Each class begins with a group warm-up. These are movement and breathing training forms like Qigong and/or posture retraining and strengthening with Yichuan standing meditation. One of the beauties of the practice is that you can adjust the intensity level of everything. Anywhere from seated for someone recovering their health to the most demanding physical challenge you’ve ever endured. As we teach at Northwest Internal Arts, every individual’s limits or goals are respected. Each person is shown how to use the practice to accomplish what is important to them.

The second half of class is spent working on different forms (a long series of movements) of Tai Chi. The initial form we teach with the focus of cultivating health and vitality. The goal of the instruction in our classes is that each member learns their forms well enough to have a practice that they can take with them to maintain well-being for the rest of their lives. Beyond this, dozens of practices members can learn depending on their personal goals and what strengths they wish to develop. Please contact us if you have something you want to achieve and know if Tai Chi is the right way to go about it.