Classes

Learners of all ages and abilities are welcome.

Drop-in: Tai Chi mini-forms

A drop-in class

This class can be enjoyed on a drop-in basis and is also appropriate for the serious tai chi practitioner. Participants learn the “Basic Moves” of the nationally recognized Tai Chi Fundamentals®” program and other movement patterns such as the “Five Animals” and “Silk Reeling” created by masters hundreds of years ago. The movements are easy to learn, introduce flow and mindfulness and form the basis of the seemingly simple, yet complex tai chi choreography practiced in public places around the world. The patterns improve balance, mental sharpness, flexibility and health. Harvard Medical School ranks Tai Chi as a “top five” exercise for any age group.

Class times: Mondays 9:30am at the First Congregational Church. Walker and seated participants, please contact Will in advance.

Registration is required. Contact Will for info.

Deepen the journey – The Professor’s Form

Regular attendance and practice highly recommended

Cheng Man-Ching’s 37 posture form is the most popular tai chi movement set in the world. The Professor brought the form from Shanghai to his school in Taiwan in the 1940s and to NYC’s Chinatown in the 1960s and early 70s. As a medical doctor, poet, painter and calligrapher, his teaching emphasizes health benefits and mindfulness over self-defense.

Learning the Form is both an external and internal process that increases in depth and value over time. Learning the choreography and discovering the internal transformational dynamics go hand in hand. Both accrue and deepen with committed practice and open the body’s natural modes of healing.

This class requires a commitment. Regular attendance and practice are intrinsic to the undertaking. Like learning a foreign language, we start with sounds, move to words, sentences and as skills improve, become fluent.

Registration is required. Contact Will for info.

Private Classes

I have found that group classes enable participants to learn from one another as they progress and to develop a sense of community around this new common purpose. Unfortunately, I have had to turn down many offers for private instruction.

Schedule overview:

Class	Day / Time	Location
Drop-in: Tai Chi mini-forms Recommended for beginners	Mondays 9:30am	First Congregational Church of Greenwich, located in Old Greenwich
Deep dive on tai chi principles and key movement patterns. Encouraged for both beginner and advanced students. Contact Will if interested	Thursdays 8:30am	FCCOG
The Professor’s Form (Advanced)	Saturday 8:00am	FCCOG