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Try a mindful moving meditation called T’ai Chi Chih with accredited teacher Dr. Bella Box.
Your Personal Invitation
I invite you to learn T’ai Chi Chih, a mindfulness moving meditation. A notable feature of this yin form of T’ai Chi is that it is easy to learn.
T’ai Chi Chih is a series of 19 movements and 1 pose that together make up a meditative form of movement. Practitioners experience physical, personal, and spiritual health benefits. At the completion of the ten-week class, students will be able to do the 19 graceful movements and one pose.
Do you suffer from from Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)? Please join me to help ease your symptoms. I also have a TBI and understand how difficult it can be to learn new things.
NEW OFFERING
Private T’ai Chi Chih Lessons with Dr. Box
Dr. Box is now available for private lessons — in person or via Zoom!
The price for Health, Happiness, Serenity and Longevity. A great value.
- 10 lessons paid in advance = $200 ($5 off per lesson)
- Pay with a check, cash, or via Paypal below
- Email info@mybellahealth.com with your name, phone number, and days and time frames that work for you.
For in-person lessons, proof of full vaccination with CDC card required and not immune compromised. Scholarships available — please ask.
Endorsements
I have had the benefit of moving to Dr. Box’s guidance and can attest to her skills at facilitating Tai Chi Chih. She is also an accomplished motivator of students and teacher candidates in providing them with a serene presence and demonstrated motivation. You would be greatly benefitted by engaging her as your teacher and/or mentor.
— Jim Shorr | Accredited Teacher of Tai Chi Chih, Ki Gung
I’ve done Tai Chi Chih with Bella for many years now. She leads a wonderful practice. She inspires me to be present and mindful and to relax into the rocking motion of each movement.
— Betsy
Thank you for the opportunity to endorse your work in the practice of T’ai Chi Chih. I was experiencing severe left hip and lower back pain due to an old injury. Physical therapy just wasn’t getting results. During the fall of 2019 I decided to seek additional help through movement and took 6 months of T’ai Chi Chih instruction from a local certified instructor. I had always admired the graceful, purposeful movements and technique of mindfulness of T’ai Chi Chih. The pandemic got in the way last year but I was able to find Zoom meetings and a retreat.
Meeting Bella and the other certified instructors was transformative. She is a dedicated, compassionate and was very happy to embrace the world of virtual practice and teaching. T’ai Chi Chih has given me a sense of community, never having to give up a community of like companions in practice. The movements taught have helped me understand control of my body not only for pain relief but for my over all well being.
— Terrie
Great Health Benefits of T’ai Chi Chih
With regular practice, my students report a reduction in depression, anxiety, and insomnia. Additionally, there is improved memory, spiritual attunement, stress reduction, increased ability to learn, concentration, and enhanced creativity.
Full List of Health Benefits of Regular T’ai Chi Chih Practice Include:
- Improved circulation
- Increased physical energy and stamina
- Reduced stress levels and fatigue
- Improvement of balance and coordination
- Enhanced mental concentration and clarity
- Improved overall health and flexibility
- Increased metabolism / weight control
- Increased self-confidence
- Regulation of blood pressure
- Strengthening of the immune system
- Opening of the creative channels
- Increased sense of well-being
- Joyful experience of community
TCC has been a positive addition to my personal health care. It is energizing and safe. Being able to participate on zoom has made it access during the Covid-19 pandemic.
— Wendy
19 T’ai Chi Chih Movements, Plus One Pose
- Rocking Motion
- Bird Flaps its Wings
- Around the Platter
- Around the Patter Variation
- Bass Drum
- Daughter on the Mountaintop
- Daughter in the Valley
- Carry the Ball to the Side
- Push Pull
- Pulling in the Energy
- Basic Pulling Taffy
- Variation 1: Anchor Taffy
- Variation 2: Wrist Circles Taffy
- Variation 3: Perpetual Motion
- Working the Pulley
- Light at the top of the head/Temple
- Joyous Breath
- Passing Clouds
- Six Healing Sounds
- Cosmic Consciousness Pose
Printable List of T’ai Chi Chih Movements:
Read an Article Helpful for Beginners:
The Principles of How to Move in T’ai Chi Chih
Watch Videos Helpful for Beginners:
Dr. Box Demonstrates All T’ai Chi Chih Movements and One Pose
Live T’ai Chi Chih Practices Online Via Zoom
Free Live Daily Practices for Advanced Students Only
- Monday – Friday with Dr. Marcella (Bella) Box: 10:00 – 10:45 AM Pacific Time
- Sundays with Banks Upshaw: 9:00 – 9:45 AM Pacific Time
- TCC teachers listed here are accredited
11 years ago Marcella Box trained me to become a T’ai Chi Chih instructor. Marcella is always careful and positive in her instruction. T’ai Chi Chih has helped me in many ways be positive and cheerful. When we were all forced to isolate due to Covid a group of T’ai Chi Chih participants decided to regularly meet on Zoom for daily practice and Marcella is a major part of this. She is a blessing.
