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PANDY AND LOU LAN ALYSON, BRAD AND JUSTIN Cr) LU Cri uJ CD cC L.L.1 LU 70 JULIE ROSEN TRAVEL PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA 800-379-5593 May the corning yeav- be filled with health and happiness fop. all my family and fv-iends. TECHNOLOGY page 69 '19 Brad, but he could be helped by for the last time. That was 33 years ago. If increasing the size of the opening between the left and right sides of Brad had that same condition to- the heart, thereby increasing the day, the opening would have been life-sustaining shunt. This would enlarged by inflating a balloon catheter across it in infancy, some- require open-heart surgery. Brad and his parents agreed. thing called a balloon septostomy. I contacted one of the most expe- After allowing a few years for rienced heart surgeons in the growth and development, correc- country, and he agreed to do the tive heart surgery would have been done. Brad would have lived procedure. We were all ecstatic. On the day of the heart to adulthood, gone to college and surgery, the surgeon called me in probably lived a good life span. r\—\ It is a pity we did not have this tears. During the operation a por- tion of the heart wall had been in- technology then, but we do have advertently cut. Massive blood it now. Literally thousands of loss resulted, and permanent Brads, worldwide, have and will brain damage was feared. Brad benefit from the miracles of mod- never woke up from that opera- em medical technology. ❑ tion, and a week later his parents Dr. Marshall Franklin is a had to make the horrible request that life support be discontinued. San Diego-based cardiologist. "He never looked so pink," his N parents told me as they saw him The Chinese Art Of Movement JACK WILLIAMS SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS t first glance, the practice of traditional tai chi chuan may seem like so much ynchronized sleepwalking — underwater. A yin, yang and yawn thing. Actually, it's sort of watered- down kung fu, choreographed, it seems, by an ancient martial artist who couldn't decide whether to dance with his dreams or dis- member his demons. It's slow. It's controlled. It's, well, inscrutable. And with 108 separate move- ments, it's as challenging to learn as to execute, discouraging impa- tient Westerners from some of its bountiful benefits: enhanced bal- ance and coordination, greater blood flow and reduced stress. A briefer, more accessible form of the ancient Chinese art of moving meditation has been around for 22 years, perfected and taught by Justin Stone of Albu- querque, N.M. This short form of tai chi chuan is known as tai chi chih (pronounced "tie chee chuh"). Eng- lish translation: knowledge of the supreme ultimate. In both cases, the emphasis is on "chi," or vital energy, and "yin/yang," or balance of opposing forces. Tai chi chili encompasses 20 movements derived from tai chi chuan — movements that are taught in eight sessions of up to 90 minutes each. Simple, gentle and repetitive, the movements can be learned by the young, the old and the phys- ically challenged, say tai chi chih's adherents. Some classes, in fact, are geared for those in wheel- chairs or people with multiple scle- rosis. Other classes involve com- As petitive athletes looking for any edge. If you're familiar with yoga, the balance and flexibility you've already developed will make tai chi chili all the more accessible. Ten minutes to a half-hour per day of practice will reward a student with what its adherents call healing benefits. Among them: reductions in stress and j blood pressure. Dr. Tahir Bhatti, a San Diego psychiatrist, was impressed enough as a student that he de- cided to undertake a formal study measuring tai chi chih's effects on such things as depression, blood pressure and pain relief. A study published last year in the Journal of the American Medical Association showed that exercises based on traditional tai< chi can help the elderly reduce the risk of falling — a problem for se- niors, especially women prone to osteoporosis. "Tai chi chih doesn't have some of the demanding poses re- quired in traditional tai chi," said Susan Patterson, a respiratory therapist at San Diego Children's Hospital when she isn't teaching her favorite exercise. "But you get nothing out of it unless you do 10 minutes a day," she said. "Because there are only 20 movements to learn, people find they can relax their minds more (than with tai chi chuan). 'They're not always thinking about what's coming next, which is what attracts some people who, don't stick with tai chi chuan. "We have a lot of former tai chi chuan students in our class- es." ❑ writes for Copley News Service, Jack Williams