Mindful Exercise: Metarobics, Healing, and the Power of Tai Chi: A revolutionary new understanding of why mindful healing works

by Peter Anthony Gryffin

Today, more doctors than ever are prescribing tai chi for patients recovering from injury, illness, and surgery. This book presents over ten years of research into how and why tai chi benefits health from an evidence-based, medical perspective. Dr. Peter Anthony Gryffin demonstrates the link between health and metarobics, his term for slow, meditative exercises that enhance blood oxygen saturation, diffusion, and oxygen-based metabolism. Metarobics―including tai chi, qigong, and yoga―focus on relaxation and deep breathing. Dr. Gryffin’s research shows that these exercises offer a wide range of benefits for treating chronic disease. Dr. Gryffin cites numerous scientific studies as well as testimonials from patients who have experienced the natural healing benefits of metarobic exercise. Many have surmounted chronic health problems to improve their quality of life. Some even overcame grave diagnoses. This book “This book presents over ten years of research into how and why tai chi benefits health from a physiological perspective,” Dr. Gryffin says. “The links I discovered will allow everyone from novice students to veteran teachers to maximize benefits for health and chronic conditions.” In 1968, Dr. Kenneth Cooper’s book Aerobics changed the world of health and fitness. Mindful Metarobics , Healing, and the Power of Tai Chi is the next step in this evolution.

152 pages, Paperback

Published August 1, 2018

About the author

Dr. P. Anthony Gryffin has over 30 years of experience with Mindful Exercise, Tai Chi, Qigong, and Kung Fu. His research includes implications related to hypoxia, cancer and Tai Chi; the development of the theory of Metarobics; and Mindfulness Based Practices for health of mind and body. He has been a Tai Chi instructor for the Shands Arts in Medicine program, and for Fullerton College, where he developed the curriculum for eight new courses oriented around mind/body health and fitness (using traditional martial training and wilderness experiences). Tony is a regular presenter at state and national conferences. His work includes over fifteen commercial and professional publications. He was an Alumni Fellow at the University of Florida, where he received his PhD in Health and Human Performance.

Reviews

[Marc Hutchison · Rating 5 out of 5]

When we think of "exercise" we often think of a weight room, aerobics class or jogging session. Yet tai chi has been shown to have significant effects on health, without the effort involved in weights or rapid movement. Why? The author suggests a model he calls metarobics -- an addition to traditional aerobic and anaerobic exercise.