10-Minute Tai Chi for Better Balance
Gentle Daily Practice for Seniors to Improve Balance and Prevent FallsBy Laura Chen
Length5h 47m
About this audiobook
Think about the last time you hesitated before a step. A wet pavement, a dim hallway, a kerb that looked a little higher than you remembered.
That hesitation is information.
Balance is not a talent you either have or lack. It is a skill your body rehearses every time you shift weight, turn, or catch yourself. When that rehearsal gets less practice, because of caution or illness or stiff shoes or simply fewer walks, ordinary steps start to feel less trustworthy.
This workbook is built around that idea and nothing more ambitious than that.
Balance is a team effort inside the body. The eyes report where the horizon is. Sensors in the inner ears notice tilt and turn. Sensors in the feet, ankles and joints report pressure and position. The brain blends those messages and asks small muscles around the ankles, hips and trunk to make constant micro-adjustments. You do not notice most of them when the system feels fresh. You notice them when it feels unsure.
Tai chi slows those adjustments down until you can feel them happening. Rather than asking anyone to hop, jump or move at class pace, it asks for weight shifted deliberately, stances held briefly, and turns made slowly enough that the body has time to answer.
Inside: a fall-aware setup chapter that covers the room before it covers the movement, five foundational stances taught one at a time with illustrated figures, a twenty-one-day sequence of ten-minute sessions, a chapter on what to do after day twenty-one, and a chapter for the days when practice feels hard and the honest answer is to do less rather than skip it.
Every figure is described in plain language, with a note on what you should feel and what you should not. Chair-supported versions are given throughout, not tucked away at the back as an afterthought. Traditional vocabulary is used where it is useful and explained where it is not obvious, without being turned into a medical claim.
What this book does not do is promise to cure anything, replace medical advice, or substitute for a clinician who knows your history. It says so in the disclaimer and it keeps saying so in the chapters.
Written for older adults who want the plain version: ten minutes, a chair nearby, and a practice that gets more honest the slower it goes.
Audiobook details
GenreHealth and Wellness, Self-Help
Length5 hrs 47 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 15, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
110-Minute Tai Chi for Better Balance
24Chapter 6 — Week 3: Step with Confidence
2Rules for every session
25Carry into your day
3Why Ten Minutes Works
26Carry into your day
4Floor, chair, and wall
27Carry into your day
5Measuring progress without gadgets
28Carry into your day
Mostrar todos os capítulosVer menos
6When to choose seated-only weeks
29Carry into your day
7Shared rules for every stance
30Carry into your day
8Chapter 4 — Week 1: Find Your Base
31Week 3 checkpoint
9Carry into your day
32Tracking without obsession
10Carry into your day
33Working with walking aids
11Carry into your day
34How to Practice on a Wobbly Morning
12Carry into your day
35Home Safety Pairing Checklist
13Carry into your day
36If You Only Remember Five Cues
14Carry into your day
37A closing note on patience
15Week 1 checkpoint
38Mini Practice Log
16Chapter 5 — Week 2: Shift & Steady
39Quick-Reference Move Index
17Carry into your day
40How claims appear in this book
18Carry into your day
41The End
19Carry into your day
42About the Author
20Carry into your day
43Also by Laura Chen
21Carry into your day
44Acknowledgements
22Carry into your day
45A Note from the Author
23Week 2 checkpoint
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