"When you practice external movement take time to practice gong and optimize self cultivation."
In this 9-week series with Master Teacher, Shawn Tucker, you will learn the origin, purpose and principles of traditional Chinese Qi Gong and Tai Chi to foster health and wellbeing. Each week we will focus on specific principles while practicing:
Mindfulness Training
Mobility and Posture Improvement (silk reeling exercises)
Standing and Sitting Qi Gong
8 movement Tai Chi Form that you will be able to incorporate into daily life
Tai Chi (Taiji) is a Taoist philosophy and movement art form. The term Qi means vital life energy force and Gong means skill/merit/power and the work which produces them.
Open to beginner and intermediate students.
Facilitator: Shawn Tucker
Master Teacher Hun Yuan Taiji, PT, Owner, Brentwood Center of Health
Shawn Tucker has been teaching Therapeutic Tai Chi for Health since 2007. In 2012 he competed in the 3rd international Hun Yuan Taiji competition in Bejing where he was awarded a gold medal in Advanced 24 Form. In 2018 he was awarded Master Teacher status in Hun Yuan Taiji by St Louis Internal Arts. Shawn has written numerous articles and participated in clinical research to better understand the medical and health benefits of Traditional Asian Mind/Body practices. As a holistic, integrative healthcare provider, Shawn incorporates Taoist healing arts into his private practice at Brentwood Center of Health (bcoh.org).
Cost: $180 for 9-weeks
Location: Upstairs Studio