Tai chi has been shown to improve concentration, enhance physical wellbeing, provide meaningful social contact, reduce risk of falls, and have other benefits that are very helpful in ‘real life.’

Studies show that tai chi, a gentle exercise often called “meditation in motion,” can help older people with balance issues cut down on falls. A skilled teacher can demonstrate the slow, precise movements that help students not only find more stability, but boost overall health and mood.

Read about the school in the Santa Barbara Independent: Cloud Hands and Camaraderie

About Qigong

“Our Fundamental Qigong was developed to help people rapidly develop flexibility, improve strength, internal energy and Qi circulation. All the benefits are just the side effects; the primary purpose for this this Qigong is to help Tai Chi practitioners to better understand the Tai Chi principles and use a more direct and simple approach to something that can be very complex. “

—Master Alex Dong

Our mission:

We are dedicated to the proliferation of Taijiquan in its highest form.
We strive to further develop the Santa Barbara Tai Chi & Qigong school, our local branch of the Alex Dong International Taijiquan Association, to bring our community another venue for health and awareness, conflict resolution through the study of Push Hands, and finding the principles of yin yang, of change, in our everyday lives.