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A FREE VIDEO EVENT

With Vice President of SYL Wushu Taiji Qigong Institute
Master Helen Liang
2026-10-17 11:00:00 am
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Why does Tai Chi teach you to soften in order to become stronger?

Discover how working with opposing forces can help you stay centered, grounded, and adaptable, even when life keeps changing around you.

When life keeps asking you to move faster, solve one problem after another, and adapt to rapidly changing conditions, it’s easy to lose the feeling of being grounded in yourself.

You may notice it as tension in your shoulders, a busy mind that won’t settle, or the sense that you’re constantly reacting rather than moving through life from a steady center.

Master Helen Liang teaches that Tai Chi offers another way. More than a graceful form of exercise, this ancient mind-body art teaches you to work with complementary forces — stillness and movement, strength and softness, fullness and emptiness — so you can become more balanced and adaptable in both your body and your life.

Join Helen for a transformative free online event to discover Tai Chi as an embodied philosophy, and experience for yourself how its timeless principles can help you feel calmer, more grounded, physically connected, and at ease.

Whether you’re completely new to Tai Chi or already practice Tai Chi, Qigong, meditation, or another internal art, Helen will help you uncover the deeper wisdom within the movements.

She began training in traditional Wushu at age four under her father, world-renowned Grandmaster Shouyu Liang, and was selected for professional Wushu training in China at age 11. A gold-medal-winning martial artist and longtime teacher, she brings a rare combination of traditional lineage, extensive training, and an accessible teaching style to these ancient principles.

During the event, Helen will guide you through a simple, continuous Tai Chi sequence featuring the Commencing Movement, Tai Chi stepping, Cloud Hands, and Cross Hands.

As you shift your weight, turn your waist, coordinate your breath, and move between strength and softness, you won’t just learn about Yin and Yang intellectually — you’ll feel these complementary forces within your own body. Be prepared to feel your breathing soften, built-up tension release, your mind grow quieter, and your body feel more grounded, connected, and centered.

You’ll come away with a new understanding of Tai Chi: The movements aren’t simply something you perform; they’re a way to practice meeting life itself.

In this experiential event, you’ll:

  • Be guided through a gentle Tai Chi sequence featuring the Commencing Movement, Tai Chi stepping, Cloud Hands, and Cross Hands to help you feel more grounded, centered, relaxed, and internally balanced
  • Discover how to embody Yin and Yang through shifting, stepping, rising, and sinking, so balance becomes something you can actually feel rather than simply understand intellectually
  • Experience how strength and softness can work together, using stability in your lower body to create greater ease, relaxation, and flow throughout your whole body
  • Explore how stillness can support you in movement, helping you cultivate a centered inner state you can return to even when life around you feels busy or stressful
  • Learn how the ancient Tai Chi principles of balance, adaptability, centeredness, and appropriate effort can become practical tools for navigating change and everyday challenges with greater ease
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During the event, you’ll be among the first to hear about Helen’s upcoming 7-week live video course, where you’ll experience the deeper principles behind the movements to discover how Tai Chi can become a graceful way of living with greater balance, strength, adaptability, and flow —and learn why the secret to staying centered through life’s most disruptive changes can be found in this ancient movement practice.

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FREE VIDEO EVENT
2026-10-17 11:00:00 am

Join this FREE video event with Master Helen Liang and experience the deeper principles behind Tai Chi as you explore Yin and Yang, strength and softness, and stillness and movement through a simple guided sequence designed to leave you feeling more grounded, centered, relaxed, and connected.

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What People Are Saying About Master Helen Liang...

“I'm walking away with a beautiful experience of Tai Chi.”
This course was so enlightening. I loved learning Tai Chi with Master Helen. She’s a wonderful teacher and really broke things down so they became rewarding to learn. The pace was perfect, and I’m walking away with a beautiful experience of Tai Chi. I will look for ways to keep integrating the practice into my life.
Lisa

Richmond, Virginia

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“I felt the fundamental concepts had never been so well explained before.”
I felt I finally understood some of the fundamentals of Tai Chi when Master Helen explained them in this course. I have learned Tai Chi for many years, but I felt the fundamental concepts had never been so well explained before. Really grateful.
May

Singapore

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“I deeply regret that I did not have the opportunity to learn with Helen Liang many years prior...”
I benefited greatly from this course. I have been practicing Tai Chi for many years, mostly on my own. This course gave me a deeper understanding of Tai Chi and gave me some important ideas and principles that are greatly improving my performance of the art. I deeply regret that I did not have the opportunity to learn with Helen Liang many years prior to this. She comes from a background that positioned her to be a master of the complex art that Tai Chi is. She is also knowledgeable about Chinese culture and philosophical ideas as they apply to Tai Chi. Helen is very charming and engaging as well. Her lovely personality sweetens the whole experience. I would highly recommend this course to anybody who is interested in learning about Tai Chi (and this applies to more than those who are beginners). I would like to do more Tai Chi with her.
Charles Asofsky

Kfar Saba, Israel

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“My Tai Chi practice was greatly enhanced...”
The details Master Helen taught about perfect basic form and the ways those details contributed to the goal of obtaining the Wu Wei state were superb. My Tai Chi practice was greatly enhanced, as was my internal balance and coherency of flow.
Tom Rohn

Elgin, Oregon

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“Master Helen is a gifted teacher.”
Master Helen is a gifted teacher. Not only is she thorough, she is encouraging, and to watch her move through the form is inspiring.
Jamie

North Billerica, Massachusetts

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About Master Helen Liang

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Master Helen Liang is a world-renowned Tai Chi, Qigong, and Chinese Martial Arts master with more than three decades of teaching experience. She is vice president of the SYL Wushu Taiji Qigong Institute in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Helen is the author of numerous videos on Tai Chi, Qigong, Liu He Ba Fa (Water Style), and other internal styles of Chinese martial arts, including 24 Form Tai Chi... Beginner Tai Chi for Health... Tai Chi for Women... and Qigong for Cancer. Helen was featured twice on the cover of Kung Fu Tai Chi Magazine in the United States. She was also featured in the books Chinese Martial Arts Elites... Contemporary Famous Chinese Martial Artists... and Extraordinary Chinese Martial Artists of the World.

In 2005, Helen and her father, Grandmaster Shou-Yu Liang, together with Channel M, Canada, created a one-of-a-kind instructional Tai Chi television series comprising 130 episodes for Canada’s multicultural community. The show, planned and written entirely by Helen and Grandmaster Liang, and hosted by Helen, has been picked up by stations across Canada and the United States. It was nominated for several Leo awards, including Best Lifestyle Series, Best Direction, and Best Host.

In 2017, Helen hosted another Tai Chi video for Canada’s national telecommunications company, Telus Corporation, to promote wellness to Canada’s diverse multicultural community. She has also been featured by many media companies, including Chinese Central Television (CCTV), Shanghai and Sichuan Provincial television in China, national pay-per-view features in the U.S., CBC, Fairchild Television, and Channel M in Canada, as well as numerous newspapers and magazines in the U.S., Canada, and China.

Helen was invited to demonstrate during the opening ceremony of the 10th World Wushu Championships in Toronto in 2009 and received the Special Contribution Award to Wushu. In 2013 and 2014 she obtained level 8th degree from both the International Wushu Sanshou Dao Association (IWSD) and the World Organization of Wushu Kung Fu Masters. She was also awarded Outstanding Martial Arts Achievements by IWSD.

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