The practitioner's consciousness rises above and beyond the dualism of Yin and Yang. Health benefits of peace, relaxation, increased circulation, enhanced breathing, better balance, and greater understanding on a spiritual level come directly from the practice. The physical discipline works integrally with all meditation practice, development and experience.

You will find that you leave classes feeling refreshed, relaxed and happy.   

The practice of Chen Tai Chi cultivates a state of physical and mental, balance and harmony, based on the distinction between hard and soft, fast and slow, heavy and light, erect and angled - in short, Yin and Yang. As such, Chen style reveals a clear distinction between these extremes, because it is the constant transition between these opposites that create the enormous power typical of the highly trained Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan) practitioner. The science behind this power development is rooted in Chinese metaphysics, but is hardly mystical. It is, quite simply, the ability to produce flexible, fluid, constant power by way of training the body to issue sureness of movement in a variety of cadences, angles, and speeds. And it is through form practice that this difficult to master, but highly practical skill is achieved. Such training develops the explosive power of flexible strength, solely revealed when the body achieves the relaxed, controlled, yet natural ability to move efficiently between the forces of Yin and Yang.