Learn Authentic Tai Chi
The world’s best exercise for body, mind and spirit!
Welcome to Tai Chi Online Classes
The official online partner of our home base, the Tai Chi Association of Colorado Springs.
Our online curriculum offers in-depth instruction in Authentic Yang Family Tai Chi—ideal for personal development or instructor certification. It’s also a valuable teaching tool for Tai Chi instructors seeking a structured, traditional curriculum for their classes.
Students enrolled in our online program are always welcome to join us in person for weekly classes, workshops, immersive intensives, and our Annual Tai Chi Mountain Retreat, giving you hands-on experience to complement your online training.
Train anytime, anywhere—and connect with our community when you’re ready.
Learn Authentic Tai Chi for Health & Wellness at any age in the privacy of your own home. We will walk you through each easy to learn movement step by step. Don’t wait, start learning today!
What you will learn…
This fun and easy to do course can change your life by changing your mind and body. Now you can study with a Tai Chi Master Instructor in the privacy of your home, office or anywhere. Gain better balance, have more flexibility, and learn once hidden insights into attaining the mind-body connection that leads to better health and more vitality.
- Tai Chi Stretch and Warm Up – (muscle/tendon changing and bone density, marrow washing exercise)
- Yang Style Tai Chi 108 Form – (movement by movement with detailed instruction and follow-alongs)
- Basic skills, stances, and weight-position exercises and drills (increases balance)
- Optional 100-day strength and flexibility exercises
- 13 Jins (internal energy training)
- Yang Cheng Fu’s 10 Essential Tai Chi Principles
- Qigong (Chi Gong) Exercises
- 2-person drills (developmental partner exercises)
- Optional (Not Required) – For those interested in Tai Chi Certification, year 1 of this online course covers all off the information required for Level 1 Certification.
In our curriculum for year two, you will deepen your practice with intermediate and advanced training
All of our training methods are designed to help you develop new levels of focus and relaxation for the purpose of achieving self-mastery.
- You will learn principles such as the Three Rings of Yang Jianhou and other training methods exclusive to the Yang Family.
- You will learn solo exercises including intermediate and advanced Forms training, Jibengong training, and more advanced 100-day Inner Door exercises.
- You will receive basic weapons training including Tai Chi Ball, Saber and Staff.
- You will learn two-person drills and exercises for Jin development, and so much more….
Tai Chi and Bone Health:
What the Research Shows
Tai chi has been increasingly recognized for its ability to improve bone density, particularly in older adults. Research from Harvard Medical School suggests that tai chi can help maintain and even increase bone mass, particularly in individuals at risk for osteoporosis. According to a Harvard Health Publishing article, the weight-bearing movements and gentle resistance in tai chi can help stimulate bone growth and enhance musculoskeletal health.
Additional reputable sources, including the Mayo Clinic and the Arthritis Foundation, have also published findings supporting tai chi’s benefits for joint health, balance, and bone density.
However, it’s important to note that not all tai chi forms offer the same results. The effectiveness of tai chi in improving bone health depends on practicing it correctly and consistently, with proper alignment and engagement.
At the Tai Chi Association of Colorado Springs, we emphasize precision and proper technique. Several of our students, most of whom are over 60, have shared medical reports showing increased bone density since beginning tai chi with us. These real-world results align with scientific research and underscore the importance of expert instruction.
If you’re looking to strengthen your bones naturally and safely, tai chi, when practiced correctly, can be a powerful part of your health routine.
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ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP
YEAR ONE- Instant LIFETIME Access to YEAR ONE Videos
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- Direct Access to Sifu Michael Paler
- Keep access to all of the videos for Lifetime!
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP
YEAR TWO- Instant LIFETIME Access to YEAR TWO Videos
- No Waiting for the next Monthly Video
- Direct Access to Sifu Michael Paler
- Keep access to all of the videos for Lifetime!
YEAR ONE MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP
12 Monthly Payments- Instant Access to videos for Month 1
- New Videos Monthly
- Direct contact with Sifu Michael Paler
- Easy Auto Billing
- Cancel Anytime
- After payments for one year, keep access to the videos for Lifetime!
YEAR TWO MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP
12 Monthly Payments- Instant Access to videos for Month 13
- New Videos Monthly
- Direct contact with Sifu Michael Paler
- Easy Auto Billing
- Cancel Anytime
- After payments for one year, keep access to the videos for Lifetime!
What are the health benefits of Tai Chi?
