Tai Chi for Kids Feels Like Being in a Forest
It is fun to feel the fresh breeze in the trees. to fly down from the mountain, to connect to the earth. Click here to see the kids so Tai Chi in the Forest 
What is Tai Chi for Kids?
It is sleeping like a lion.
It is flying down from the mountain like a crane.
It is drinking water like an elephant in Africa.
It is feeling calm with an energy ball.
Try it out with my video: WHAT IS TAI CHI FOR KIDS?
BEDTIME DOESN’T HAVE to be a STRUGGLE!
Does your child have trouble falling asleep because of fear, worry, or anxiety?
A few minutes of Tai Chi for Kids, followed by the calming audio from my new book, helps children relax, feel safe, and gently drift off to sleep with soothing music and peaceful guided imagery.
Tai Chi for Kids can change bedtime for all the family!
Harvard Conference on Medical Benefits of Tai Chi
Let me tell you about a Tai Chi conference
at Harvard Medical School
THE SCIENTIFIC BENEFITS of TAI CHI and QIGONG FOR WHOLE PERSON HEALTH.
I was happy to be there with 370 doctors, teachers and practitioners. |
| We learned about hundreds of scientific studies showing that Tai Chi and Qigong give tremendous benefits for flexibility, balance, energy flow, healing from cancer (it is taught in many cancer hospitals now!), for Parkinson’s, for heart conditions, healthy organs, headaches, digestive issues etc. That is good news. More and more doctors are prescribing it to their patients.
We also saw that 10-15 minutes of Tai Chi per day is extremely effective. It is even better than one hour a week. It keeps the chi energy flowing. |
| I presented the program I developed called Tai Chi for Kids©. I wish you had been there to do THE TREE with us. It was quiet and peaceful. I imagine a world where we all do a little Tai Chi everyday and children are calm, focused, happy and sleep well at night. Where we don’t feel we need prescription drugs to treat anxiety and depression for elementary school kids. Please join me! |
I have been teaching Tai Chi for Kids for 25 years. I always believed that 10 minute a day in the classroom could improve the atmosphere of learning, the focus and cooperation of the kids, as well as an atmosphere of peace and relaxation.
I saw this in classes every day. It is nice to now have the scientific proof that 10 minutes is just right. It makes things better. I hope you will try it, too.
From Playful Elephants to Focused Minds – with Tai Chi for Kids
I’m excited to share this interview about my journey with Tai Chi from ‘discovering’ it in China in 1991 to creating Tai Chi for Kids©, a program I taught to kids around the world for over 25 years. In today’s stressful world it is so important to help kids feel calm and focused and to increase their self-esteem. Tai Chi for Kids not only changes the atmosphere in the classroom – but it makes bedtime and morning wake up more peaceful at home.
Healthy Habits for school and home
Sometimes it is hard to get up ready for the day or even to fall asleep at night. Tai Chi helps us calm down, breathe, focus and feel our self-control It makes everything else easier. It helps us feel peaceful. It works for little kids and big kids and adults. It works for parents and grandparents.
It helps us feel patient, thoughtful and happy inside.
And it is fun to do. I hope you will try it. You will see the difference.
Tai Chi for Kids is as relaxing as a Walk in the Forest.
Last month I had the most beautiful walk in the forest. It was in a very dense rain forest in Patagonia. The feeling of peace, fresh air, health and connection to the earth was wonderful Just like when I do Tai Chi. When you don’t have time for a walk in the forest try Tai Chi .
We Feel Strong and Flexible
We feel Focused and Calm
Scientific studies show that just a few minutes of Tai Chi
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improves our focus and concentration
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improves our balance and flexibility
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sends extra oxygen to the brain
With my new book it is easy
Tai Chi for Kids and the Adults Who Love Them.
Tai Chi for Kids at Harvard Medical School Conference!
Tai Chi for Kids Can Change the World for our KIDS
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Across the world, more and more children are struggling with anxiety, stress, and sleeplessness. At the same time, there is a growing recognition that mindful practices like Tai Chi and Qigong can help.
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This spring, I’m honored to speak at Harvard Medical School’s 2026 conference,
“The Science of Tai Chi and Qigong as Whole Person Health.”
I am on a panel dedicated to Tai Chi & Qigong for Children.
(https://oshercenter.org/conferences/)
After 25 years of teaching Tai Chi for Kids, I’ve seen its impact again and again. A 16-year-old once stopped me on a New York street to say,
“The day we did Tai Chi with you at my school was the best day of the year.”
Moments like this remind me why this work matters.
I wrote Tai Chi for Kids and the Adults Who Love Them to make Tai Chi simple, joyful, and easy to teach—whether to a classroom or a single child, at home or at school. It works whether the kids are 4 or 104. We are all kids at heart!
By sharing Tai Chi and Qigong with the next generation, we can help them feel calmer,
stronger, and more connected—starting now.
Let’s work on this together.
Thanks
10% of kids have ADHD. Tai Chi for Kids can change that!
Imagine a class of agitated kids, squirming, fidgeting, ignoring calls for silence. 
Imagine those same kids after sessions of Tai Chi for Kids with the ability to root like a tree, focus on their work, and control outbursts.
A study at the Kennedy Krieger Institute funded by the NIH showed a remarkable difference.
“And because there is tremendous brain plasticity in childhood, which decreases in adolescence,” Dr. Clark adds, “practicing tai chi now could make a huge difference in these kids’ lives.”
Tai Chi for Focus – Good for the Brain!
Tai Chi for Kids literally makes the brain grow. Mindful movement, like Tai Chi for Kids, increases the number of neurons in the brain. And 90% of the brain development happens in the first 5 years of life. Let’s start early!
Tai Chi for Kids for:
- better focus
- inner calmness
- better decision making and rational thinking
- enhanced self-regulation
- improved sympathy and compassion
- improved sense of connection to each other and to nature as we grow roots into the earth.
- a better sense of self-esteem
During mindful meditation, the brain undergoes structural and functional changes, including increased gray matter in areas related to learning, memory, and emotional regulation. It also enhances neural connectivity, which can improve cognitive functions and emotional stability.
We should all try it. Maybe you can connect to a tree. It is very peaceful.
Find the details of the study here.