Is tai chi a stretching exercise, deep-breathing program, martial art, dance or prayer? Yes, it's all those and more.
Tai chi, like many ancient Eastern practices, does not fit strict Western categories. Tai chi, together with the extraordinary self-healing method developed by Dr Lee, offers relief for stress, breathing disorders, muscular ailments, chronic headaches, and a variety of modern office- and sports-related complaints, as well as for deep emotional distress.
Few today are as well positioned to explain the healing powers of tai chi as Dr. Martin Lee, a renowned engineering physicist and tai chi master. He and his wife, Emily, also a tai chi master, are the only Americans to have studied with Yu Pen-Shih, one of China's foremost ch'i kung masters. Dr. Lee has developed a groundbreaking practical program that combines Eastern and Western approaches to wellness, which he calls "physical philosophy." Its goal is to help people become "one with nature," a Buddhist term for the natural restoration of true health.
The rewards of one-with-nature tai chi are inner happiness, self-control, self-realization, and self-healing. Each one of these benefits receives individual attention, complete with the 64 tai chi forms, thoroughly illustrated with photographs and diagrams. The central focus is on the flow of energy — the chi, or "inner breath" — that tai chi evokes through Lee's four basic instructions: Relax. Breathe. Feel the earth. Do nothing extra. Here is a valuable health, exercise, and meditation program that combines ancient spiritual insights with advanced scientific knowledge and important original discoveries.
Sample Chapter(s)
Introduction: East Meets West How I Came to Tai Chi
Chapter 1: One-with-Nature Theory
Contents:
- East Meets West: How I Came to Tai Chi:
- One-with-Nature Theory
- Becoming One with Nature
- One-with-Nature Tone Ch'i and Inner Happiness
- One-with-Nature Tai Chi and Self-Control
- One-with-Nature Meditation and Self-Realization
- One-with-Nature Touch and Self-Healing
- Personal Wellness and Cell Wellness
- The Tao, Science, Philosophy, and Spirituality
- Beginner's Guide to Tai Chi Practice
- One-with-Nature Tai Chi, the 64 Forms
Readership: Tai Chi practitioners and enthusiasts. General public interested in healthcare, wellbeing and quality of life.

Image: Emily (right side), Martin (middle), and Joyce (left side)
Dr Martin and Master Emily Lee, co-founders of Aitaiji.org and the Tai Chi Cultural Center, have for over four decades shared their knowledge through their books, courses, and lectures on the study of the mind, body, spirit wellness through the ancient Chinese health practices, Tai Chi and Ch'i Gung. Dr Lee, a Stanford engineering physicist, and Master Lee, an expert in Tai Ji, hold a deep passion in the study and promotion of Chinese traditional health practices. As authors and producers of three books and video, the Lees collaborated with Stanford University to create a program funded by the National Institute of Aging to study the effects of Tai Chi on the health of seniors. Currently, they continue to share their learning in simple, easy to learn "Youthful Longevity" methodology to promote wellness around the world through traditional programs as well as in the science and technological fields of healthcare and wearable devices, through the Big Data Idea Lab and Stanford University.
Joyce Lee is a chinese-american artist living and working in Hong Kong. She was born in New York and received her Bachelor's degree at Stanford University. She enjoyed art from an early age and began painting in oil, acrylic, and watercolors since 1996. Principally self-taught, she studied art history, and took particular inspiration from the works of the Sung Dynasty bird and flower painting tradition, the Rococo movement of the 18th century, and the abstract expressionistic focus of Zao Wou-ki. Her subjects range from abstract representations of Nature to flora and fauna. She aims to represent the lyricism that underlies all things in Nature. Her works were first shown to the public in March 2000 at Stanford University, and has shown her works in corporations, galleries, and private venues in California and Hong Kong.
She is also a passionate gallerist, and enjoys writing poetry.
Melinda Lee is a graduate of Stanford University with a BA in Philosophy, and enjoys a fulfilling career as an established communications professional.
Daughters, Joyce Lee and Melinda Lee have joined their parents Martin and Emily's in their passion in sharing their 5 decades of teaching, research and lecturing in the art of self study with a focus on the practice of traditional Chinese health practices.