Hello Friends!
A recent study has shown that's doing Tai Chi twice a week drastically reduces the progression the progression of Parkinson's disease.
If you are interested in it, you can read all about it here.
It is by no means conclusive and is pretty much in the early stages of research but I am happy to try anything especially what are classed as complimentary therapies. I have found an instructor who is happy to come to my home so that I can try this out in private, one on one, without having to go and make a fool of myself in a public group. It would be quite embarrassing trying to learn this in front of other people because I am prone to falling and I am very slow so could not keep up with the group. I also tire easily so it might be that I can only do a few minutes before I need to sit down and rest.
She came to my house yesterday. After a brief assessment of my mobility, she suggested that Tai Chi is not the best idea for me as my balance is rubbish and as I am prone to falling or toppling over it might prove more of a hazard than a benefit. She did, however, suggest Qigong, a system of gentle movement and breathing, you can read about it here, I have since discovered several of my friends do this with good results.
Meanwhile, I made this little watercolour painting of a Prayer Angel of Peace as part of the annual Wish Upon A Star online course hosted by Atelier Ida Andersen Lang. I used Gansai Tambi, Chromoflow, and graphite. It is the job to angle the camera, to get the true colour of the picture.
As I put the final touches to this entry so Storm Ciarán, our third named storm, is beginning to make its presence felt although it's not supposed to be here until late Wednesday. The wind is definitely howling outside right now. Hatches are battened once more! We are under an amber weather. alerts for the next 36 hours. We are expecting torrential rain and winds of up to 90 miles an hour. And this is just the beginning of winter.
