About workshops:
Morning Tai Chi Practice
Every morning, we invite you to join us for a collective Tai Chi practice – a calm, mindful movement that awakens the body, quiets the mind, and organizes energy for the rest of the day. This is an open session for everyone – regardless of experience.
If you feel like you want more, I invite you to the “Tai Chi Body” workshop, where we will work deeper: on structure, sensation, and the quality of movement based on unique methods of working with the body in Tai Chi.
Tai Chi Body: Between Movement and Stillness – Yin and Yang Practice in the Body
Tai Chi is the art of harmonizing opposites – movement and stillness, softness and strength, surrender and stability.
In this workshop, you will experience how the principles of Yin and Yang manifest in the body through weight shifts, internal tensions and releases, as well as subtle work in relation to a partner.
This is a practice of feeling, not mimicking – where silence is as important as action, and every gesture becomes a conscious choice.
Tai Chi Body: From Inside to Outside – Structure, Flow, and Movement Expression
In Tai Chi, the body is like a silk thread – tense, but elastic, fluid, yet anchored in structure.
During this workshop, we will work on the spiral flow of energy, known as “developing the silk” (chan si jin), which connects the interior with external movement.
You will deepen your sense of connection in the body – from your feet to your hands – and learn how internal organization affects lightness, stability, and expression.
This practice builds strength without tension and leads to movement that flows, rather than being performed.
About the facilitator:
Founder of the Chen Taijiquan Academy, which is the official branch of the Chen family’s main school – Chenjiagou Taijiquan Xue Xiao. He began practicing Tai Chi at the age of 14 with the Yang style, and in 1996, he started studying the Chen style. He has been teaching for about 35 years. He also has experience in other styles, including karate, gongfu, and aikido. In 2006, during a baishi ceremony at the Chen family temple in China, he was accepted as an “internal” disciple of Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang. He is also a student of Grandmaster Chen Xiaoxing, as well as Masters Chen Ziqiang and Wang Haijun. Engaged in the development of Chen Taijiquan in Poland, he conducts seminars, demonstrations, and training sessions, and invites the best masters to the country. In 2007, he received the 5th level master rank (duan) awarded by the Chinese Wushu Association. He has also obtained state qualifications as a Wushu sport trainer and judge. Both he and the athletes of the Chen Taijiquan Academy have been awarded multiple gold medals in the Polish and Polish Cup Taijiquan Championships. He also holds certifications as a therapist in various forms of Eastern medicine, including yumeiho, reiki, and massage.
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