Get your game face on!
Tai Chi Enhances your GAME! What’s your favorite Sport? Did you know that Tai Chi can improve the way you play your favorite sports? Check out this amazing testimonial from one of our students in Colorado Springs, Benjamin Van der Wel 04 May 2023 My journey to Tai Chi...
How To Get Started Using Tai Chi Online Classes
What is Tai Chi Online Classes? Tai Chi Online Classes is a complete Yang Family Tai Chi Online Curriculum Created For BEGINNERS and offers a Low Impact, Step by Step, Easy To Follow online video series created and taught by Sifu Michal Paler, a 7th Generation Lineage...
Is there a difference between “Being Healthy” & “Being Fit”?
Is there a difference between "Being Healthy" & "Being Fit"? The short answer is YES! For many years we have been sold a lie by the "Fitness Industry" the lie that health and fitness are one in the same, or that they even have the same goals, but this couldn't...
The Powerful Healing Energy of Authentic Tai Chi
The Powerful Healing Energy of Authentic Tai Chi as Taught by Sifu Michael Paler Our complete curriculum of Authentic Tai Chi online classes was created and is taught by Sifu Michael Paler, 7th Generation Lineage Holder of Imperial Yang Family Tai Chi. Sifu Michael...
TAI CHI: The Ancient Exercise of the Future
TAI CHI: The Ancient Exercise of the Future My Personal Journey: It amazes me today just how unknowingly disconnected I used to be from my own mind and body before I discovered Tai Chi. Many years ago, in fact, I would have told you that I knew exactly what I was...
Tai Chi, Fresh Air, Long Walks, and Clean Healthy Organic Eating and Living!
A Powerful Prescription for Your PERSONAL Health and Well-Being It takes the PRIMARY THREE DIMENSIONS of our entire being as a person -- spirit, soul, and body -- not only working synergistically as a whole, but also with a specific, personalized plan for each...
Teacher’s open the door, but you must enter by yourself.
Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself ~ Chinese Proverb Article by Julie Paler, The Tai Chi Association of Colorado Springs (Read about Sifu Michael's journey back to health below) Tai Chi is first and foremost a martial art, but it is just as...
How Tai Chi Targets Fascia and Connective Tissues
Article written by Julie Paler In class, as we learn how Tai Chi targets fascia and connective tissues through intelligent, conscious movement, we often hear Sifu Michael Paler say things like: "Gently stretch from your hip to your armpit." "Stretch the arms...
Tai Chi and Its Effect on the Body’s Lymphatic System
In this blog we will show you how Tai Chi Chuan also works with the rest of the body’s lymphatic system — gently flushing the lymph nodes through targeted movement in your daily Tai Chi practice. It’s important to note that it is not necessary for the student to know anything about the lymphatic system to receive the benefits of Tai Chi, but one does need to know how to do Tai Chi forms and movements correctly.
Tai Chi Principle #1 – Elevate the Crown and Lift the Spirit
Tai Chi Principle #1: Elevate the crown and lift the spirit. This means that the head should be upright so the Shen or (spirit) can reach the top of your head. We don’t use Li (force), or the neck will be too stiff and the chi (breath) and blood cannot flow through...
Imperial Yang Family Tai Chi Origins – Martial Art of the Imperial Palace
Imperial Yang Family Tai Chi Origins – The Once Hidden Martial Art of the Imperial Palace Our History and Lineage *It important to note that there are many different families of Tai Chi and even more various styles. (Be cautious of anyone claiming they have...
Tai Chi for Better Balance – Part 2 of a 4 Part series
Finding Your Center – Part 2 of our Video / Blog Series on “Tai Chi for Better Balance” Finding your center: As we continue learning about “Central Equilibrium” (Zhong Ding the first of 13 Basic “Jin’s” we learn in Tai Chi Chuan), we discover how to locate the...
What about the knees… Does Tai Chi help or hurt them?
What About the Knees? Does Tai Chi help or hurt your knees? There are a few things to remember when it comes to knee health: First, make sure you find a good Tai Chi teacher, someone who really knows how to correctly teach Tai Chi Chuan and also understands how the...
Tai Chi for Better Balance – Part 1 of a 4 Part series
The video below is Part 1 of a 4 Part series on Tai Chi for Better Balance using Yang Family Tai Chi movements and principles to create more balance and stability for everyday use. Building and cultivating Zhong Ding “Central Equilibrium” in both the mind and the...
Yang Cheng Fu’s 10 Essential Principles
Yang Cheng Fu 10 Principles to Follow While Performing the Yang Style Tai Chi Form There is only one way to practice Yang Tai Chi Chuan, and its the way the Yang Family taught it and passed it down from one generation to the next. Beware, if someone comes along and...
Tai Chi Creates in the body the Relaxation Response
Tai Chi Creates in the body the "Relaxation Response", creating a healthy Mind & Body! I recently watched a video (below) by Dr Herbert Benson, a pioneer of mind / body medicine, the video was about his book, "The Relaxation Revolution: Enhancing Your Personal...
Start your day the Tai Chi Way…
Our Tai Chi online school's motto is “Breathe and Relax” We always start our day the Tai Chi way, but most people don’t understand what true relaxation actually is. I'll just start off by saying what it is not. It is not flopping down on the couch with a beer and...