Saturdays – The 42 form Tai Chi – Part 2

Winter into Spring Practice – Saturday 42 Form. A mixture of styles - all in one: Flowing Toward Completion

As we move through this Winter-into-Spring series, our practice deepens—slowly awakening the energy we’ve cultivated since autumn. Each class builds on what has come before, refining familiar sequences and introducing new ones with purpose and flow.

In this second part of the journey, we blend Tai Chi and Qigong principles to harmonize breath, balance, and focus. Like the natural shift from stillness to renewal, this season invites us to restore inner vitality and prepare the body for the energy of spring and summer ahead.

We’ll refine transitions, explore energy flow, and uncover how breath, intention, and structure unite to create effortless power. Each session offers the rhythm of steady progression, encouraging focus, balance, and ease through every movement.

For returning students, it’s an opportunity to embody the flow more fully, giving yourself a a chance to feel the spirit of the form come alive from within. Together, we strengthen both form and spirit—laying the groundwork for the final phase of this tai chi form.

Step into this next chapter of practice and experience the quiet strength that emerges when movement and stillness meet—where every breath nurtures calm, cultivates energy, and reminds us that growth unfolds one step, one season, and one mindful moment at a time.

CLASS DETAILS
      • Form being taught: The 42 form Tai Chi Part 2. The Finale, Part 3, will begin in April.
      • Dates: Saturday, January 10th - March 28th. 12 classes.
      • Time: 8:45am-9:45am.
      • Status of Class: For returning students only unless you have experience with Tai Chi. You can contact the Instructor for more details.
      • Type of Class: HYBRID: In-Person and Live-On-Zoom. All In-Person students get the option to be Live-On-Zoom when needed.
      • In-Person Location: Highlands United Church. Ample free parking available. See Map below
      • Weekly videos will be available as an add-on. 
CLASS FEES for RETURNING STUDENTS:
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What is special about the 42 form?

The 42 Form Tai Chi was created in 1989 by Professors Men Hui Feng and Li De Yin for the Chinese Sports Committee. Their goal was to craft a standardized form for national and international competition that could also serve as a powerful health practice. Drawing movements from Yang’s graceful strength, Chen’s spiraling power, Wu’s subtle control, and Sun’s agile steps, the 42 Form is both rich in tradition and modern in its structure.

What sets this form apart is its continuity and flow. Each posture transitions into the next with fluidity and intention, helping the practitioner maintain a steady rhythm and develop a strong mind-body connection. It offers balanced and symmetrical training for both sides of the body, improving coordination and internal harmony.

The 42 form is designed by its creators to be performed in approximately six minutes which, for busy people, once learned, it practice can easily fit into busy schedules and will deliver comprehensive health benefits. Its deliberate flowing movements and calm breathing helps to cultivate mindfulness, reduce stress and foster inner tranquility.

With layers of depth built into its design, the 42 Form welcomes ongoing discovery. It’s ideal for students who have learned a bit of tai chi, but want to grow more in their tai chi journey. It is an excellent form for anyone seeking a well-rounded form that’s meditative, expressive, with an energizing set of movements.

The best thing about the 42 Form is its ability to provide a comprehensive and balanced practice that integrates the strengths of multiple Tai Chi styles, making it a versatile and enriching routine for practitioners of all levels.

Here are some highlights of the 42 Form:

Easy Learning Progression

  1. Gradual Progressive Learning: The 42 Form is broken down into sequences that can be learned one tai chi step at a time. It moves from basic movements and gradually progresess to more complex sequences. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced practitioner, the 42 Form offers layers of depth, allowing continuous growth and refinement in your Tai Chi journey.
  2. Clear Instruction: Your instructor will provide clear instruction on each of the movements, repeat practice of each of the moves, and will give feedback on how to improve your postures. This helps beginners understand and practice the form correctly, while long-timers will get to fine-tune their movements and enhance their meditation-in-motion.
  3. Video Practice: Your instructor will provide, as an additional training option and fee, helpful videos that will help give beginners, and long-time practitioners alike, the ability to practice throughout the week and fine-tune their movements.

Overall, the 42 Form in Tai Chi is a versatile and enriching practice that offers physical, mental, and spiritual benefits. Its comprehensive nature makes it an excellent choice for those looking to begin learning all about tai chi while longer-time practitioners can use it to deepen their Tai Chi practice.

Whether you’re stepping onto the Tai Chi path for the first time or looking to enhance your ongoing journey, the 42 Form is a compelling way to build health, harmony, strength, and joy in your life.

Come join us!

