Zoom: Tai Chi for Energy by Betty Scanlon

Tai Chi for Energy

This exciting program consists of two different tai chi styles which create an uniquely powerful synergy.

• About Dr Paul Lam
• Reasons to Come
• Who Can Come?
• Who would benefit?
• Preparation
• Registration Process
• Who Will be Eligible to be Certified to teach the Program?
• Updates

Chen style is vigorous and sophisticated, containing fast and slow movements along with powerful spiral force. Sun style includes a unique qigong (life energy) along with agile steps. These two seemingly contrasting styles have complementary internal energy. Using his deep understanding of tai chi principles and with over 40 years of experience, Dr  Lam composed the Tai Chi for Energy set by combining both styles to bring you greater synergy.

With regular practice and in a relatively short period of time, you will achieve better health and wellness, more internal energy, and an improved ability to manage stress. 

The program contains warm up and cool down exercises and 16 movements. 

About Dr Paul Lam

Dr Lam, an Australian family physician and tai chi expert, is a world leader in the field of tai chi for health. He loves  teaching and is the first person in history to have travelled over one million miles for the purpose of teaching tai chi. Many enjoy learning from him so much so that they travel thousands of miles year after year to attend his workshops.

Dr Lam is the author of several books on tai chi and best-selling instructional tai chi DVDs. His tai chi programs are supported by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and health departments and arthritis foundations around the world.

Millions of people have improved their health and wellness by learning his programs.

Reasons to Come

• Learn an exciting tai chi program that is suitable for a wide range of people  
• Be eligible to be certified to teach if you have met the requirements
• Learn how to teach tai chi effectively
• Improve your understanding of essential tai chi principles
• Enjoy exploring the inner meaning and deeper insights of tai chi
• Discover the Sun style’s inner energy

Who Can Come?

Anyone with or without prior tai chi experience can attend this workshop, preparation is strongly recommended.

Who Will Benefit?

Anyone can benefit from coming to this workshop. You will enjoy learning this short but beautiful set of tai chi with two powerful styles. With regular practice you will gain inner strength, stronger muscles, and stronger Qi relatively quickly. You will be able to develop complexity and stronger Jing (force) from learning this program. 

Tai Chi for Energy is especially useful for people who have learned one or more of the Tai Chi for Health programs.

You will be eligible to be certified to teach this program if you meet the requirements.

Preparation

This training has two parts, a self-paced online portion and a live interactive portion. The Self-Paced Instructor Preparation Package (SIPP) is a self-paced virtual program containing essential material plus instruction in the basic movements to train effective and safe instructors. All you have to do is follow the sequence with Dr Lam’s video guides for every step. Complete the quizzes at the end of each unit to move on, and at the completion of the SIPP you download your Certificate of Completion to send to the Master Trainer.

After completion of the SIPP, you are ready for the live interactive instructor training workshop to be eligible to become a Tai Chi for Health Institute (TCHI) board-certified instructor. All TCHI Master Trainers around the world can conduct this workshop as listed online at the Tai Chi for Health Institute (tchi.org) website. The listing will indicate whether it is offered on a virtual platform or in-person, and how the hours (minimum of 8) are distributed into 1 or 2 sessions.

The live workshop is very personal. The Master Trainer will work with you to answer your questions, help to improve your tai chi, and ensure you can teach the program safely and effectively.  There will be discussions, practice sessions, and sharing of skills and knowledge, Question and Answer portions, and, most importantly, personal interaction. The Master Trainer will give you feedback on what you did well and how you can improve your tai chi and teaching skills and connect you to the Tai Chi for Health Institute (TCHI), fellow instructors, and Senior Trainers and offer continual support.

Please come scent free in consideration for those with perfume allergies.

Wear loose comfortable clothes and flat shoes suitable for exercise.

Registration Process

When you register for the live interactive training, you will receive a link to purchase the prerequisite online SIPP course. Normally priced at USD 80, your link will allow you to purchase it at a 30% discount for about USD 56. You must go to Online Courses and purchase this separately from paying your course fee to the Master Trainer. It must be completed before the live interactive training. Allow 25-70 hours, on your schedule, and forward the Certificate of Completion to the trainer to qualify you for participation in the live interactive workshop. Do enroll ASAP because you must complete it before participating in the live interactive portion. You will have access to the online SIPP material for one year, and you will find it a great support to your teaching skills.

Who Will be Eligible to be Certified to teach the Program?

Participants who have met all requirements on completion of the workshop will be eligible to be certified by the Tai Chi for Health Institute to teach this program.

Updates

Workshop participants will have the opportunity to update their Tai Chi for Health qualifications. Prior notice is essential and a written assignment must be submitted prior, an administration fee applies.

N.B. The name of the Master Trainer authorised to teach this program will be listed on the website.

This instructor qualification training will be held on Saturday and Sunday, January 17 and 18, 2026.  The hours will be 9 am - 1:00 pm (US Eastern Time).  

This is a 2-day instructor qualification training.  Prior to this workshop, you must complete the Self-paced Instructor Preparation Package for Tai Chi for Enerty  (SIPP-TCE ), and forward a copy of your completion certificate to Betty:  TaiChi@comcast.net.

Once you register, you will receive information to register for the appropriate SIPP course.  This comprehensive package contains essential material to be a safe and effective tai chi instructor for the Tai Chi for Energy program.  There are additional webinar videos included that will enhance your tai chi development.  You will have access to these lessons for a year.  If you wish to purchase access to the SIPP lessons yourself, you will be given a discount code to bring the fee to $56.  You can also choose to include this fee with your registration.

Additional required training material is the Teaching Tai Chi Effectively book, which can be included in the workshop fee or purchased separately.  It is available through www.TaiChiProductions.com (a discount code is available), or through Amazon.com.

During the live instructor training workshop we will review the material from the SIPP lessons, including all of the movements.  Participants are expected to be able to perform the sequence of movements from memory, so follow along with Dr Lam on the SIPP lessons and practice each section until you can perform the movements from memory before moving on to the next section.

To prepare, please practice with the video lessons included.  Your preparation helps assure you become certified at the end of the training.  I make every effort to get everyone certified. Those that are not well prepared may require additional practice and an additional Zoom meeting to meet the standard for certification.  

This training will be held live on Zoom.  For a virtual workshop, it’s essential that you have a space where you can be seen from head to toe while being able to see your “monitor”.  The easiest way to do that is to connect your camera (webcam, phone, tablet, or laptop) to a larger TV screen. 

Following the training, those meeting the standard for Instructor Qualification will be invited to join the Tai Chi for Health Institute.  Your membership provides Board Certification to teach this form.

This course has been approved for 14 CE Hours through:

• Florida Board of Acupuncture
• Florida Board of Nursing
• Florida Board of Occupational Therapy
• Florida Board of Physical Therapy
• Florida Board of Psychology
• Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling

Updates for all other Tai Chi for Health forms are available.  Contact Betty for additional information:  taichi@comcast.net

$250 - Workshop fee

Other options include:

• $56 - SIPP Lessons
• $20 - Teaching Tai Chi Effectively book
• $66 - 2-year Standard Membership with TCHI
• $150 - Update fee
• $35 - each additional TCH update

Payment can be made via check, PayPal, or credit card.  Information provided after registration. 

Virtual on Zoom

Betty Scanlon:  TaiChi@comcast.net

Call or Text:  239-738-6058