Certification and Re-certification Trainings
Balmy weather and a wonderful group of new instructors. Training in Fall Prevention Level One took place March 31 and April 1, 2024 at Castleton Community Center.
Prepare well for your training
When you register, training videos will be sent to you so that you can pre-learn the tai chi movements. The energy you put into your pre-learning will help you succeed in becoming a safe and effective instructor.
Each Fall Prevention Training, along with Trainings for Yang 24 Forms and Sun 73 Forms is open for both full certification or RE-certification. Those recertifying can attend either both days or one day (the cost is the same—half of the full certification cost).
Above you see a happy group of certifiers from a 2017 training in Burlington. Recognize some of those faces? Thanks to Nilah Cote for sending along this photo.
Please remember that Tai Chi Vermont now requires a $50 registration fee for all trainings. If your affiliated Area on Aging is supporting your training, they will refund the $50 once you’ve completed a round of volunteer training for them.
Fall Prevention Tai Chi
July 17 & 24 LEVEL THREE, FALL PREV. TAI CHI. Location: St. John’s Episcopal Church. 15 Summer St., Randolph. Certification or RE-certification. Registration opens May 16 and closes June 19.
Yang 24 Forms Certification and Recertification
Sept. 12 & 13 Charlotte Congregational Church, 403 Church Hill Rd., Charlotte. Certification or RE-certification. Leader, Anne Bower. Registration closes August 18.
Bafa Wubu: for Personal Development or for Certification
June 20 Charlotte Congregational Church. Leader, Marty Kidder. We are excited to add Bafa Wubu (eight energies, five directions) to our list of programs. Those taking the workshop for personal development only will participate from 9-3. Those certifying will continue until 4:30; for certification the prerequisite is that you must have certification in one of Tai Chi Vermont’s other forms. Registration closes May 31.
Note—Fall Prevention Tai Chi Level One: Next training will be in spring of 2026.
Forms + Handouts
TRAINING WORKSHOP FEE
Fall Prevention Tai Chi Level 1 - $350
Fall Prevention Tai Chi Level 2 - $350
Fall Prevention Tai Chi Level 3 - $350
Sun 73 - $350
Yang 24 - $350
** RE-CERTIFICATION is 1/2 certification cost
Skillbuilders - Free for certified instructors - $50 for students
Enrichment workshops - Usually $10 per one hour session.
FAQ’s
Don’t see the workshop you need ?
Attention all Instructors: If there's a workshop you need and don't see above, please email Anne and let her know. Anne will collect all responses and report them to the group of Authorized Trainers so that we can better arrange workshops to meet your needs.
Scholarship Fund
Tai Chi Vermont maintains a small scholarship fund. Depending on demand and the amount of the fund, we can support up to 50% of a workshop's cost. For information please contact Anne Bower, anniebower71@gmail.com
And if you'd like to contribute to this fund, just click on the donate button on any page. It’s a tax-deductible contribution.