Tai Chi in the Park is Back! (with social distancing)
Tai Chi For Beginners
Sundays 9:30am to 10:30am at Heartwell Park (by the lake).
It’s time to resume our world famous, free Tai Chi class in the park. You’ve all been practicing long enough on your own, so Dr. Hoover is coming out to inspect how much you’ve been practicing during the stay-at-home order. Haha really though, now that the state of California and county of Los Angeles are opening back, so shall we.
According to LA County’s COVID-19 website which can be found here: “Outdoor parks and recreational facilities are open provided all activities adhere to distancing and infection control protocols”
You can find out the latest updates about our Free weekly class at our meetup page located below:
In the interest of our diverse Tai Chi community, many of which are considered in the vulnerable category to COVID-19, and the safety of the greater community in which we all live, we will strictly adhere to social distancing until the official safety measures are relaxed further. Masks are optional.
Please do not come to class if you feel you may pose a risk to others because of recent travel, you have a fever, cough, or any other COVID-19 symptoms.
Learn how your Tai Chi classes may be paid for by your medical insurance! We are uniquely qualified to bill your insurance for Medical Tai Chi. Call us today for your complimentary insurance verification. We take most insurances. If you have physiotherapy (PT) benefits, most likely you are eligible. Preventative medicine is here! Click here to get started.
SOHMA Tai Chi in the News
SOHMA Tai Chi has received international attention from our CNN feature, and our YouTube series Tai Chi for Beginners now has over 1.5 million views!
CNN featured our Tai Chi class because they wanted to know why more Millennials are taking up this practice in recent years.
The heard from our students who said it helps with general flexibility, and lowered their blood pressure, stress, anxiety, lower back pain, and neck pain.
Learn how you can get a Tai Chi prescription at SOHMA
Learn how your Tai Chi classes may be paid for by your medical insurance! We are uniquely qualified to bill your insurance for Medical Tai Chi. Call us today for your complimentary insurance verification. We take most insurances. If you have physiotherapy (PT) benefits, most likely you are eligible. Preventative medicine is here! Click here to get started.
SOHMA Tai Chi
Welcome to Tai Chi at SOHMA. Our master instructors offer free Tai Chi classes at Heartwell Park in Long Beach, as well as private lessons at SOHMA and various community organizations and businesses.
Our free community Tai Chi class in Long Beach, California, is held every Sunday from 9:30 am to 10:30 am. The location is at Heartwell Park (Lake) on the corner of Carson and Bellflower; our class meets between the library and the lake. Our students are welcome to park at the library as we have the lead librarian’s permission.
We teach the largest, most diverse Tai Chi class in the world and what we’ve found is that Tai Chi is for everyone from not only kids to older adults, but also babies. Yes, babies! Students have worn their babies during their Tai Chi class including Dr. Hoover!
Tai Chi is also for people with special needs and many medical conditions such as those dealing with balance, degeneration, and arthritis. We have modified forms for people with canes, walkers, and wheelchairs.
What to bring to class
Wear comfortable clothing and be prepared to get out of pain and into balance!
Get in touch
To learn more about our Tai Chi classes and community events, e-mail us at taichi@sohma.org.
You can also follow us on Facebook or join our MeetUp page.
Be a Part of Our Community
If you would like to learn more about our Tai Chi program, please see the below links. Our Tai Chi program also airs on Channel 25 in Long Beach, CA. (Click here for the schedule.)
View Tai Chi For Beginners on YouTube
Purchase our Tai Chi for Beginners DVD Here
About SOHMA Tai Chi
Tai Chi is a slow moving internal martial art that helps improve inner peace and balance. Tai Chi is now being called “Medication in Motion” by the medical community because of its countless researched health benefits.
At the School of Healing Martial Arts™ (SOHMA), we teach Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan form set 24 and integrate it into our patient’s rehabilitation programs at our health center. This is the Chinese national workout, as well as the most popular Tai Chi style practiced worldwide.
All of the major martial arts applications in the 24 form are demonstrated in this series. Also, we now include the famous 8-Brocades (Ba Duan Jin) Qi Gong exercises in our warm up section, and offer lessons in Tai Chi Chuan weapons forms, including sword and fan.
In addition to our class offerings, we utilize the healing aspects of Tai Chi and other martial arts in physiotherapies at our integrative health clinic. This ensures that we are able to enhance rehabilitation, self-discipline, and harmony for our patients and our community.
About Our Instructors
Dr. Daniel Hoover
Chiropractor, Licensed Acupuncturist, Certified Chiropractic Sports Practitioner®, Master Herbalist, 5th degree black belt in Shaolin Kempo, Tai Chi master, Ironman, and the Chief Tai Chi Chuan instructor at SOHMA.
Veronica Hoover
SOHMA’s senior Tai Chi instructor and Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Her classes focus on promoting the mind-body connection. Veronika integrates grounding techniques, breathwork, and Yin/Yang concepts.