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May 23, 2011

Restaurant teaching wait staff, others Tai Chi

Everyone probably knows how physically demanding it is to wait tables or work in a restaurant. But just how mentally demanding do you think it is?

The owner of Sotto Sopra, the mainstay Italian place on Charles Street, thinks it's plenty tough on the mind. That's why he's added meditation and Tai Chi to staff training.

Chef-owner Riccardo Bosio says the entire front-of-the-house and back-of-the-house staff will participate in an hour-long session after lunch service on Saturday. They will learn proper movement and mind-set to handle “what can be a prolonged high-stress situation with focus and grace.”

Bosio believes this not only will help the staff, but will mean better service.

Heard of other ways restaurants are coping with us, the customers?

AFP/Getty file photo of World Tai Chi Day

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Meredith Cohn has been a reporter since 1991, covering everything from politics and airlines to the environment and medicine. A runner since junior high and a particular eater for almost as long, she tries to keep up on health and fitness trends. Her aim is to bring you the latest news and information from the local and national medical and wellness communities.

Andrea K. Walker knows it’s weird to some people, but she has a fascination with fitness, diseases, medicine and other health-related topics. She subscribes to a variety of health and fitness magazines and becomes easily engrossed in the latest research in health and science. An exercise fanatic, she’s probably tried just about every fitness activity there is. Her favorites are running, yoga and kickboxing. So it is probably fitting that she has been assigned to cover the business of healthcare and to become a regular contributor to this blog. Andrea has been at The Sun for nearly 10 years, covering manufacturing, retail , airlines and small and minority business. She looks forward to telling readers about the latest health news.

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