Tai Chi Chuan
Wu style Tai Chi has something for everyone
Its small relaxed movements can soothe joint and back pain, ease stress, and calm your nervous system
Tai Chi is the go to workout for millions. It strengthens minds, heals bodies, and quiets nerves. In our classes you can learn the basics of Tai Chi and feel firsthand how this gentle yet powerful exercise boosts your health and wellbeing.
Tai Chi’s gentle movements improve chi flow, and smooth chi flow is the root of Tai Chi, Taoist Meditation, and Traditional Chinese Medicine.
The Short form covers all the essentials and takes just five minutes a day. Perfect for first timers. (Beginners classes meet Tuesdays at 8pm)
Doctors recommend Tai Chi for flexibility, strength, balance and health.
Current and scheduled Tai Chi Group Classes at the Taoist Arts Center
Wu Style Tai Chi Short Form: Tuesdays 8pm, Nov 3 - Dec 22 2026
Learn the Short Form, which contains many of the most healthful moves from the Long Form and takes about 5 minutes to perform once learned.
Wu Style Tai Chi Short Form: Tuesdays 8PM, Jan 5 - Feb 23 2027
Same as above: Learn the Short Form, which contains many of the most healthful moves from the Long Form and takes about 5 minutes to perform once learned.
These are some other Tai Chi forms and topics that we have taught and offer through Personal Training.
These practices are based on several guiding principles: smooth energy flow, balanced body alignment, and circularity. They will teach you new concepts, boost your energy, and help you unwind.
Wu Style Tai Chi Mini Form
Our Mini Form is super simple and quick to learn—less than three minutes to practice! It packs all the key health boosting moves from the longer routines into one bite sized sequence.
Wu Style Tai Chi Intermediate Form
Ready to level up? The Intermediate Form adds more martial flair and circular motion, boosting strength, health, and readiness for self-defense. It takes about ten minutes to flow through and sets you up for the traditional Long Form. (Prerequisite: Wu Short Form.)
Wu Style Tai Chi Long Form
The traditional Long Form fully unlocks your body, energy, and mind. It builds strength through flexibility and balances every system in your body. (Prerequisite: any Tai Chi form.)
Secrets of Tai Chi: The Internal Arts from the Inside Out
Go deeper with Secrets of Tai Chi. Learn to power your movements from within—opening joints, coiling muscles, and directing chi. This class, open to all levels, turns physical postures into an inside-out practice for more power, health, and relaxation.
Tai Chi Form Corrections
Hone your basics—rooted stances, smooth balance, perfect alignment, fluid coordination, and deep inner awareness—to make your form feel effortless. Open to all.
Start your journey with the Wu Short Form.
After that, you’re ready for the Wu Intermediate Form.
When the sky’s the limit, you’re ready for the Long form.
”What keeps me going to Tai Chi is Tai Chi. It’s just so interesting. When I was getting to the end of the short form I felt as if each class was a chapter in a novel, and I could hardly wait to see how it would turn out! When I was finished, I wanted to read it again.” Carola D.
”Tai Chi has helped me to lean back, relax and feel the earth. It is soothing and has given me increased physical confidence. Leaving the mind and turning off internal thoughts, I practice for health and longevity”. Dorothy D.
