FREE Tai Chi & QiGong Meredith Mathews East Madison sign up with YMCA only

CALL YMCA FIRST TO VERIFY THAT EVENT IS STILL HAPPENING, since last minute cancelation/changes are possible or check the webpage for class updates. If instructor is traveling YMCA will setup 360 video Tai Chi sessions.

https://www.seattleymca.org/schedules

Arrive at 9:45am to setup one week trial pass that you need to apply for with your ID at YMCA (or bring your membership card at 9:55am).
Join the session at 10am to get an introduction to mindful exercise and stay on until 10:45am if you want to practice one time the standardized Yang 24 Tai Chi form with a group.

ALL ARE WELCOME beginner and advanced members, ALSO FOR ADVANCED TAI CHI FORM

To allow best benefit for all participants and avoid injuries,
It is possible to join class at 10, 10:45, 11 or 11:40am, when the door is open.

10am very easy repeating QiGong/Tai Chi moves
10:45am 1 x Yang Tai Chi form 24 or instead of form 6mins standing meditation
11am self-massage
11:15am Tai Chi foundation move study
11:40am 2-3 x Yang Tai Chi form 24

AS A BONUS: OPTION to play Traditional Yang long, 85,104 or 108 form possible at 11:40am or 12noon

https://www.instagram.com/mindful_exercise_with_karin/

All TaiChi styles are welcome!!!! Over the years, Karin has been happy to meet practitioners of many different styles and has benefited from meeting them. The art of Tai Chi Chuan is vast and varied and we seek to experience it in its fullness (or is it emptiness?).

This class is very much a beginner class (also with chair option) and mostly a QiGong practice with building some Tai Chi foundations, as well as one 6 mins standardized Yang Tai Chi 24 practice at the end.

This class cannot teach the form but is a good way to practice the form at least once a week with a group. Beginners do not need to stay for the advanced form practice while at the same time advanced practitioners are welcome to only join just for the Yang 24 form practice at 10:45am

....and sometimes there is an extra hour of advanced study/practice time happening, but that will only be announce in the YMCA itself.

The extra hour from 11am to 12noon will be used to practice more standardized 24 form and sometimes based on participants request also the traditional advanced Yang Tai Chi "long hand" 85, 104, 105 or 108 form (too many different names and counts for this form). Both forms are practiced with traditional music and movement announcements only. Even though there might be some more instruction on specific form moves, the complete traditional form cannot be learnt within this class. Please find other YMCAs up North and West of Seattle where you can learn the traditional advanced form with Stefanie Russell.