Great Bay Tai Chi

Join us for our first outdoor classes of the season!
Tai Chi for Good Health at 9:00am
Yang Style Long Form at 10:00am
Today, Friday, 6/5 behind The Customs House Museum
25 Water Street in Newburyport

We hope to see you there!

Calling all Tai Chi practitioners! Focus on balance and rooting with complimentary Gentle Flow Yoga practice with Liz. Great Bay Tai Chi membership payments accepted!

Join Liz tonight at 4:30pm for Gentle Flow!

👉 First class is free!
💵 $25 Drop-in
☯️ Use your Great Bay Tai Chi membership

Chris is accepting orders for Tai Chi Balls through Sunday, May 31.

Elevate your Tai Chi practice with a wooden ball! While learning the regular movements shows you where to put your hands and feet, holding the ball gives you instant feedback. It makes the invisible flow of Tai Chi something you can actually feel, turning abstract ideas into real, physical sensations.

Order Now: https://tinyurl.com/taichiballorders

Join Liz tonight at 6pm!

Join Liz tonight at 6pm for Vinyasa.

👉 First class is free!
💵 $25 Drop-in
☯️ Use your Great Bay Tai Chi membership

The past few weeks have been filled with incredible seminars, workshops, and classes across Tai Chi, Qigong, meditation, yoga, Reiki, and martial arts. Thank you to everyone who has practiced, taught, and helped continue to build such a thoughtful and welcoming community. Read on to catch up on the latest schedule updates and community news: https://greatbaytaichima.com/news/

Chris was invited to be part of this panel, and had a great conversation with these great teachers. Be sure to give it a listen!

The Internal Symposium 2026 | Chris Himmel, Stephen Watson, Rich Marantz & Nicholas Acri What happens when martial artists stop talking about winning fights… and start talking about becoming better human beings?In this special panel episode of th...

Recently Chris, Pam, Stacie, and Suzanne, had the opportunity to attend The Science of Tai Chi and Qigong Conference at Harvard Medical School (HMS Osher Center for Integrative Medicine). This academic conference included presenters from research scientists and medical professionals as well as Tai Chi and Qigong practitioners about the benefits and effectiveness of Tai Chi and Qigong practice. While as practitioners, there is no surprise to us that one’s health can be greatly improved through the practice of Tai Chi and Qigong, but the bigger takeaway of the conference is how Tai Chi and Qigong effect people on a deep biological/physiological level and how much scientific research is being done to learn what is actually going on. We now have studies showing the benefits of Tai Chi and Qigong practice for:

Knee Health
Anxiety
Depression
PTSD
Aging
Cardiovascular Health
Back Pain
Balance/Fall Prevention
Pain
Parkinson’s Disease
Sleep Quality
Stress
Cancer Support
And much more

Again, as practitioners, none of this is really a surprise, but the mounting evidence continues to demonstrate that Tai Chi and Qigong practices can help with multiple aspects of a person’s health and build our understanding of “Whole-Person Health,” as opposed to treating individual body areas or systems. Tai Chi and Qigong are also helping people maintain better Quality of Life as people are living longer. One presenter made a strong point that while people are living longer, most of those extra years are often spent in declining health and discomfort. Tai Chi and Qigong now have a growing body of scientific evidence showing that through practice, those extra years can be healthier and more fulfilling.