My T’ai Chi Chih Story: From the moment that T’ai Chi Chih (TCC) was introduced to me, I felt an inexplicable soothing calm that captured my interest and curiosity. Passion ignited purpose in June 2019 with an invitation to offer TCC to veterans living with the challenges of PTSD. I’ve experienced how trauma changes the brain, dissolving the ability to Read more...

Lisa M. Otero has been practicing T’ai Chi Chih for 25 years and was accredited to teach in 2000.  She is a student of Carmen Brocklehurst and has had the honor to be personally instructed many times over the years by TCC originator, Justin Stone. Lisa teaches several T’ai Chi Chih classes and practice sessions each week at various locations Read more...

I currently don’t have formal classes going but have been offering instruction one-on-one and to small groups. Please contact me if you are interested. See all other accredited teachers in the Minneapolis/St Paul area here. Read more...

Thanks for visiting! My T’ai Chi Chih journey brought me to TCC accreditation in 1998, and have since taught in the Minneapolis area and in Sandstone, Minnesota. TCC has changed my life. I started learning the practice to help heal a physical injury which resolved within two weeks of attending my first class. I continue to practice for the spiritual Read more...

Hello! Thank you for visiting my page. I started learning T’ai Chi Chih by accident! I was looking for a suitable space for a Reiki Share and put the request out on a health and wellbeing group Facebook page. Tina Wells posted a photo of her lovely garden room, where she teaches her T’ai Chi Chih classes and invited me Read more...

Rick is an ordained Presbyterian minister with advanced training in spiritual development and spiritual counseling. He was certified as a T’ai Chi Chih instructor in April of 2019. He currently works as Chaplain at Covenant Living at Inverness senior living community in Tulsa and serves as pastor of Yale Avenue Presbyterian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Photo: Rick with his wife, Read more...

T’ai Chi Chih found me in 2010 in a class at my church, where I was looking for a spiritual practice. Little did I know at the time that I would immediately begin healing myself from a recent and serious bout with cancer. The benefits were subtle, but slow and steady, until I realized that my entire being was becoming Read more...

Thanks for visiting. I’m not teaching classes now because of Covid-19, but please check back. See all accredited TCC teachers in Minnesota here. Read more...

T’ai Chi Chih is a cherished personal practice that I do every day. It is a simple practice that is easy to learn, but that takes a lifetime or more to refine. I thought I would take the accreditation course to “deepen my practice.” I didn’t know I wanted or needed to share it until I started teaching in 2015. Read more...

Amy Tyksinski “What beckons to me in this moment now through my T’ai Chi Chih practice as we, the chi and I, commune with one another?” is a question I often ask myself in the quiet early morning as I start my day. I and my humanity fall into a compassionate embrace; the gentle 19 movements and 1 pose welcome Read more...

I believe that this practice literally saved my life during a very difficult time. I am here to pay it forward to help others. More than ten years ago I was caring for my elderly parents. They were entering that end of life period at their late 90’s to 101 years of age. If you have done this you know Read more...