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Tai Chi Skill Building

Exploring the Metaphors, Movement & Meaning Within the Tai Chi Set

What happens when we move beyond simply remembering the sequence of a Tai Chi set and begin to understand what the movement is asking the body to do—and what it may offer our well-being?

Tai Chi Skill Building is a 12-week experiential series that takes a deeper look inside the movements of Tai Chi. Expanding upon explorations developed through Movement & Music and Symphony of Radiance, this series brings together movement, music and visual art to reveal new dimensions of the Tai Chi experience.

Each week, we will explore the metaphors within the Tai Chi set—considering not only the name and imagery of a movement, but how that metaphor can help us understand its quality, intention and expression.

Through guided movement exploration, participants will develop greater awareness of structural alignment, whole-body integration, weight transfer, spiralling actions, coordination, breath and flow. We will also explore how integrated whole-body movement can create gentle compression, expansion, rotation and movement through the torso, offering a new way to consider the relationship between Tai Chi movement and the internal organs.

The series will be enriched by intuitive musicians Brenda Bowen Cox and Donna Hutchison, whose live musical responses invite participants to experience rhythm, resonance and movement in new ways, and intuitive painter Marian Egan, whose visual interpretation will add another layer through colour, shape, imagery and artistic expression.

Rather than music and art simply accompanying the Tai Chi, they become part of the exploration—helping us see, hear, feel and understand movement differently.

From Learning the Set to Understanding the Movement

Whether you are refining familiar Tai Chi movements or developing your skills, this series invites you to become curious about what lies beneath the choreography.

What changes when the structure is better organized?
Where does a movement originate?
How does the whole body participate?
What does the metaphor reveal about the quality of the movement?
What can we notice internally as we move with greater integration?
And how might these discoveries become useful beyond Tai Chi, within everyday movement and well-being?

Over 12 weeks, we will slow the movements down, explore their details, experiment with their possibilities, and then bring them back into the flowing Tai Chi set.

The goal is not simply to perform Tai Chi better. It is to develop the movement literacy and internal awareness that allow you to experience Tai Chi more fully.

12 weeks • Experiential skill development • Movement • Live intuitive music • Visual art • Whole-body integration

Class Dates:
September 8, 15, 22 & 29
October 6 & 27
November 3, 10, 17 & 24
December 1 & 8.Come explore the movement behind the movement—and discover how the metaphors of Tai Chi can deepen your skills, awareness and experience of well-being.  This is a great opportunity for people who travel away from regular in person classes.

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]]> 7150 Movement and Music for Well-Being (self-paced) https://greenwellcenter.com/product/movement-and-music/ https://greenwellcenter.com/product/movement-and-music/#respond Tue, 07 May 2024 12:15:09 +0000 https://greenwellcenter.com/?post_type=product&p=1573 Movement & Music invites you to explore the first sequences of the Yang Tai Chi Form through seated and standing movement, intuitive music, intention, and tea. The award-winning Unwinding Trauma, Building Resiliency™ program winds through this 12-week experience, creating opportunities to discover greater ease, flow, vitality, and resiliency.

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Discover what can happen when movement, music, intention, tea, art, and awareness come together to create new possibilities for wellbeing.

This unique 12-week recorded program brings together the Award-Winning Unwinding Trauma, Building Resiliency™ (UTBR) program, Tai Chi, intuitive music, and BioEnergetic Wellness tools to support a gentle exploration of movement, self-awareness, vitality, and resiliency.

Created by Dr Michelle Greenwell, CIH BioEW, Tanya Levy, MSW, and intuitive musician Colin MacLeod, UTBR offers an experiential approach to discovering the resources already available within and around us. Throughout the program, Michelle guides you through seated and standing movement experiences, including an exploration of the first 21 movements of the 108-movement Tai Chi set taught through the tradition of Master Moy Lin Shin.

Alongside the movement, Scottish musician Colin MacLeod plays intuitively, responding to the experience unfolding within each session. Rather than asking you to think your way through every movement, the music provides another way to listen, respond, and explore. Rhythm, melody, vibration, and movement invite you to move beyond overthinking and discover greater ease, flow, and grace.

Each week adds another layer to the experience.

A specially selected tea creates an opportunity to pause, notice, and engage the senses. The Harmony Coasters introduce beautiful original art, affirmations, herbs, and frequencies as additional pathways for exploration. Movement patterns and Tai Chi principles invite discoveries about posture, grounding, the heart center, whole-body organization, and the internal mechanics of moving with less effort.

The BioEnergetic Wellness Formula provides a framework for bringing these discoveries into everyday life, helping you explore how small experiences can become meaningful habits that support your personal wellness journey.

No previous Tai Chi or movement experience is necessary.

Every session includes seated and standing possibilities so that you can choose what works for you. Movements can be made smaller, lighter, slower, or adapted to your available energy. If you are experiencing movement challenges, discomfort, injury, stiffness, or lower energy, you are encouraged to begin gently and explore without striving for performance.

This is not about perfecting a Tai Chi form. It is about discovering how you move. How you listen. How music changes your experience. How your body responds when effort is reduced. And how movement can become an invitation to greater ease, awareness, vitality, and resiliency.

Originally offered live in the spring of 2025, this special program generated wonderful discoveries for both participants and facilitators. We have kept the complete 12-week recording series available so that you can now experience it in your own time, revisit sessions as often as you wish, and allow your discoveries to unfold at your own pace.

Whether you are completely new to Tai Chi, curious about seated Tai Chi, looking for new ways to explore movement, or interested in the award-winning Unwinding Trauma, Building Resiliency™ program, Movement & Music for Well-Being offers a welcoming place to begin.

Put on the music. Pour your tea. Allow yourself to move.

You may be surprised by what becomes possible when you get out of your head and let movement, music, and awareness lead the way.

Please note: Applicable tax is additional when paying the course fee by e-transfer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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