When my wife, Terry Johnson, and I first started T’ai Chi Chih on September 11, 2017, I found it interesting.  The movements were soft and slow, unlike any other martial art I’d taken before.  No surprise there, since T’ai Chi Chih is not a martial art, it’s a healing art.  Interesting, but not for me, I thought.  Terry continued going Read more...

Hello, my name is Mary Buirgy and I am an accredited T’ai Chi Chih teacher in Northern Colorado. I discovered T’ai Chi Chih in the spring of 2017 at a time when my life and career as an educator were full of stressful demands. Having engaged in meditation practices throughout my adult life, I found T’ai Chi Chih to be Read more...

Thanks for visiting. Stay tuned for more about my T’ai Chi Chih story.   For all my students, here are the resources I recommend for continuing your T’ai Chi Chih practice: Photo/Text Instruction ($15.95) by Justin Stone, originator of TCC Justin’s Instruction DVD (with a practice with four teachers) ($32.95) Justin’s Streaming Instruction (with four hours of content; $32.95) Carmen Read more...

A T’ai Chi Chih practitioner for over 30 years, Matthew was certified as a teacher in 2013. He teaches on Bowen Island, and online through Zoom. Matthew is also a registered massage therapist and facilities the Embodiment Project, an online community that supports bringing embodiment principles into everyday life. You can find out more about Matthew’s work at the Somatics Read more...

I have been engaged in well-being and bodywork therapies for over 50 years. Concurrently I had a career in various high tech software and software management positions in Silicon Valley. I retired from technology in 2004 and subsequently opened an award winning spa in Mountain View with two other like-minded people. In 2009 we closed that and I have focused Read more...

Born and raised in Southern California, Lynne Roberts has lived in Missoula for the past 32 years. Lynne’s background was in dance performance prior to becoming an accredited T’ai Chi Chih (TCC) teacher in 1988 by T’ai Chi Master, Justin Stone. Lynne has offered classes throughout the Missoula community for three decades.  Twenty eight yrs. at The Women’s Club until Read more...

One step at a time…one movement at a time…one class at a time. I found that my lifetime journey was only just beginning when I began to learn T’ai Chi Chih. Once T’ai Chi Chih touched my heart, awakened my inner spirit and light, and when the vital force/chi/prana in my body responded to this lovely gentle practice…it was meant Read more...

The practice of T’ai Chi Chih (TCC) can be transformative in people’s lives. It has transformed mine. When I first learned T’ai Chi Chih back in 1999, I was a stressed-out corporate employee looking for some inner peace and more balance in my life. A friend suggested T’ai Chi Chih telling me that I would love it and it would Read more...

I once heard a wise teacher describe T’ai Chi Chih as “A Way.” A way for some to improve balance, flexibility and range of motion. A way to strengthen cognitive health. A way to find inner strength and peace of mind. T’ai Chi Chih is all of that;  and more. It is a gift, the greatest gift that you can Read more...

Watch this space as links and more information are added for Justin F Stone (1916-2012), T’ai Chi Chih’s Originator and original teacher … :-) In the meantime: — visit the Justin Stone website. — see Justin’s timeline-by-the decade. — learn TCC with Justin through his streaming instructional videos. — meditate on these notable quotations.             Read more...

I began my T’ai Chi Chih journey in 1994-95, taking a beginners class with Chris McClain. After completing the class Chris called and asked if I would like to join a weekly practice with her and other students. I happily accepted. I started to become interested in becoming a teachers after six months or so of practicing weekly with the Read more...

When I was in my early thirties, a dancer I admired suggested I try T’ai Chi Chih and I fell in love with the gentle rhythmic movements instantly! My Teacher insisted I take the Teacher’s Training course lead by the originator of the form, Justin Stone, and while rehearsing my graduation presentation, a woman asked “isn’t that T’ai Chi’? That Read more...

I’ve had the honor of teaching T’ai Chi Chih for more than 15 years. I’ve been teaching through Nokomis Community Center, in view of Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, for the past 12 years until COVID-19 arrived.   Zoom Classes Mondays at 9:30 a.m. FREE T’ai Chi Chih practice https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/84020978292?occurrence=1628519400000#:~:text=Join%20Zoom%20Meeting%0Ahttps%3A//us02web.zoom.us/j/84020978292%3Fpwd%3DZ1lDaVZFS09YNFkrbDcyQlNjcXcxZz09 Meeting # is 840 2097 8292 Passcode 51816 • I will Read more...

I have been practicing T’ai Chi Chih since 1995. When I began, classes in Sitka were taught by Russ Brown who came to town for a week (with classes times per week) and and then he was gone for maybe two months, the back again. I was accredited in June 1997 and Seijaku accredited in November 1997 in Albuquerque, N.M. Read more...