NOTE: In honor of my students with cancer, which got me looking in the direction of Metarobics, and the release of my book Mindful Exercise: Metarobics, Healing, and the Power of Tai Chi by YMAA Publications, I will be focusing in August on research related to cancer each week in the Metarobic Institute articles, and in the case story daily posts on the Metarobics Facebook Page.
Dosage (frequency and duration of practice) can be an important factor if you are using mindful exercises such as tai chi and qigong for cancer. Current studies on tai chi and cancer have patients learning (which can be very different from doing) tai chi two to three times a week for an hour or so. Benefits have been reported for pain and improved quality of life (which is still a great benefit), but no direct effects on cancer itself were observed. This contrasts greatly with the reports of my own students with cancer, as well as from the over 30 case stories I have collected. Metarobic theory and addressing dosage supports potential direct benefits for cancer and many other chronic conditions, as documented in my book Mindful Exercise: Metarobics, Healing, and the Power of Tai Chi.
It is sometimes difficult to tell how much medication versus tai chi is making the difference. For many of the cancer patients in the case stories I am posting this month, chemo and radiation therapy had failed. Since their condition did not reverse or improve until they started tai chi and/or forms of qigong, it seems possible that these exercises were having a significant effect. More research is needed to determine all of the variables involved, but Metarobic research is a good first step. However, it is important to never stop or change any doctor’s treatment or prescribed medications. All of the cancer patients maintained conventional treatment, which may have been enhanced by Metarobic effects on enhanced oxygen saturation, diffusion, and metabolism. The latter is the underlying root for the word Metaerobics, or Metarobics.
Hypoxia, or oxygen deficiency in the tissues, is a major complicating factor in cancer treatment. This will be covered in detail in my book, and will be touched on next week. New research also supports that enhanced oxygen metabolism and diffusion may be tied to effects on optimal telomerase production. This can also affect cancer, as well as health, aging, and longevity. Modern medicine is looking at drugs which may affect this. But aside from medications, there is also evidence that Metarobic effects generated by a relaxed physiological state, and the focus on the breath in tai chi, qigong, and related exercises, may also affect optimal telomerase production and telomere length. See chapters 1-3 of Mindful Exercise: Metarobics, Healing, and the Power of Tai Chi. for more details on the research underlying Metarobic theory, and the implications for cancer, including potential effects on telomere length, health, and longevity.
Dosage (frequency and duration of practice) can be an important factor if you are using mindful exercises such as tai chi and qigong for cancer. Current studies on tai chi and cancer have patients learning (which can be very different from doing) tai chi two to three times a week for an hour or so. Benefits have been reported for pain and improved quality of life (which is still a great benefit), but no direct effects on cancer itself were observed. This contrasts greatly with the reports of my own students with cancer, as well as from the over 30 case stories I have collected. Metarobic theory and addressing dosage supports potential direct benefits for cancer and many other chronic conditions, as documented in my book Mindful Exercise: Metarobics, Healing, and the Power of Tai Chi.
It is sometimes difficult to tell how much medication versus tai chi is making the difference. For many of the cancer patients in the case stories I am posting this month, chemo and radiation therapy had failed. Since their condition did not reverse or improve until they started tai chi and/or forms of qigong, it seems possible that these exercises were having a significant effect. More research is needed to determine all of the variables involved, but Metarobic research is a good first step. However, it is important to never stop or change any doctor’s treatment or prescribed medications. All of the cancer patients maintained conventional treatment, which may have been enhanced by Metarobic effects on enhanced oxygen saturation, diffusion, and metabolism. The latter is the underlying root for the word Metaerobics, or Metarobics.
Hypoxia, or oxygen deficiency in the tissues, is a major complicating factor in cancer treatment. This will be covered in detail in my book, and will be touched on next week. New research also supports that enhanced oxygen metabolism and diffusion may be tied to effects on optimal telomerase production. This can also affect cancer, as well as health, aging, and longevity. Modern medicine is looking at drugs which may affect this. But aside from medications, there is also evidence that Metarobic effects generated by a relaxed physiological state, and the focus on the breath in tai chi, qigong, and related exercises, may also affect optimal telomerase production and telomere length. See chapters 1-3 of Mindful Exercise: Metarobics, Healing, and the Power of Tai Chi. for more details on the research underlying Metarobic theory, and the implications for cancer, including potential effects on telomere length, health, and longevity.
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