World Tai Chi and Qigong Day

People around the world will gather in local parks and gyms Saturday, April 30th, 2011 to celebrate World Tai Chi and Qigong Day. This annual grassroots event helps build awareness of tai chi and qigong practice, and provides students and teachers with a chance to mingle with fellow practitioners.
Tai chi (taiji) has its roots in Chinese martial arts traditions, and early on, became known for its health benefits. Its practice spread throughout China in the early twentieth century, and by the 1960s, began to spread rapidly overseas.
Western medical research has affirmed tai chi's benefits for a wide range of health and wellness quests: practice of tai chi--and its sister art, qigong (ch'i-kung)--improves balance, lowers blood pressure, diminishes symptoms of Parkinson's, MS, depression, shingles, and much more.
Just as important, though, is that tai chi and qigong are simply enjoyable to practice!

2010 Tai Chi and Qigong Events Coming Up

A great variety of tai chi and qigong events are coming up this spring and summer:

World Tai Chi Day Saturday, April 24th, 2010. This annual grassroots event is held in hundreds of locales. See their website for events in your area. 

The annual Zhang Sanfeng Festival has split into two separate events: 
• Tai Chi Fest April 29 - May 2, 2010, Hudson Valley Resort, New York. Presenters: Pedro Cepero Yee, Gene Ching, James Donnelly, Dale Dugas, Doug Gray, John Green, Jiang Jianye, Ken Lo, Yuzhi Lu, Marcus Callis, William Phillips, David Dorian Ross, Avi Schnier, Gary Torres, Wang Rengang, Ocean-of-Wisdom Sakya,   Tina Chunna Zhang, and Zhou Xuanyun. Pre- and post-conference workshops also held. 
• Tai Chi Gala June 4-6, 2010 in Albany, NewYork. Presenters: Shifu Bob Castaldo, Pedro Cepero-Yee, Dale Dugas, John Green, Jiang Jianye, Yuzhi Lu, John Painter, William Phillips, David Ritchie,  Wang Ren-Gang, Sean Wang, and Loretta Wollering. Pre- and post-conference workshops also held.

National Qigong Association Annual Conference "Qi= mc² | Qigong: Playing With Universal Energy" August 20-22, 2010 in Chaska, Minnesota (suburban Minneapolis). Pre- and post-conference workshops also held. Taijiquan Journal editor Barbara Davis will be one of the presenters.