Tai Chi Chuan classes are currently held Monday through Thursday at 12:15. Classes are 1 hour. There is also a class on Sunday at 11:45 for Push hands and Chi-gong.
We will offer Cardio Karate classes on Tuesday and Thursday from 4:15 to 5:15 starting late July.
Beginning May 10, there will be a new class offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:15pm – 1:15pm.
This Introductory class is for people who are new to Tai Chi or have been practicing for under six months. Basic principles and exercises will be covered in a way appropriate to a beginning level.
Come try it, you’ll be glad you did!
(All Classes are held at Yoga Shala, 322 W. Gurley St., Prescott)
Tai Chi will be held at Yoga Shala 322 Gurley Street , Prescott. Thank you for your on-going interest and support. Schedules can be seen below.
| Yoga Shala 322 W. Gurley Street |
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| Monday | 12:15 - 1:15 pm | Intermediate Tai Chi/ Chi Gong |
| Tuesday | 12:15 - 1:15pm (Starts May 10) | Introductory Tai Chi/ Chi Gong |
| Wednesday | 12:15 - 1:15 pm | Intermediate Tai Chi/ Chi Gong |
| Thursday | 12:15 - 1:15pm (Starts May 12) | Introductory Tai Chi/ Chi Gong |
| Sunday | 11:45 - 12:45 pm | Push Hands / Chi Gong |
[The following article appeared in the Prescott Daily Courier on Sunday, March 29, 2009]
A new exercise program aimed at people with knee problems kicks off on April 6 at Prescott’s Center for Physical Excellence. Its organizer, Cheryl Van Demark, says it fills a need in the quad-city area.
“It’s taking all the pieces out there in the scientific literature about non-pharmaceutical ways to treat osteoarthritis and packaging it in a user-friendly eight-week program,” Van Demark said. (more…)
Hey everybody, we have moved around the corner and just up the street a little at 215 McCormick. I really appreciate the support of our Tai Chi group. We are fortunate to have such a nice facility to use to play Tai-Chi. This entire month I am going to be handing out cards good for a free month of Tai-Chi so new students get an opportunity to find out about the wonder of Tai Chi. Please feel free to ask me for a handful of cards if you would like to give one to anybody as a free gift of Tai-Chi from you and Prescott Tai- Chi. In the mean time everyone’s Tai-Chi is flowing and growing, I am proud of the accomplishments of our group and I am honored to share the treasure of Tai-Chi.
Tai-Chi is like threading Chi through a pearl with 9 holes. This is one of hundreds of ancient statements that many have no idea what it means. Like all statements and techniques there are several possible levels of meaning. There are those who understand, and deeply.
Ok, to start with: If you have been practicing Tai-Chi for any time at all you know that when one part moves, all parts move. You should also understand that the movement begins in the feet, feeding the energy of earth, gravity, to the legs. The waist then directs this energy through the torso into the arms and finally manifesting in the tips of the fingers. Think about it if you do not yet understand this, it will come to you. (more…)
We must as Westerners understand that there is a need to express the theories and philosophies of Tai-Chi in a way that is easy for the Western mind to comprehend. To understand Xin and Yi one must simply realize the clarity and wisdom that arises as a result of quieting the mind. For instance the notion of Xin and Yi. There are not actually two different parts of our mind that could be subdivided in this manner. It is a way of speaking to teach that an overly emotional mind can cause one to be out of balance. Calmness directly experienced through the physical comprehension that Tai-Chi offers becomes a Physical foundation to build deeper mental experience. It is perhaps wise to say that when we have a mind that is calm and our emotions are in balance we make wiser decisions. (more…)
Reuters – ABC News
Mar 30, 2005 – By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new take on the ancient martial art Tai Chi may offer a gentle way for even frail elderly adults to keep moving.
The style, known as Tai Chi Fundamentals, combines the traditions of the Chinese practice along with modern therapeutic principles to form an exercise plan feasible for elderly adults with a range of health problems – from arthritis to heart disease.
. . . Long used in China as a way to promote wellness, Tai Chi focuses on building strength, balance and flexibility through slow, fluid movements combined with mental imagery and deep breathing. (more…)
“The great empires of the future will be empires of the mind.”
Winston Churchill
I see T’ai Chi as perhaps the most important aspect of humanity’s future. In fact, in June, Consumer Reports Magazine named Tai Chi the #1 exercise of 2000. Paradoxically, I realized just how important T’ai Chi was going to be for humanity, by being told to “let go” of just how important I thought it was. Everything changed for me a few years ago, when I went to a weekend growth seminar, and during my discourse on why T’ai Chi was “very important” to everyone’s health, one of the moderators interrupted to suggest, “why don’t people just do it because it is fun?” (more…)