Tai chi / Loretta M. Wollering.

Shifu Loretta Wollering is a recognized expert and master-level tai chi instructor. She specializes in teaching tai chi from its traditional principles, and heads the traditional lineage of the late tai chi grandmaster Jou Tsung Hwa.

Wollering has more than 20 years of experience teaching and using tai chi chuan for health and inner peace, and she has the rare experience of using traditional tai chi's martial arts applications as well.

She makes regular media appearances, publishes works in trade magazines, and produces video. She has won numerous awards and honors and is a 2008 recipient of a leadership award from the President's council on Physical Fitness and Sports (Washington, D.C.).

What is tai chi chuan? -- Tai chi and your health -- Tai chi at home -- Outdoor tai chi practice -- Tai chi and nutrition -- The dantian -- Footwork and hand forms -- Make tai chi fir you -- Full-body anatomy -- Yang Style -- Opening posture -- Wild horse parts mane left -- Wild horse parts mane right -- White crane spreads wings -- Brush knee and twist step left -- brush knee and twist step right -- Playing pipa -- Repulse monkey right -- Repulse monkey left -- Grasp sparrow's tail: ward off left -- Grasp sparrow's tail: roll back left -- Grasp sparrow's tails: press left -- Grasp sparrow's tail: push left -- Grasp sparrow's tail: transition -- Grasp sparrow's tail: ward off right -- Grasp sparrow's tail: roll back right -- Grasp sparrow's tail: press right -- Grasp sparrow's tail: push right -- Transition -- Single whip (part one) -- Single whip (part two) -- Cloud hands (part one) -- Cloud hands (part two and part three) -- High pat on horse -- Kick right foot -- Double strike opponent's ears -- Turn body and kick left foot -- Snake creeps down and golden pheasant stands on one leg left -- Snake creeps down and golden pheasant stand on one leg right -- Fair lady threads shuttles right -- Fair lady threads shuttles left -- Needles at sea bottom -- Fan through the back -- Turn body and deflect -- Parry and punch -- Withdraw and push -- Cross hands -- Concluding posture -- Chen Style -- Yellow dragon stirs water, right side -- Yellow dragon transition -- Yellow dragon stirs water, left side -- Kick with left heel -- Kick transition -- Kick with right heel -- Turn up flowers from sea bottom -- Hidden hand punch -- Closing posture -- Enhancing Tai Chi -- Breathing methods -- Tai chi in your daily life -- Tai chi troubleshooting -- Tai Chi Challenges -- Yang 24 short form -- New frame cannon fist -- Advanced balance sequence I -- Advanced balance sequence II -- Advance balance sequence III -- Plyometric sequence I -- Plyometric sequence II -- Plyometric sequence III -- Plyometric sequence IV -- Standing exercises -- Create your own sequences -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- About the author -- Credits and acknowledgements

Tai chi is more than just an excellent form of exercise: it allows you to relax, heal and rejuvenate your mind and body. Anatomy of Fitness Tai Chi shows you how to increase your strength, coordination and flexibility while improving your mental focus.