— Banks Upshaw, Accredited T’ai Chi Chih Instructor
More About T’ai Chi Chih
Dr. Marcella (Bella) Box Introduces T’ai Chi Chih
Video of Jim Shorr, T’ai Chi Chih Instructor at Creekside Village leading his class with guest teachers Bella Box and Barb Thurber, August 27, 2022.
Eugene L. Box, Accredited T’ai Chi Chih Teacher and Dr. Marcella Box’s Father Demonstrates T’ai Chi Chih
Dad gave Barb and me our first Tai Chi Chih lesson. He’s 74 in this video. — Dr. Marcella Box
Accredited T’ai Chi Chih Teachers and Teacher Trainers
Marcella (Bella) Box, DC
Marcella (Bella) Box, DC, T’ai Chi Chih Teacher
Joy Through Movement
After completing undergraduate work in Clinical Psychology, Dr. Box attended the University of Western States and graduated with honors with a doctorate in chiropractic science and received the Excellent Student Clinician Award. After that, she was Board Certified to Rate Impairment and Disability and completed post-doc studies in Nutrition, Chiropractic Orthopedics, and Chiropractic Sports Medicine.
Dr. Box has been a chiropractic physician and natural health care provider since 1985 and retired in early 2019. She is the Founder and, until 2019, Owner and Clinical Director of the Holistic Health Clinic in downtown Beaverton, Oregon.
Bella learned T’ai Chi Chih from her father, accredited TCC teacher Eugene L. Box. She was accredited as a T’ai Chi Chih instructor in 2009. Dr. Box is developing My Bella Health to facilitate both her own healing from a traumatic brain injury and vitality for her friends on Planet Earth.
Barbara Thurber
Barbara Thurber, T’ai Chi Chih Teacher
Barbara was accredited to teach T’ai Chi Chih in November 2020. She has been practicing T’ai Chi Chih since 2008, and has been actively involved in the community the whole time. She has recently retired after a career of tuning and repairing pianos, teaching music to little kids, and 22 years at Intel Corporation as a Senior Systems Engineer. Her technical skills are being utilized to assist with 2021 T’ai Chi Chih Conference. She practices almost daily with a core group on ZOOM. She is co-teacher with Bella Box for weekly classes on ZOOM.
Pam Towne, International T’ai Chi Chih Teacher Trainer
A Moving Meditation that Can Be Done by Anyone
T’ai Chi Chih’s 19 gentle movements and one pose relax your body and quiet your mind. These simple movements strongly circulate and balance the Chi (Life Force) and cultivate good health, longevity, creativity and an internal center of peace from which to move with serenity in the midst of your busy daily life. Based on the same Yin-Yang principles as Tai Chi Chuan, this new form is much easier to learn yet raises the Chi very quickly and strongly. You can do this, regardless of your age or physical ability, just by adapting the movements to your comfortable range of motion.
Accredited Instructor and International Teacher Trainer. T’ai Chi Chih originator Justin Stone said “Pam is one of the best T’ai Chi Chih teachers in the world.” Pam Towne has enthusiastic students throughout the U.S., Canada, and Russia.
DVDs, Books, CDs, and Music
Justin Stone, T’ai Chi Chih Originator & Teacher
DVDs, Books, CDs, and Artwork by Justin Stone
Carmen Brocklehurst, T’ai Chi Chih and Seijakut Teacher
Find a T’ai Chi Chih Teacher Near You
Check out taichichih.org which includes a searchable list for all accredited instructors worldwide.
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