Saturdays, 10:00am - 12:00pm

August 1, 8, 15, and 22

$160

Tai Chi Classes: Internal principles of Tai Chi for health, mobility and awareness. Learn how to awaken your mind/body relationship to optimize your physical and mental health.

  • Reduce pain

  • Improve mobility

  • Transform stress

  • Increased sense of well being

  • Overarching sense of serenity and balance

Class structure:

Week 1: Structural Foundations

  • Concepts: Heaven, Earth, Human, and the Six Directions.

  • Movement Dynamics: Central rotation of the body; shoulder and hip rotations; bowing and unbowing the joints of the body.

Week 2: Energetics & Mindful Awareness

  • Concepts: Cultivating mind-awareness and identifying the balance point.

  • Anatomy & Energy: Yin and Yang muscles/channels - absorbing and projecting energy.

  • Breath & Intent: Condensing and expanding; opening and closing.

Week 3: Body Training Qi Gong

  • Ji Ben Gan Set: Learning body training exercise sets for conditioning the body in order to apply the above principles into the Tai Chi form.

Week 4: First part of the Tai Chi Form

  • Learning the opening and first moves of the Chen Pan Ling Tai Chi form

The classes will be held at our lovely clinic garden, class size is limited to 8 people.

Tai Chi Classes with Kurt Baker

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Meet Kurt Baker

  • It all started at age 14 when I attended my first Tai Chi class. The class was mostly middle age and elderly students. I was definably the youngest one there by far, yet as soon as I arrived, I knew I was in the right place. Unlike a typical studio space, we met outdoors in the redwoods. The teacher, Sam, pointed out that practicing outdoors amongst the trees is ten times better than practicing in a stale environment inside, because the “qi” was richer. I quickly noticed these older folks weren’t your typical seniors. Demonstrating extreme strength and tenaciousness, during the push hands (a form of grappling) portion of the class; yet at the same time these folks strove for sensitivity and a soft, light-handed touch. I later learned this was because they were applying the ancient Daoist philosophy as presented by Lao Zi in the book the “Daode Jing”, showing there was great power and endurance in softness when the body structure is well coordinated.

    I was sold and deeply in love. My martial arts studies, which took me to Taiwan at age 16, continues to this day and has led me to peruse other Asian health arts such as qi gong and Chinese yoga 

  • 2007 Certified for Chinese Massage (Tui Na) by the Center of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. Beijing, China

    2003 Certified as a Zen Bodytherapy Practitioner by the International Zentherapy Institute. San Francisco, CA

    2003 Certified as an Acupressure Practitioner by Berkeley Acupressure Institute.
    Berkeley, CA  

    2002-Present Training Chinese internal martial arts at Inmotion Center. Albany, CA

    2001-2007 Traditional Chinese medicine apprenticeship. Petaluma, CA

    1994-1997 Tai Chi at Redwood Coast Tai Chi Association—age of 15. Mendocino, CA