 

SPECIFICATIONS

 

  • The 42 form will challenge (in a good way) your flexibility, strength, focus, balance, and memory. Join us to discover your current level of flexibility and strength and then compare it to when you finish the form. You will likely see a huge improvement during your practice of this form. The deliberate movements will make you feel more grounded, relaxed, and present in your body.
  • When practiced at a regular pace, the entire form can take up to 6 minutes to perform.
  • As the form progresses through its choreography the moves become increasingly more challenging from easy, to medium to harder moves. But you will do all of the moves to your own ability. This is all part of the fun of learning tai chi. As you practice you will find you’ll learn the easier moves and see your own personal progression and growth through the more challenging ones. You’ll learn and practice kicks, some moves that require low stances (that can also be performed in a high stance), and work on your balance and flexibility, depending on how you feel that day! Learning tai chi is a process and your body will go through transitions.
  • By taking part in learning this very popular tai chi form know that you are part of a community that extends around the world, goes back centuries, and involves peoples from all walks of life and ethnicities. Today, millions are practicing it.
  • Training this tai chi form will increase your focus. It will teach your mind not to wander or you could forget where you are in the sequence. Training focus has many advantages that you’ll discover as you progress in your form. Your day-to-day work schedule, your relationships and family will all benefit. The more focus you can bring to the practice of tai chi, the more energy that will be made available to you. It is a win-win.
  • If you suffer from a racing mind or difficulty concentrating then this form will be of benefit to you. It will help train your mind, body and spirit into giving your full attention to something physical, which will in turn enable you to focus throughout your day, your week, more easily.
  • Learning Tai Chi will help you gain sensitivity and awareness that goes beyond what you’ll discover through seated meditation.
  • The term, taijiquan, literally translates to “supreme ultimate fist”. The concept of “Supreme Ultimate’ is based in both Daoist and Confusician Chinese philosophies. Tai Chi theory, Internal principles, meditations, and martial arts practice are believed to have been formulated and developed by the Daoist monks. All tai chi has the goal of finding balance within constant change. All tai chi when practiced reaps amazing health and wellness benefits.

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    Refund Policies – Video Policies – In-Person Covid Policies – On-Zoom Policies – Waiver 2022

    REFUND POLICIES
    1) Requests must be submitted in writing by email and is effective the date of the email.
    2) Refunds will not be given after the 3rd class unless it is for medical reasons.
    3) If you must stop class because you have contracted Covid 19 please contact us immediately.
    4) Refunds provided will be calculated in the following manner – Classes already taken will be converted to a Drop-In Rate of $15.00/class, plus an added administration fee of $10.00. The balance will be refunded and sent to you by Interac or by mail.
    5) Please note that if locations close due to Covid restrictions then all classes will continue on Zoom.
    6) Some In-Person locations have special event days where all classes will either be On-Zoom or In-Person at an alternate location. No credit for class missed will be provided.

    VIDEO POLICIES
    Whether On-Zoom or In-Person the registered student understands that the North Shore Tai Chi Spirit & Chinese Health Qigong organization has a strict no-video-of-the-Instructor or the Assistants without express written consent. Additionally, all students agree that any videos sent to them by the Instructor are for “your eyes only” and should never be shared with any other person or posted, in full or in part, on the Internet.

    IN-PERSON COVID POLICIES (as of April 2022)
    North Shore Tai-Chi Spirit & Chinese Health Qigong wants to create a safe place for indoor tai chi and qigong group practice. Many of our classes are both In-Person and On-Zoom at the same time.

    In accordance with the Provincial Health Authority wearing a mask will be a personal choice at this time. However, we will continue to require that all In-Person students practice social distancing.

    If a shut-down to all In-Person classes is mandated by the Provincial Health Authority, then all classes will continue on Zoom. No credit will be given to students unless they do not have adequate access to the Internet.

    ON-ZOOM POLICIES

    IN-PERSON OPTIONS FOR ZOOM
    Anyone signing up for In-Person classes will always have the option to be on Zoom where that option is available at that location. Some classes do not have the Zoom option.

    Any In-Person registration means that you are guaranteed a spot in the class. When and if the need arises: if you are not feeling well , if you are out-of-town, or if you are running late; On-Zoom is an option for you.

    WAIVER FOR ALL STUDENTS
    Thank you for your registration.
    In registering for this class our Instructor assumes you have talked to your doctor before starting this health and fitness regime. If you have any medical conditions or physical concerns please participate at your own pace and also let your Instructor know by emailing taichispirit@shaw.ca.

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    I (referring to the student, the undersigned) voluntarily supply my contact information so that representatives of the North Shore Tai-Chi Spirit (& Chinese Health Qigong) can contact me regarding class changes, cancellations, course updates, and tuition reminders, and special event updates. Participation in tai chi & qigong classes involves exercise. Exercise can result in accidents or injuries. I assume the risk connected with participation in tai chi & qigong classes and represent that I am insufficiently good health and condition and do not suffer from any physical or mental impairment which would put me or anyone at risk of injury while receiving tai chi & qigong instruction from representatives of the North Shore Tai-Chi Spirit. I understand that North Shore Tai-Chi Spirit is a management company only. All Instructors represent themselves. I specifically agree that the North Shore Tai-Chi Spirit, the general manager, volunteers, and instructor(s) of any In-Person or Zoom classes I am participating in, and/or his associates, shall not be held liable for any claim, demand, cause of action of any kind, resulting from or related to my use of the facilities or instruction.

    I have read the above release and waiver of liability, as well as the refund policies, On-Zoom policies, In-Person policies, Covid policies, and fully understand their contents. I voluntarily agree to the terms and conditions stated above. I verify that all answers in my Registration are true.