In-Person Classes WHERE: Arroyo Verde Park, Ventura — (on the grass near the entrance to the park) WHAT: Ongoing, all-levels class. Continuing students and Beginners are welcome in every class. WHEN: Mondays 11:15am – 12:15pm FEE: $10.  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 Read more...

I was accredited in 2021 after learning and practicing T’ai Chi Chih since 2017 with more than a dozen phenomenal teachers in the T’ai Chi Chih community across the US and UK. Please join me in-person in an ongoing T’ai Chi Chih class at the Tustin Senior Center on Tuesdays at 10:30am; Senior Center class fee $1.00.  Additional in-person Beyond Read more...

Paul assists his clients in accessing a state of Well-Being which gives them the capacity to excel at the life, recreational, and sport activities of their choosing. He accomplishes this through: techniques for re-balancing the neurologic and muscular systems, movement training, and the work of Leadership/Conscious Embodiment. His passion for looking at essential truths has led him on a path Read more...

A friend brought me to the practice of T’ai Chi Chih seven years ago, and even after the first session, I knew I wanted to become a TCC teacher. I experienced the calming of my breath, the focus of my attention, and the joy of movement. I achieved accreditation in November 2019 and am grateful for the support of the Read more...

Welcome. I have three ongoing classes weekly, Mondays, Thursdays, Saturdays, free of charge for the Seniors of Leisure World Community in Seal Beach, CA.   See all accredited TCC teachers near Seal Beach here and in California here. 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...

I have been practicing T’ai Chi Chih for six joyous years and received my accreditation November 2019. Join us at the beach in Alameda for our practice every Friday at noon. Please contact me for details.   See all accredited TCC teachers in the East Bay here. Read more...

WHERE: All Saints Episcopal Church WHEN: Tuesdays at 6:30 – 7:30pm TYPE: This is an ongoing class for all levels. FEE: pay what you like; suggested donation $5-$10  LEVEL: Beginners are always welcome. 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 Read more...

I started practicing T’ai Chi Chih in 2006 when I saw a newspaper advertisement to meet for T’ai Chi Chih practice at the local park in Wrightwood, California. I was immediately impressed with the practice and the teacher, so continued to practice with her for several years. When my teacher moved and there was no one to share in the Read more...

WHERE: Oxnard Beach Park — (NW quadrant of the park, on the grass) WHAT: Ongoing all-levels class. WHEN: Wednesdays from 11:15am-12:15pm AND Saturdays from 8:30 – 9:30am FEE: $10 ($10 for your first class in any given week; $5 for your second or third class in the same week, at all outdoor locations) WHO: Continuing students and Beginners are welcome in Read more...

Greetings. Thanks for checking out the teacher profiles. Like many others, I found TCC by accident. I was in a Complementary Therapies Certificate Program with the final class being Tai Chi Chih. It was an immediate relationship. The teacher invited me to take some private lessons after the class had ended. I still remember doing the practice on her deck Read more...

I wanted to study T’ai Chi Chih from the Originator Justin Stone.  In 1985 the only way to do that was to attend a Teacher Accreditation Course.  I did not want to become a teacher, but I did want to learn more. So I attended the course and became accredited to teach in 1985. Life sometimes leads us in directions 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...

Pam Towne specializes in working with people who have been practicing T’ai Chi Chih and desire to deepen their experience and understanding of this powerful form. For beginners, she has a DVD or download to use for learning and practice.  The 9 minute introduction is available on YouTube. Click Video tab above. A teacher at heart, Pam has taught TCC Read more...

Thanks for visiting. My teaching locations during Covid-19 (outside since mid-March 2020 with plenty of room): • Mondays at 1:00pm — Heartwell Park, Bellflower • Tuesday through Saturday at 10:00am — Bixby Knolls Park, Long Beach. It has been a great benefit to see students often and send healing energy to this community and beyond. Find several of my TCC Read more...

I have been an accredited T’ai Chi Chih teacher since 2008, and teach seated TCC as well as having taught TCC in the pool. I have three published books on QiGong available on Amazon: two books are for wrists and hands and one is for legs and feet.   Zoom Classes I currently teach two Zoom classes each week. The 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 had the honor to be personally instructed many times over the years by TCC originator, Justin Stone. Lisa teaches five classes each week at indoor and outdoor locations in Oxnard and Ventura, CA. Read more...

Prior to retirement from nursing, I wanted to make sure I had something planned. My body was also telling me that the martial arts were taking their toll. I found T’ai Chi Chih (or it found me). My body said “yes!” to its  gentle and flowing movements. T’ai Chi Chih is a powerful and profound practice which I’d like to Read more...

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Thanks for visiting. I am a retired Critical Care RN, Laughter Yoga Leader and T’ai Chi Chih teacher. I was introduced to T’ai Chi Chih by a Laughter Yoga teacher friend and became an accredited TCC teacher 2014. TCC evoked powerful peaceful feelings in me, promoted balance, energy and I found myself practicing frequently during a difficult time in my Read more...

See the world as your self. Have faith in the way things are. Love the world as your self; Then you can care for all things. — Tao Te Ching My first experience with T’ai Chi Chih in 2004 clearly was a lesson about how a worrisome nature can manifest itself in the body. It has been an extremely helpful 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...

Corine learned T’ai Chi Chih from her sister, accredited TCC teacher Carmen Brocklehurst, and had the honor to practice many times over many years with TCC originator Justin Stone. TCC teaching runs in the family: Corine’s daughter, Lisa Otero, is also a TCC teacher. Corine is committed to continuing education. She attends Carmen’s TCC retreats every year and has attended Read more...

I have been practicing T’ai Chi Chih since 1983 and teaching it since 1993. I would never let a day go by without doing my T’ai Chi Chih practice. I have taught at yoga studios, gyms, businesses to assist their employees realease stress, the Marine base at Camp Pendelton, assisted living facilities, senior independent living facilities, and currently, the Encinitas  Read more...

Hello everyone!  I was lucky back in 2004 to watch my yoga teacher, Linda Prosche, doing a series of beautiful, soft flowing movements. Yoga class had not yet started. I asked her what she was going. She told me a little about Tai Chi Chih. I said “I have to learn this form.” I went and spoke to the head Read more...

Announcement of  LATEST EVENT FALL 2023 ZOOM with S. Becky Shinas, OP ~ T’AI CHI CHIH  ~ Come and FEEL THE Movement of Spirit through the Form and Formeless joining as ONE CHI ~ as we Experience our Spiritual Selves of “Empowered Grace”as we feel the flow of the Chi within our T’ai Chi Chih movements of JOY! FIVE T’ai Read more...

Greetings, Many years ago I became both intrigued and fascinated in watching local people practice a form of beautiful movement at local parks in Santa Cruz, California. Over the years I rented a few VHSs and then DVDs of various Tai Chi forms but my attention soon waned. In 2010, while experiencing a good amount of job related stress, I Read more...