Gaiam Partners With Acclaimed Master T'ai Chi Instructor
David-Dorian Ross To Release Intro To T'ai Chi: The 9 Beginner
Flows DVD And T'ai Chi For Health And Happiness - A PBS Pledge
Drive Show On DVD This Month
NEW YORK, Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Gaiam, Inc., the
leading distributor of lifestyle media, announced today the release
of Intro to T'ai Chi: the 9 Beginner Flows and the DVD version of
the PBS pledge show, T'ai Chi for Health & Happiness. Led by
acclaimed master instructor David-Dorian
Ross, the DVDs demonstrate the practice of T'ai Chi, a
practice that was developed in China hundreds of years ago and provides a
myriad of health benefits to its millions of practitioners.
"T'ai Chi focuses on the connection between movements to create
balance in one's whole life – the body, mind, and spirit," says
Ross. "My goal is to make the practice as accessible as possible,
so everyone can reap the physical and mental health benefits of
T'ai Chi."
T'ai Chi for Health & Happiness, which originally aired as a
pledge show on PBS, introduces the benefits of T'ai Chi with the
goal of teaching viewers how easy it is to learn and practice for
lifelong benefits. This DVD guides the user through four easy moves
to create a simple flow that can be used daily to bring balance,
power, and integrity into their everyday experience. Additionally,
the DVD shares how T'ai Chi can help with three of the biggest
health concerns today: obesity, aging, and disease.
In Intro to T'ai Chi, Ross provides an easy-to-follow
introduction to the fundamentals of T'ai Chi, leading the viewer
through a flow sequence that can help balance all aspects of life.
The DVD features three 20-minute practices which include:
- Entering The Flow (20 min) – Introduces the first two
principles of T'ai Chi – Slow Down and Relax – along
with the first two moves in the flow sequence.
- Finding Your Still Point (20 min) – Continues with the next two
principles – Sink Down/Stay Down and Be Neutral
– and the next three moves in the series.
- Create Balance (20 min) – Explores the final two principles –
Balance Energy and Coordinate – as it teaches the
final four moves of the routine.
Once completed, viewers are able to put together the nine moves
in an easy-to-follow flow sequence that can be practiced daily.
"At a time when T'ai Chi is resurging in popularity in the U.S.,
we are excited to once again work with David-Dorian Ross, the authority when it comes
to T'ai Chi," says Bill Sondheim, president of Gaiam. "T'ai Chi
provides an array of incredible health benefits that include
slowing down the aging process, improving brain function, and
controlling stress and anxiety. We look forward to
introducing our consumers to the practice and having them reap the
benefits."
Intro to T'ai Chi and T'ai Chi for Health & Happiness Yoga
each has an approximate runtime of 60 minutes. They are sold
separately and each has a suggested retail price of $14.98. The DVDs will be available beginning
December 4, 2012 in stores nationwide
and online at Amazon.com.
About David-Dorian
Ross
David-Dorian Ross
has been practicing T'ai Chi (The Art of Harmony) for 35 years. He
is America's "Chi-vangelist," whose public appearances introduce
people to the benefits, accessibility, and sheer joy of learning
T'ai Chi. He recently hosted the prime-time special "T'ai Chi,
Health and Happiness" for the PBS network (airing
November/December 2012). This was his
second public television program on T'ai Chi. His first show was
"T'ai Chi in Paradise," produced with Hawaiian Public Television in
Honolulu. Inside Kung-fu Magazine
called David-Dorian "the man who brought T'ai Chi mainstream." His
T'ai Chi instructional DVDs have sold more than 1 million copies
world-wide, and his program T'ai Chi Beginners' Practice is the
best-selling T'ai Chi DVD of all time.
David-Dorian also holds the record as America's competitive T'ai
Chi Champion – winning 8 U.S. Gold
Medals, a World Silver medal and 2 World Bronze medals in T'ai Chi
performance (still the highest record of any American T'ai Chi
athlete). David-Dorian is also the founder of T'ai Chi Fitness
Instructor Training (F.I.T.)™ - the first teacher training program
recognized by the fitness industry, as well as the founder of T'ai
Chi Connect (www.taichiconnect.com) the first international social
networking site for players of T'ai Chi.
About GAIAM
Gaiam, Inc. (Nasdaq: GAIA) is a
leading producer and marketer of lifestyle media and fitness
accessories. With a wide distribution network that consists of over
60,000 retail doors, close to 15,000 store within stores, 5,600
media category management locations, a digital distribution
platform and more than 10 million direct customers, Gaiam is
dedicated to providing solutions for healthy and eco-conscious
living. The company dominates the health and wellness category and
releases non-theatrical programming focused on family entertainment
and conscious media. For more information about Gaiam, please visit
www.gaiam.com or call 1.800.869.3603.
Media Contact:
Lauren
Aboulessan
Krupp Kommunications
(212) 886-6710
LAboulessan@kruppnyc.com
SOURCE Gaiam Inc.