Skill Building Workshop Sun 73 (morning) and Tai Chi for Arthritis (from 1pm) with Master Trainer Helga Meyer
A skill builder with Helga Meyer
About this skill builder
People who have done the recent Tai Chi for Beginners or the Tai Chi Walking course with Helga, are especially welcome.
The 10 am start enables Gold Card holders to travel free on the 9am ferry to Waiheke. There is a bus stop outside the hall.
Please wear comfortable clothes and flat shoes, and bring your own lunch and a water bottle.
The 10 am start enables Gold Card holders to travel free on the 9am ferry to Waiheke. There is a bus stop outside the hall.
Please wear comfortable clothes and flat shoes, and bring your own lunch and a water bottle.
Helga Meyer
Practising tai chi for more than 40 years I have over 30 years of teaching experience, first Yang Style and for the last 20 years mainly the Tai Chi for Health Programmes as well as traditional Sun Style. I have been fortunate to learn from amazing teachers all around the world, which includes attending many workshops with Dr Paul Lam in New Zealand and overseas.
1993 I started teaching tai chi casually. In 2006 I was contracted by ACC to be part of a large New Zealand wide study on falls prevention. From early 2007 till December 2024 I was teaching several tai chi classes a week formally on Waiheke Island.
At the end of 2024 I moved to the Coromandel Peninsula, and still regularly go back to Waiheke Island to teach.
In January 2025 I became a Master Trainer and I very much enjoy working in that role. Every few weeks I travel around New Zealand teaching Instructor Training Workshops and Skill Building Workshops, and I really value meeting so many enthusiastic tai chi people.
The Waiheke Island health professionals and community have really embraced tai chi and I was frequently called upon to give talks or demonstrations and introductory sessions at various corporate and charitable events.
We also had several builders and tradesmen in our classes who find tai chi great for strengthening their backs!
Helping children who experience challenges, I realised that tai chi does wonders for increasing self confidence through being non-competitive, and giving them tools to better control their emotions.
For six years now I am working with somebody who has Parkinson's, who is very pleased with the tools aquired through practising tai chi, not just for balance, but also for mental quietness, which helps in stressful situations like overcoming 'freezing', a common symptom.
Now I hope to be able to also support the Whitianga tai chi community.
I relished being a Senior Trainer for 10 years before I became a Master Trainer, which gave me the opportunity to teach workshops all around the country, as well as assist and learn from Master Trainers.
The great thing about tai chi is that there is always more to learn and to deepen one's understanding, and I am looking forward to many more years on this journey.
I have definitely found my home in the Tai Chi for Health Community!
I am qualified to teach Tai Chi for Arthritis and Falls Prevention, Kidz, Energy, Osteoporosis, Diabetes, Rehabilitation, Energy, Memory, Seated Tai Chi for Arthritis and Qi Gong, and I also teach traditional Sun 73 and Yang Style.
1993 I started teaching tai chi casually. In 2006 I was contracted by ACC to be part of a large New Zealand wide study on falls prevention. From early 2007 till December 2024 I was teaching several tai chi classes a week formally on Waiheke Island.
At the end of 2024 I moved to the Coromandel Peninsula, and still regularly go back to Waiheke Island to teach.
In January 2025 I became a Master Trainer and I very much enjoy working in that role. Every few weeks I travel around New Zealand teaching Instructor Training Workshops and Skill Building Workshops, and I really value meeting so many enthusiastic tai chi people.
The Waiheke Island health professionals and community have really embraced tai chi and I was frequently called upon to give talks or demonstrations and introductory sessions at various corporate and charitable events.
We also had several builders and tradesmen in our classes who find tai chi great for strengthening their backs!
Helping children who experience challenges, I realised that tai chi does wonders for increasing self confidence through being non-competitive, and giving them tools to better control their emotions.
For six years now I am working with somebody who has Parkinson's, who is very pleased with the tools aquired through practising tai chi, not just for balance, but also for mental quietness, which helps in stressful situations like overcoming 'freezing', a common symptom.
Now I hope to be able to also support the Whitianga tai chi community.
I relished being a Senior Trainer for 10 years before I became a Master Trainer, which gave me the opportunity to teach workshops all around the country, as well as assist and learn from Master Trainers.
The great thing about tai chi is that there is always more to learn and to deepen one's understanding, and I am looking forward to many more years on this journey.
I have definitely found my home in the Tai Chi for Health Community!
I am qualified to teach Tai Chi for Arthritis and Falls Prevention, Kidz, Energy, Osteoporosis, Diabetes, Rehabilitation, Energy, Memory, Seated Tai Chi for Arthritis and Qi Gong, and I also teach traditional Sun 73 and Yang Style.
How to take part
To register, please email helga.taichi@gmail.com
Skill builders are run independently by the trainer, so please confirm schedule, pricing and how to register with them directly. No certificate is awarded for attending.