| | Adam, From my own experience I would suggest having a look at the Taoist Tai Chi Society (http://www.taoist.org/) I took classes with them for a couple of years and saw a lot of positive results for people with health issues. The classes that I've been in have had a mix of age groups so there is a good chance she won't be the oldest or youngest, which may make her a bit more comfortable stretching her boundaries this way. Some of the locations also have meditation classes and Taoist temples if she wanted to head in that direction with things. Here in Canada they offer the first class free, so she could check it out without risk, then it's a monthly fee($35-$50) and you can go to any classes(and as many) as you want, day, evening, weekend. The entire set takes about 3 months to learn the basics and then they offer intermediate and advanced classes They take a beating from some on line groups about not being "real" Tai Chi. It was started by a Taoist monk who came to Canada from China and essentially bastardized several Tai Chi styles to maximize health benefits. I met Master Moy several times before he died, and he was the real deal, a no BS old school kind of guy with some amazing abilities when it came to control of his chi. The group is run by volunteers, is non-profit and is in 28 countries so hopefully something may be near where she is. I wouldn't recommend this group to necessarily further a hardcore spiritual practice, but for health benefits and to "dip a toe" into new age kinda stuff it may be a good fit. Feel free to ask any questions you have and definitely check out the website.
Metta,
Brian. |