Online Courses:
Your roadmap to internal authentic Tai Chi
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Learn the all important basis on which to create powerful, authentic Tai Chi that goes beyond just the forms. Super charge your Tai Chi with the essence of Song--an effortless, relaxed and open state. Learn to sense and develop Song in your body and movements. Build a structured whole-body connection as a vessel for a powerful, effortless Tai Chi. Create movement and ease in your Tai Chi and your life. Regardless of your preferred Tai Chi style or form or level of Tai Chi experience, bring increased efficiency, power and enjoyment to your Tai Chi. Each lesson is a pre-recorded course and coincides with the book: Beyond Form: Learning Tai Chi from the Inside Out.
Master the art of fascia connection in this course. Learn to move others off their center using only the lightest touch. Be able to do those things you have seen others "Masters" do, which seems hard to believe. Give deeper context and understanding to your Tai Chi movements. Weekly (pre-recorded) sessions offer clear instruction, specific techniques, plenty of solo and partner practice drills to develop your skills. This is a course to accompany the book: Beyond Form: Learning Tai Chi from the Inside Out.
Appropriate for all levels from seasoned practitioner to beginner.
Learn the Yang Style 24 Form set with ease and depth. Susan's approach makes learning this form set enjoyable, with immediate successes that build from lesson to lesson. You won’t just memorize movements; you'll also develop the essential principles of Tai Chi posture, body structure, and internal connections to make your practice more effective, comfortable, and effortless. PLEASE NOTE:
This is the same course as the 24 Yang offered below on a different (older) platform. Register here if new to the course.
Learn Sun Style Qigong, a simple yet engaging practice created by Susan Thompson and based on Sun Lutang’s Sun Style Tai Chi forms. This set of seven flowing movements opens energy channels for Qi to flow, promotes relaxation, and builds a strong foundation for learning Sun Style Tai Chi. Featuring a higher stance and some of the most beautiful Tai Chi movements, such as Leisurely Tying Coat, Ladies Working the Shuttles, and Waving Hands in Clouds, this course offers clear instruction with plenty of follow-along practice. Join now and experience the beauty and energy of Sun Style Qigong!
Learn these simple movements to reduce symptoms of stress, anxiety and PTSD. Each movement is rooted in a different quality to reduce stress: breathing, grounding, releasing, protecting and connecting. These movements are simple but powerful.
This is a continuation of the Easy Qigong course. The first part was Qigong movements and this second part teaches the Tai Chi form set based on the Qigong movements. It continues to emphasize the five qualities for reducing anxiety: Breathing, Grounding, Releasing, Protecting and Connecting.
Learn these simple movements to bring about improved improved health and stress reduction. The movements are easy to learn yet powerful in their health benefits. No previous experience required. All movements can be performed standing or seated.
This course is a great place to start your Tai Chi journey. Learn a simple but rich Tai Chi form set while learning the foundations of Tai Chi posture and movement applicable to all styles and forms of Tai Chi. Forms learned here will be a great launch pad for moving in the 24 yang Form later.
Seated Tai Chi (coming soon)
This course offers those who have balance challenges or physical impairments to be able to engage in modified Tai Chi movements for improved trunk stability, rotation, core stability and Qi flow.