A recent Harvard health publication has encouraged people to enjoy the following major benefits of Tai Chi
LESS STRESS
One of the ways Tai Chi helps to combat stress is by teaching you how to feel deep inside your body by training conscious movement thus increasing awareness. This allows the practitioner the ability to physically change what is happening by taking control before the damage occurs. Often described as meditation in motion, tai chi teaches you to step back and take a deep, calming breath…..and relax!
more confidence
As you gain muscle and mind control, your confidence will grow. Tai Chi helps you to understand yin and yang in the body, giving you a better understanding of your own personal space (your bubble), and also the ability to map out the space around you.
a sharper mind
Tai Chi can help reduce age-related cognitive decline, including a slowing of dementia, and according to a Harvard Health study it also can improve executive function—helping with the ability to manage time, make decisions and multitask. By learning to relax and calm the mind especially in stressfull situations, you will begin to focus and think more clearly on a daily basis.
BETTER BALANCE
Of all the numerous benefits of Tai Chi, those best documented in the literature of medical studies indicate that older adults who do Tai Chi from one to three times a week are 43% less likely to fall, and they often cut their risk of injury in half!
healthier heart
For people who are sedentary or very out of shape, Tai Chi may offer advantages over other types of exercise, even aerobic ones. Numerous clinical studies show that Tai Chi frequently lowers blood pressure and total cholesterol, reduces chronic inflammation, and tones the sympathetic nervous system.
Relief from Pain
A growing number of clinical trials prove that Tai Chi offers significant relief from muscle and joint pain, arthritis, and fibromyalgia. In fact, research suggests that Tai Chi is better than any other exercise to relieve chronic pain with the added social component making it more enjoyable and fun than other exercises.
Ready to get started and reap the benefits of Tai Chi? Jump into the full blown course!
ART IN MOTION
Journey into the lifestyle of Tai Chi
Begin your journey for better health and well-being through the power of Tai Chi with our online video course. Taught by Sifu Michael Paler, this program is fun and very easy to learn as our master instructor breaks everything down step by step and movement by movement.
PERFECT FOR BEGINNERS AND SENIORS!
It’s never too late to start learning this beautiful ancient Chinese art. It doesn’t matter your age 40, 50, 70 or above… if you’re in good physical condition or if you’re weak, frail and/or recovering from an injury, we offer a complete program that can help you
All videos are high-definition and designed to designed to enhance your overall health as well as your rehabilitative healing process from either an illness or an injury.
Here’s what you will receive when you sign up for our online Tai Chi video course
Instant Access to Videos
Choose between Monthly or Annual Packages and get instant access to our library of training videos. Our Annual Packages Offer No Waiting for Videos to Release, Enjoy Full Access Privileges Right Away!
Exclusive Forum / Support Group Access
In this private Facebook support group we will answer Tai Chi questions, work on 100 day challenges, and encourage one another as we walk down this path of health and wellness together.
DIRECT ACCESS TO SIFU MICHAEL PALER
As members of Tai Chi Online Classes, you have a personal connection with Sifu Michael Paler. You can ask him any question that you want and he would be honored to help you personally in your path to enlightenment.
What students are saying about the Tai Chi course with Sifu Michael Paler
The Tai Chi Online classes with Michael Paler are awesome! It truly is like being in class with him in person. I never quite seem to get to class as many times as I want. Now I can queue them up when ever and where ever I am. Thank you, thank you for putting together such a priceless program. My quality of life just went up a notch or two.
Excellent resource. Expert guidance in a format that I can repeat, repeat, repeat. Every viewing affords deeper observation and inner experience. The practice tool I’ve been yearning for.
In over a decade of martial and longevity arts practice, I have trained with many, many teachers, and never one more knowledgeable, graceful, or of a more genuine lineage than Master Michael Paler. He is very patient and gentle, allowing for an efficient transfer of knowledge to his students. Michael has done an incredible job of creating a safe space that is welcoming to all levels of experience, regardless of whether one’s primary ambition is martial prowess or health and longevity.
Meet Sifu Michael Paler
Sifu Michael Paler, 7th Generation Lineage Holder of the Imperial Yang Family Tai Chi, designed these courses and will personally instruct you according to ancient teachings developed in China in the early 1800’s.
Yang Style Tai Chi is the most popular, widely practiced form of Tai Chi in the entire world. In fact, Yang Style Tai Chi is the source for most modern styles of Tai Chi.
Michael is known by his students to be a very kind, compassionate, and patient teacher. These qualities that have been transmitted down through 7 generations of lineage are now passed on to you, his students.
Michael teaches how these qualities incorporate the balance and harmony between yin and yang, integrating the healing aspects with the martial attributes.
