Get a Healthy Start in the New Year with T’ai Chi!

Beginnners welcome, no experience needed.

T’ai Chi is…

A SERIES OF 37 gentle, flowing movements that have been practiced as a health exercise since ancient times. Based on natural laws, it teaches relaxation, boosts energy, and erases tension. Performed in a calm, peaceful manner, it can work for all regardless of age.

A MOVING MEDITATION that teaches relaxation in the midst of activity. Rather than sitting motionless, students learn to stay centered and relaxed while flowing through the series of uninterrupted movements. This aspect of T’ai Chi is particularly practical and applicable for people living in today’s stressful environments.

When:

Saturday, 8:30 – 9:30 am

Saturday Morning Practice will meet through December 14th, and will then be suspended until March 1, 2025.

Where:

Atop the Ellsworth Drive Parking garage in downtown Silver Spring                                                    intersection of Fenton Street and Ellsworth Avenue.  In case of rain, we meet one floor lower.

What:

In addition to the classes, beginning on the first Saturday in March (3/1/25), Cloud Hands Tai Chi offers a free outdoor practice session on Saturday morning in downtown Silver Spring.
We meet from 8:30 – 9:30 am on the roof of the Ellsworth Drive parking garage (one floor lower if it is raining), directly across Ellsworth Drive from Veterans Plaza and the Civic Building in downtown Silver Spring. Veterans Plaza is at the corner of Ellsworth Drive and Fenton Street (approximately 3 blocks from the intersection of Georgia Ave. and Colesville road, and the Silver Spring metro).
The practice differs from the classes in that it is not instructional. We go through the first third of the Tai Chi form I teach (AKA The Beginners Part 1 set that I will teach to new students in the January session). We repeat the sequence in silence for about 45 minutes. We then go through the entire 37 movements of the Tai Chi form once.
People with little, or no Tai Chi experience are welcome at the Saturday morning practice. You just position yourself toward the back, but in the middle of the group and imitate the movements of the more experienced students around you. We change direction as we do the movements comprising the Tai Chi form. Being in the middle ensures that you are not leading the group after a change of direction.

We meet every week from the first Saturday in March through the second Saturday in December. There is no registration.
Please feel free to drop in on the Saturday practice anytime it fits with your schedule.

If you have any questions about T’ai Chi, the Saturday morning practice, classes, or how to register for classes, please feel free to contact Michael Ward at:

CloudHandsTaiChi37@gmail.com  • 301-525-8266