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When Therapeutic Movement Practice Confronts Mortality and Aging Fears

I started doing tai chi with seniors at the community center after my stroke and it's helping my balance but I feel like I'm just waiting to die with all these old people. I'm only fifty-five.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Practices that address physical vulnerability can force us to confront existential realities we're not ready to accept.

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