Tai Chi

Tai Chi Chuan has been proven to be beneficial to mental and physical health, and is achieving increasing international popularity. It is extremely easy, and just about free, to study Tai Chi Chuan in Taiwan, with teachers giving instruction in public parks, community activity centers, and schools. Tai Chi emphasizes relaxation, and exercises every part of the body with slow and graceful movements that can improve the sense of balance, enhance cardiopulmonary function, lower blood pressure, alleviate melancholy, and strengthen the immune function. Scientific research carried out in America also shows that it consumes 280 calories an hour, making it capable of “weight reduction without sweat.”

Yoga

The fashion for yoga in Taiwan encompasses small class instruction, large yoga centers, and even vacation spots. International yoga groups have come in; True Yoga, for example, gives instruction at a 2,112-square-meter sixstar facility in Taipei’s Xinyi district that is said to be the biggest yoga hall in Asia. Space Yoga also has a topclass facility in the same area. Near Hualien in the eastern part of Taiwan, the Promised Land Resort offers a yoga itinerary that emphasizes the slow life.

Spas

Taiwan offers a wide variety of spa services to fill all kinds of different needs. There is far more than just functional hydrotherapy on offer here; these services extend to cover the entire field of leisure esthetics, encompassing essential oils, aromatherapy, skin beautification, music, yoga, meditation, and everything else you need for a beautiful, relaxing, and healthful experience.

Each of Taiwan’s spas is unique, since it incorporates the resources of its particular local area. Vacation resorts are usually located in scenic spots; at Sun Moon Lake’s Lalu hotel, for example, you can enjoy a spa in the midst of splendid mountain and lake scenery. Club-type spas generally offer larger spaces and more functions, like the Alexander clubs that provide health and leisure facilities all over Taiwan. There are also hotel spas, where you can enjoy accommodation, fine dining, leisure, and spa activities all at the same time as you replenish your energy and your spirit; an example of this is provided by the Being Spa chain, which offers services in the Ta Yeh Landis of Tainan, Evergreen Laurel of Taipei, Splendor of Kaohsiung, Royal Chihpen, and Caesar Park in Kending. Metropolitan type spas like the Orient Retreat and Canjune Spa go for efficiency with professional health products, hardware facilities, and massage techniques designed to produce a peaceful mood in the shortest time while protecting the skin and muscles and relaxing the body and mind.