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30 November 2026 – 4 December 2026 · Big SurSold out

Creative Tai Ji Experience: Change, Transformation and Metamorphosis

Chungliang Al Huang guides five days of reimagining the tai ji forms at Esalen through ancient rituals, the Five Moving Forces of Nature and traditional motifs; the workshop runs through 4 December.

30Novemberto December 4, 2026
Residential workshopMon 02:00 PM to Fri 12:00 AM
FormatResidential workshop
PeriodAutumn 2026
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CapacityOpen
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Creative Tai Ji Experience: Change, Transformation and Metamorphosis

Chungliang Al Huang guides five days of reimagining the tai ji forms at Esalen through ancient rituals, the Five Moving Forces of Nature and traditional motifs; the workshop runs through 4 December.

“Simply put: how can you have LOVE without HEART? (Chungliang Al Huang, 'Let's Put the HEART Back into LOVE', livingtao.org/practice/lets-put-the-heart-back-into-love/)”
Chungliang Al Huang
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Meet Chungliang Al Huang.

Living Tao and Tai Ji

Chungliang Al Huang

Tai Ji master, dancer and calligrapher who founded the Living Tao Foundation, and who has spent sixty years bringing Taoist practice into Western hands through movement, brush and story.

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Energy, breath and stillness

Daoism & Internal Arts

Embodied Daoist practice: internal alchemy, nei gong, qigong and meditation, cultivating energy, breath and stillness through the body.

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Big Sur, California, United States

Esalen Institute

Esalen Institute
Big Sur, California, United States

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