Tai Chi for Kids
Training Sessions
Training sessions can be scheduled for your school or organization. An all day workshop can be arranged in your school so that several classes are visited.
A demonstration where all participate can be done in each class. We also offer an after school or lunch time workshop for teachers.
We can help you set up mentoring program where older students teach tai chi movement to younger ones. Evening programs can be scheduled for parent groups and others. Costs and details depend on your needs, the number of days, transportation to your location, and availability of Cari Shurman, the creator of Tai Chi Moves and Tai Chi Moves for Kids, to come to your area. Please contact us at taichiforkids@bigplanet.com to let us know of your interest and we will work out a program for you.
Recent studies have shown that the benefits of tai chi for children and adults include improvement in:
• Ability to stay calm
• Co-ordination of the two sides of the body
• Creativity and visualization
• Focused attention and concentration
• Increased positive energy
• Performance in work and athletics
• Behavior of ADD and ADHD
• Self-esteem and self-confidence.
Cari Shurman, MAT, founder of WITHIN Wellness Center in Miami, is the creator of Tai Chi Moves for Kids©. She holds a Master of Arts in Teaching degree and is certified as a teacher of Tai Chi and Qigong by the National Qigong Association, is a mentor of the Universal Society of the Integral Way and is a certified teacher of Five Element Qigong by the World Institute of Self Healing.
In her 30 years of teaching and traveling around the world, Shurman observed Tai Chi being used in China as a needed break for students between classes. She says she has found nothing more effective for students than Tai Chi to help them do better and feel better about themselves. She has worked successfully with individual children, as well as groups, teaching them Tai Chi skills and focused energy to help them cope with learning and attention disabilities and hyperactivity as well as improving their day to day concentration and performance. Autistic children have responded extremely well to tai chi movements.
Cari does teacher training workshops in schools throughout the country.