The classes combine individual attention with quality instruction.

We offer a wide range of classes, seminars, and individual instruction programs, all of which can be held on-site at your company. Discover for yourself why the quality and convenience of our on-site T'ai Chi Ch'uan classes make us THE source for corporate T'ai Chi Ch'uan training in the Southern Ontario Region.

In this part of the web site, you'll find the overview of a typical one-hour class, answers to frequently asked questions about Wu Style T'ai Chi Ch'uan and information about the health benefits of T'ai Chi Ch'uan.

You may also want to learn more about the martial art an exercise practiced for centuries in China or about the Wu family.

Need to know how you can have T'ai Chi Ch'uan classes in your workplace? We'll be happy to supply you with the information and additional materials.

North Star Tai Chi Ch'uan North Toronto Academy can provide on site traditional T'ai Chi Ch'uan training for your corporation. T'ai Chi Ch'uan will produce a more relaxed and healthier work force. You can reduce absenteeism, and insurance cost.

T'ai Chi Ch'uan exercises the mind, not just the body. Concentration improves as the mind focuses exclusively on the movement, and distractions fall away.

Practitioners move with greater ease and efficiency, both mentally and physically. Because you move more efficiently, you use less energy or strain, you have more energy to bring to the challenges of the work day.

T'ai Chi Ch'uan reduces blood pressure, improves oxygen utilization, improves immune function, increases bone density, increases knee and ankle strength, flexibility, and range of motion, and reduces the levels of stress hormones during and after practice. Many of these effects are documented in medical studies in elderly beginners.

T'ai Chi Ch'uan can produce a healthier, more resilient workforce, reducing absenteeism, turnover, and insurance costs.

North Star Tai Chi Ch'uan North Toronto Academy offers on site T'ai Chi training for your corporation. With our T'ai Chi Ch'uan training, employees can realize the following benefits: Relaxation, Improved Job Performance, Flexibility, Endurance, Stress Reduction, Dependability and Networking.

We will design a special T'ai Chi Ch'uan Training Package to meet your corporation's specific needs.

North Star Tai Chi Ch'uan Corporate Profile

North Star Tai Chi Ch'uan North Toronto Academy provides on-site authentic T'ai Chi Ch'uan training for your corporation. T'ai Chi Ch'uan is guaranteed to improve your employees' physical and mental well-being. The benefits of this to your company are seen through improved company performance, decreased overall staff stress levels, decreased level of absenteeism, and increased profits. It has been proven that a company that produces efficient, healthy and motivated employees have staff whose margin of error is significantly lower than overworked, stressed employees.

How are we going to do this for your company? By providing your employees with exercises based on the ancient art of Tai Chi Ch'uan exercises! These exercises are:

• Non-impact
• Built around isometric principles-- opposing muscles are so contracted that there is little shortening but great increase in tone of muscle fiber.
• Correct breathing techniques-- Oxygen is our most important food & greatest energy source. Increased oxygen flow through the body produces efficient, attentive employees.
• Single Form Exercises- Loosen, strengthen and lengthen muscles, to relax and relieve stress as well as to train and balance one's body to improve endurance.
• (5) Meditation- Gives the participant a refreshing physical and mental boost. The feeling of meditation can be compared to awaking from a deep sleep; refreshed and physically prepared for the day ahead. * These five steps are the first of many that will improve your employees' overall performance at work. With a little time and effort your staff will reap the benefits of these techniques.

These techniques are guaranteed as long as the participants are dedicated to following up with the steps. Although, when a person participates in the class they will feel the benefits immediately and when a person practices regularly, the benefits will increase.

With our T'ai Chi Ch'uan training, employees can realize the following benefits:

Flexibility:
Our T'ai Chi Ch'uan training emphasizes improving flexibility and balance. A person can feel better regarding his/her body when it feels light and able to move about gracefully.

Relaxation:
Using the traditional T'ai Chi Ch'uan training methods, one learns to relax the whole body and the mind. Muscles will relax, joints will loosen up and the mind stays clear and focused

Improved job performance:
With a relaxed body, one can perform more efficiently. And with a clear and focused mind, one can concentrate on the task at hand or multitask with ease.

Endurance:
A physically fit body and a relaxed mind can help delay fatigue and burn out. Throughout the program, one will learn different excercises to strengthen the body and will.

Networking:
One good way to develop teamwork is to do or learn something new together. Learning T'ai Chi Ch'uan can help form new friendships and improve previous ones.

Dependability:
Healthy body = less sick leaves = ability to adhere to planned work schedule and to complete tasks on time.

Stress reduction:
T'ai Chi Ch'uan is a proven exercise to help reduce stress, lower blood pressure and produce other health benefits. These benefits are documented by western medicine. Reducing stress can curtail stress related turnovers.