ABSTRACT
This chapter introduces the need for biopsychosocial interventions that can respond to multi-domain disturbances to selfstates in neurological patients, states that have yet to benefit from existing psychological interventions. It argues that the psychological dimension of tai ji (TJ) practise has been neglected in the existing literature on TJ with neurological conditions. The chapter concludes by formulating suggestions for a future research programme to scientifically validate the underlying concept of FSE, in addition to targeting and evaluating its clinical application via TJ groups in neurological services. Within the mind-body practice of TJ, the subjective quality of flow is associated with embodied feelings of lightness and bodily coherence/unity within movement, as indicated in these excerpts from the earliest attributed writing on TJ. Scientific studies of TJ practitioners in the general population do reliably highlight gains in physical (muscle strength, balance, flexibility, and motor control) and cognitive functioning (executive functioning) plus emotional well-being.
