYC; I ski and kayak in the Adirondacks; and I have a magnificent daughter. In Falling Is Not an Option by George Locker, as we get older, our overall balance and stability will naturally decline.

The book also introduces Postural Retraining™, a unique series of balance and stability exercises inspired by T’ai Chi. Excellent depiction of biomechanics for senior mechanical improvement…well-reasoned plan for balance improvement…easy read…makes sense…great pre-rehab guide to resolve common problem. George Locker’s Falling Is Not an Option was of particular interest to me as I have had knee problems for some years now, and balance is of considerable concern to me. The discussion of what balance is explains why and how balance is lost or gained, and what kinds of activities best enhance balance. Our class met in a Buddhist Temple in New York's Lower East Side, in a building that had once been a Jewish Synagogue.Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. I thought that the photographic demonstration of the exercises was a wonderful touch, one which endears the author to us and also helps add clarity to the work. Even if you are using a walker or other means of support, this book is meant for you as well as the athlete. The book discusses the physics and biomechanics of balance and details the importance of the postural muscles (those that involuntarily control balance and stability).

Over 40 years ago, I had the good fortune to be introduced to Cheng Hsiang Yu, a Grandmaster of T'ai Chi Chuan, who was born in Shanghai, China. In this book, he shares exercises, and the principles behind them, for maintaining balance and moving with fluidity and strength. Change country: -Select- Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji Finland France Gabon Republic Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Romania Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Vietnam Virgin Islands (U. If you are the author, please login to your Author Area where you can update all of your links and other information. Master Yu had a profound understanding of the stability and power of T’ai Chi - how to acquire it, and how to apply it.Falling Is Not an Option: A Way to Lifelong Balance is a nonfiction health and fitness book written by George Locker. It explains how athletes in sports such as surfing and skiing remain stable and upright, and the implications for balance exercises. I was impressed by both his depth of understanding of the topic and his presentation, and quickly began to understand why my earlier attempts at Tai Chi were accompanied by pain.

Rachel spent her school year’s day-dreaming about becoming a professional skier and finally achieved her goal when she took the leap of faith of moving to Whistler, Canada in 2004. Locker explains how the wide stance often taught to seniors will actually lessen stability rather than improve it.Not only does he teach seniors how to remember to balance, but also to teach the younger generation, so that they will not have a balance issue when they get older. The author, George Locker, a long-time student of martial arts and teacher of T’ai Chi, adapted the lessons of these ancient arts into an approach he has trademarked as “Postural Retraining". He shows how bent leg positions and a more narrow stance work together to ensure balance and stability.

I found the section on Issac Newton's insights into stability absolutely fascinating as well as the history of T'ai Chi. Be sure to tell the author who you are, what organization you are with, how many books you need, how they will be used, and the number of reviews, if any, you would be able to provide. The second section of the guide teaches you 15 highly effective Postural Retraining exercises which can improve bone density, relaxation, blood circulation, and improve flexibility. You and the author will discuss what sites you will post your review to and what kind of copy of the book you would like to receive (eBook, PDF, Word, paperback, etc.After being faced with serious illness and the realisation she wouldn’t ski at her top level again she had to make a drastic lifestyle change.