Book: Book: Tai Chi Chuan, Somatics, and Your Brain – $30.00 Paperback / $12.99 Kindle
Maintaining a Continuous Thread; Applied Neuroscience to Improve Your Tai Chi
by John Loupos
“Tai Chi Chuan, Somatics, and Your Brain – How to Maintain a Continuous Thread” (August 5, 2026) is long time Tai Chi teacher John Loupos’ fifth book, now available in 8.5” x 11” paperback or e-book version. At 230 pages with 200 color illustrations this book blends the best of three highly complementary disciplines into a practical, hands-on, easy-to-read, easy-to-follow-along guide for Tai Chi enthusiasts of all skill levels, as well as lay readers. This book contains a wealth of ground breaking information not just about Tai Chi, but about Hanna Somatics, a Tai Chi-friendly health and wellness modality that works by changing the way your brain and body communicate in order to alleviate pain and muscle stiffness, replete with relevant neurophysiological theory.
The author advocates for the Somatics methodology as an important part of every Tai Chi’er’s practice. Readers can follow along to multiple body-freeing guided movement patterns even as they read along. Somatics also happens to be a great way to improve neuromuscular intelligence for better performance at Tai Chi or any other activity. Along with the many Somatics movement patterns the author has included several highly detailed sections clarifying important Tai Chi technical aspects, as well as with philosophical and autobiographical musings that shed light on Tai Chi’s personal development features.
“Tai Chi Chuan, Somatics, and Your Brain…” is available at Amazon in paperback, or as an E-book for domestic or international delivery. Please contact the Author directly for autographed copies
Praise for this book:
- John Loupos, a master of Hanna Somatics and of Tai Chi, offers practical movement lessons that blend Tai Chi principles with Somatics techniques, helping practitioners overcome unconscious habits that hinder progress. These lessons are applicable to any physical activity and support overall physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being, representing a significant contribution to the field of internal martial arts. —Alan Remde MD, Integrative Family and Sports Medicine, Certified Medical Acupuncture.
- It can take a lifetime to master a movement system as complex as Tai Chi. It is beyond impressive to master both Tai Chi and Hanna Somatics, which is exactly what John Loupos has done. In this book, John interweaves these two systems, showing how Hanna Somatic principles and practices can shed fresh light on the more nuanced aspects of Tai Chi, benefitting novice and experienced Tai Chi practitioners alike, so that Tai Chi becomes more intelligently somatic and the somatic explorations become more Tai Chi-like. – Gabriel Posner Ph.D, author “Somatic Techniques for Massage Therapists.”
- A must-read for all Tai Chi enthusiasts! In his latest book, John Loupos demonstrates how neuromuscular re-education can reverse dysfunctional postural habits and help you find the fluidity and rootedness you seek in Tai Chi. This book is chock-full of somatic exercises to refine your ability to self-sense, and to integrate this awareness into your Tai Chi practice. John’s exuberance, wit, intelligence, precision, and care abound on each page. – Lisa Sack, Certified Hanna Somatic Educator®, E-RYT 500, Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) and Viniyoga™ Therapist, Āyurvedic Health Counselor (C-AHC).
- John Loupos’s Tai Chi skill level is absolutely amazing. Watching him play the Tai Chi form is a transcendental experience. John is also a healer of the highest order, with an extraordinary flair for explaining exactly what to do and exactly why it works, both with Tai Chi and Somatics. I found everything he says to be spot-on; absolutely the truth. – Dr. CJ Rhoads, founder of the Taijiquan Enthusiasts Organization, managing director of the Health, Prosperity, and Leadership Institute, recipient of the “World Congress of Qigong Tai Chi TCM & Natural Healing Leadership Award,” and former gold medalist in Woman’s Push Hands.
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