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Far Eastern cultures have produced many
learned men whose philosophies have
served to enhance the wellbeing of the mind
over thousands of years, and from the
physical aspect there is, for example,
Chinese Tai Chi, a martial art practiced for
both its defence training and health benefits.
The term taiji refers to a philosophy of the
forces of yin and yang, two halves that
together complete wholeness, a practise that
has swept the world, and is now being
recognised for its connection to achieving
greater longevity.
Inspirational English has focused on
wellbeing for this issue to give you an
opportunity in this New Year to take a closer
look at your life, and ask yourself how well
you are coping with all that is going on
around you. The expression ´
has rather surprisingly just popped into my
head, the title of a stage and film musical of
the late 1960´s, if you have ever thought
about being able to stop the world and get
off, it’s likely to have been a time when your
state of wellbeing was not in a good place.
Back in the real world, and going live,
oddly enough I have a slight stomach ache
that I need to pay some attention to, but
completing this article then running to the
chemist and fattening a corporate wallet is
most certainly not in my line of sight.
Indulging in self-help, wellbeing, will take
me back 24 hours to ask myself what it was
I could possibly have eaten or drank that
has brought this pain to my abdomen, and
even as I write I´m aware of two or three
possible suspects.
Another regular indulgence of mine is
walking, 3 or 4 short walks a day is my
norm, preceded by and followed by a glass
of water. Walking and water, as opposed to
those potions and pills I mentioned earlier.
Peter Taylor
Columnist, song-writer
and playwright
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