Year 1 - Tai Chi Basics
Located at Urban Grace Church
902 Market Street #301
Tacoma, WA 98402
Year Long Course
September 2024 - August 2025
Saturdays 12pm - 1pm
Tuition is $1500 for the year; $125/month
Tai Chi Chuan is a Chinese martial art that is characterized by the practice of gentle, relaxedly slow movements and stretches to cultivate vitality in the forms of energy and power in the body/mind. This cultivation of energy can be done for martial and self-defense purposes as well as for the healing of disease and trauma. In this course, we’ll be doing both.
Over the course of the year, we’ll develop our sense of central equilibrium and cultivate stillness of mind and body while in standing and moving postures. We’ll bring forth greater flow through the practice of the Yang Style Short Form, and deepen our awareness through 2-person partner drills.
What you can expect in class
During each class, we’ll spend time warming up and loosening our bodies, followed by standing meditation to gain deeper self awareness and to develop the internal structure and strength needed for health and wellbeing.
We’ll then shift into exploring and working through the Yang Style Tai Chi Short Form, exploring the fundamental principles and methods as they manifest in the postures.
Students will also work with each other to help integrate new tools and methods using two person drills and practices known as tuishou. This will allow us the space to put the principles and methods of Tai Chi into practical application for health and overcoming life’s stresses.
Students will also receive energetic assistance during each class. This means that I work with your energy field to balance, protect and amplify your energies. This helps you flow with a higher level of energy (Qi) and also helps make this subtle field less subtle allowing you to integrate the techniques and methods more effortlessly into your everyday life. It’s an hour of bonus energy work each week!
This Program Focuses On
Developing balanced stable structure and alignment
Facilitating release of tension, stress and anxiety
Identifying and harmonizing blockages
Developing and expanding your sensitivity and awareness of energy (Qi)
Zhan Zhuang (Standing Meditation)
Yang Style Short Form (42 Postures)
2-person partner drills (Tuishou)
Schedule
Class is held on Saturdays each week from 12pm - 1pm.
Tentative dates are as follows:
September - 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th
October - 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th
November - 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd
December - 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th
January - 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th
February - 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd
March - 1st, 8th, 15th, 29th
April - 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th
May - 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th
June - 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th
July - 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th
August - 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd
How to enroll
We're currently accepting applications for Tai Chi Energy Applications and Advanced Form Work.
Registration window ends Saturday, August 31st at 11:59pm.
Space is limited. Learn more about what’s required for the Year Long Program Application Process.
If you’d like to enroll, please click on the button below.
After your application has been reviewed, you’ll be contacted about next steps.
Tuition
Tuition is $1,500 for the year; you have the option to pay in monthly installments ($125 per month).
Monthly tuition payments can be made in person with cash or a check and are due on the first class of the month.
Scholarship
I don’t want money to be a major hindrance or road block to you being able to grow and deepen your Tai Chi experience.
With this in mind, I’m also offering a scholarship rate for the full course.
Scholarship tuition is $1,200 for the year; you have the option to pay in monthly installments due at the first class of the month ($100 per month).
If the scholarship rate is still too much of a burden to your financial life, please contact me directly or just quote me a price in your scholarship application and we can discuss further sliding scale rates.