CORE CURRICULUM 2

Connection • Continuity • Integration

7 Modules • Multi-Part Instructional Chapters • Forms, Theory & Internal Development

Why Students Continue

Many people discover that learning movements is only the beginning.

The deeper challenge is maintaining calm, clarity, balance, and awareness amidst the demands of daily life.

Even when people exercise, stretch, or meditate, the underlying patterns of tension, distraction, and fatigue often remain unchanged.

What You'll Explore

• Advanced Single-Form Training

• Practical Qigong Development

• Tai Chi Ball Training

• Breath & Awareness Integration

• Moving Meditation

• Feeling-Awareness Training

• Coiling & Uncoiling Principles

• Traditional Qi Theory

• Mind, Breath & Internal Development

• The Integration of Previously Learned Skills

What You May Experience

✓ Greater calm and nervous system regulation

✓ Reduced stress reactivity

✓ Improved concentration and mental clarity

✓ More efficient breathing patterns

✓ Increased body awareness and sensitivity

✓ Greater resilience during periods of stress

✓ Improved ability to settle and focus the mind

✓ A deeper sense of internal balance and wellbeing

✓ Enhanced vitality through more efficient use of energy

Designed For

• Graduates of Core Curriculum 1

• Students seeking deeper understanding of Tai Chi

• Practitioners interested in the internal dimensions of practice

• Individuals looking to cultivate focus, awareness, and resilience

• Those interested in the traditional relationship between mind, breath, and Qi

Instructor Development

Core Curriculum 2 deepens the understanding required for effective teaching.

Students learn how individual forms relate to one another as part of a larger method, while developing the contextual understanding needed to explain, demonstrate, and refine practice.

For future instructors, this curriculum bridges foundational training and the more advanced material that follows throughout the certification pathway.

Outcome

Tai Chi begins to function as more than physical exercise.

Practice becomes a method for cultivating steadiness, awareness, vitality, and internal balance—while providing the foundation for deeper study within the traditional Tai Chi system.