Category: TAI CHI

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The Gifts of Our Injuries: Celebrating Lynn Simonson and a Lifetime of Movement

Celebrating Lynn Simonson’s 2026 Dance Teacher Award and the words that inspired my journey from dance and Touch for Health® to three years of Movement and Music programs and the new BioEnergetic Wellness program at Akamai University International.

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When the Funk Hits: How Movement, Intention and a New Perspective Can Open New Possibilities

In Episode 10 of Facing Dementia, Laurin Wittig explores how joyful movement, creativity, tea intentions and a change in perspective helped her move from trying to fix wellness toward discovering new possibilities. We also share BioEnergetic Wellness programs at the Greenwell Center that invite movement, music, awareness and intention into daily life.

Tai Chi group on a gravel road near a lake. Cold weather in April.

Before We Begin to Move: The Science Behind Tai Chi Skill Building

What happens before a Tai Chi class can be as meaningful as the movements themselves. Explore how Tai Chi practice, nature imagery, future-facing reflection, and intentional goal setting create the conditions for calm, clarity, learning, and personal discovery in the Tai Chi Skill Building program.

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Messages Across Time and Space: What Is Your Past Self Inviting You to Notice?

What if the things we create are more than records of where we have been? Inspired by a conversation with dancer and artist Kristen Mangione, we explore perspective, awareness, creativity, and the messages that can emerge when we revisit our work, movement, and experiences across time.

Tai Chi group on a gravel road near a lake. Cold weather in April.

Start Your Fall Wellness Rhythm: Touch for Health and Tai Chi Begin September 7

Fall is a natural time to reset your routines. Beginning Monday, September 7, Greenwell Center invites you to build a practical weekly wellness rhythm through Tai Chi and Touch for Health—two complementary approaches that support movement, awareness, balance, self-care, and greater confidence in how you care for yourself.

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Organize Your Fall for Wellness: Two 12-Week Explorations for Healthy Habits

This fall, create a weekly rhythm that supports how you want to feel. Explore Tai Chi Skill Building and BioEnergetic Habits: a Qi YINtegration program—two 12-week experiential series designed to deepen movement awareness, energy flow, self-care and wellbeing.

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Make Tai Chi Your Weekly Wellness Habit: Fall/Winter In-Person Classes in Cape Breton

Create a weekly rhythm for relaxation, rejuvenation, and renewed wellbeing with Tai Chi Cape Breton. Explore our 2027 in-person schedule in Mabou, Inverness, Creignish, and Baddeck and discover how one consistent class each week can become an anchor for self-care.

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What Is Art-filled Wellness? Creating the Conditions for Energy, Vitality and Possibility

What might become possible if you made a little more room for art in your wellness today?

Seated Sabre: Discovering the Power of Spiral Movement

Explore how the Seated Sabre Set develops spiral action, whole-body integration, strength, coordination, and a deeper connection to Tai Chi movement. Watch the accompanying demonstration and discover weekly Tai Chi Cape Breton classes in Creignish, Mabou, Inverness, and Baddeck.

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Movement Mastery Program: Learning to Listen to the Wisdom of Body Cues

The Movement Mastery Program invites you to rediscover the wisdom within your movement by learning how body cues can guide awareness, choice, confidence, and wellbeing.