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If heavy sweating makes you tired...
Try Tai Chi

MAY IS ‘‘Participation
Month’’, and on Wednesday,
May 16 North Vancouver
takes on a fitness challenge
from Ottawa to see which
town has the highest number
of people actively fit.

But if the thought of all
that heavy sweating makes
you feel weak before you
start, North Vancouver
District Library has an in-
teresting alternative to

suggest.
T’at Chi, the fascinating
exercise that millions of

Chinese have been practising
for centuries, offers a dif-
ferent style of exercise that
both relaxes and rejuvenates
the body and the mind. In-
stead of spurring the body on
to jump, bump and bounce,
it advocates a calm, gentle
approach that includes such

Fit asa
fiddle

YOUR BODY is the instru-
ment you play all your life.

You can find out how well
tuned your body ts at the
Arts, Sciences & Technology
Centre Health Fair, Satur-
day, May 19, Sunday, May
20 and Monday, May 2}.
During these days you can
watch demonstrations and
discover the range of notes
that your instrument plays
with some hands-on fitness
tests.

The focus of the fair is
your cardiovascular system
and how your heart, lungs
and blood work together in
harmony.

You can test the strength
and endurance of your heart
with the Dynavit Bike and a
treadmill, measure your lung
capacity with a Peak Flow
Meter, and give yourself a
blood identification test.

Computerized hfe style
testing will tell you whether
your body’s tunes make the
top ten and you can meet
some international chart
makers aS a team from
Shaughnessy Hospital
demonstrates athletic fitness
evaluation on some locally-
based world class athletes.

The Arts, Sciences &
Technology Centre, 600
Granville St, 1s open
Wednesday through Satur
day, 10 5, and Sundays and
holidays, |S) Admusston ts
$2 for adults, $1 for seniors,
students and children. For
more information please call
687 8414

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pacifying movements as
‘“Wave Hands Like Clouds’’
or ‘*Fair Lady Works at
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Instructor Steve Mitchell,
currently teaching at the
North Vancouver Recreation
Commission, will give a
demonstration of T’ai Chi
and talk about its history and
philosophy at Lynn Valley
Library on Monday, May
14th at 7 p.m. Men and
women, from teenagers to
seniors, have found the exer-
cise beneficial, and the pro-
gramme offers an-opportuni-
ty to learn about this sport
before making a decision to
take a course. The library will
also present
books on health and fitness,
and a related booklist. The
programme is free, but please
pre-register: 984-0286.

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