Tai Chi Clermont

11/05/2026

🌿✨ **SPOTS ARE FILLING UP!** ✨🌿

I'm so excited about the interest in our upcoming holiday Qigong series, **The Art of Letting Go — A Holiday Qigong Journey Through the Five Elements!** ❤️

We already have **7 people planning to sign up**, and I can't wait to share this special four-week experience with everyone!

The holiday season can be wonderful, but let's face it, it can also be busy, stressful, and sometimes overwhelming. That's exactly why I created this series. 💚

Through gentle Qigong movements, mindful breathing, and peaceful guided meditations, we'll explore the wisdom of the Five Elements and how their lessons can help us find more balance, flexibility, gratitude, and kindness in everyday life.

✨ **Four Tuesdays: December 1, 8, 15 & 22**
🕕 **6:15–7:15 PM**
📍 **Clermont Arts & Recreation Center - Room 5**

🌾 Earth — Finding Our Center
🤍 Metal — Breathing & Letting Go
💙🌿 Water & Wood — Flowing Through Change
❤️ Fire — A Heart Full of Peace

**No experience necessary!** This isn't about memorizing movements or getting everything perfect. It's about giving yourself an hour each week to slow down, reconnect, and simply enjoy the experience.

If you've been thinking about joining us, now is a great time to reserve your spot! 🌿 Here: https://webtrac.clermontfl.org/webtrac/web/iteminfo.html?module=AR&fmid=202134254&InterfaceParameter=WebTrac_1

I look forward to sharing this beautiful journey with you!

**Sifu Sonya | Tai Chi Clermont** ❤️

11/03/2026

🍁 November is National Gratitude Month! 🍂❤️🙏
As we welcome November, we're embracing a beautiful theme at Tai Chi Clermont — A Season of Gratitude!

Throughout the month, our morning Tai Chi classes will focus on something that goes far beyond the movements we practice — learning to appreciate the present moment, honor our bodies, embrace life's changes, and cherish the people and experiences that enrich our lives.

One of the things I love most about Tai Chi is that it teaches us to slow down, be mindful, and recognize the little things we sometimes take for granted. ❤️

Gratitude doesn't mean everything in life is perfect. It means finding something to appreciate, even on the challenging days.
And that's the beauty of Tai Chi! We're not just learning movements; we're learning principles that can positively influence how we move through life.

🌿 I'm grateful for our wonderful Tai Chi Clermont community and the opportunity to share this practice with each of you!

🍁 This November, I encourage you to pause and ask yourself: What's one thing you're grateful for today?

I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments! ❤️

Wishing everyone a beautiful November filled with gratitude, kindness, and mindful moments!

☯️ Sifu Sonya Dumas

10/31/2026

🎃👻 Happy Halloween from Tai Chi Clermont! 🧡☯️

Whether you’re floating like a ghost, creeping like a black cat, or moving as slowly as a zombie, remember… it’s all about balance, breathing, and keeping that Qi flowing! 💫🪷

Wishing our wonderful Tai Chi family, friends, and community a Halloween filled with laughter, a little spooky fun, and plenty of treats!

Stay safe, stay balanced, and don’t let those ghosts and goblins steal your inner peace! 🧡🍁

Happy Halloween, everyone! 🎃🐈‍⬛
Sifu Sonya

10/31/2026

Absolutely. I tell my students the same thing: it's the depth of the practice that matters, not accumulating more Tai Chi forms. 💫☯️💗

La tentación de acumular formas en lugar de profundizar.

Hay una tentación silenciosa que ronda a todo practicante de Taijiquan con el tiempo.

No es la pereza. No es la distracción. Es algo más sutil: la tentación de acumular formas en lugar de profundizar en una.

Aprender una forma nueva es emocionante. Hay un desafío, una novedad, una sensación de progreso. La forma de 24, la de 42, la de 48, la espada, el sable, el abanico. Cada una promete algo nuevo. Y cada una ofrece la ilusión de que estás avanzando.

Pero el Taijiquan no se mide en cantidad de formas. Se mide en profundidad de práctica.

La mente moderna está entrenada para acumular. Más cursos, más títulos, más habilidades. La acumulación da una sensación de seguridad. Si tengo más, sé más. Si sé más, soy mejor.

En el Taijiquan, esa lógica no funciona. Una persona que sabe cinco formas superficialmente no es más avanzada que una que practica una sola forma con profundidad. La profundidad no se acumula. Se cultiva.

Cuando se acumulan formas, se sacrifica la profundidad. Cada forma nueva requiere tiempo y energía. Y ese tiempo y energía se restan al estudio de lo que ya se tiene. El practicante que corre de forma en forma nunca se queda el tiempo suficiente para descubrir las capas que están debajo de la superficie.

La forma es un vehículo. No es el destino. Una sola forma, practicada durante años, puede revelar más que diez formas practicadas superficialmente.

Los maestros tradicionales solían enseñar una sola forma durante años. No porque fueran tacaños. Porque sabían que la forma, trabajada en profundidad, contiene todo. Y que el que corre de forma en forma no llega a ninguna parte.

Chen Fake, el gran maestro del estilo Chen, enseñó la misma forma durante décadas. No necesitaba más. La forma era suficiente. Lo que cambiaba era la profundidad con la que la practicaba.

Cómo saber si estás acumulando en lugar de profundizando

¿Tu práctica se ha vuelto una carrera por aprender la siguiente forma?
¿Sientes que ya "sabes" una forma y pasas a la siguiente?
¿Practicas las formas que sabes con la misma atención que la primera vez?
¿Puedes sentir los principios en cada movimiento, o solo ejecutas la secuencia?

Si las respuestas apuntan a la acumulación, es momento de detenerse.

No se trata de no aprender nunca nada nuevo. Se trata de no confundir la novedad con el progreso. Elige una forma. La que más te cueste. La que menos entiendas. Y quédate con ella. No para siempre. Pero sí el tiempo suficiente como para que deje de ser una secuencia y empiece a ser una sensación.

La forma no es el destino. Es el camino. Y el camino se recorre paso a paso, no saltando de un mapa a otro.

👇 ¿Has sentido la tentación de acumular formas? ¿Qué forma has practicado más en profundidad?

10/30/2026

🎃👻 **Halloween Tai Chi 2026 – Lights, Camera, Tai Chi!** 🎬🥋

Yesterday I shared some photos from our Halloween Tai Chi class, but pictures only tell part of the story! So I put together a little 50-second video to capture some of the fun! 🎥

Creative costumes, spooky stories, Tai Chi and Qigong movements, Halloween music, treats, and plenty of laughter! We certainly had a wonderful time!

A big thank-you to everyone who participated and made our morning so special! 💛

**Turn your sound ON 🔊, sit back, and enjoy a little Halloween fun with our Tai Chi Clermont family!** 🎃

After all, staying active, learning, and having fun go hand in hand! 🌿

Sonya Dumas
Clermont Parks & Recreation City of Clermont Government
SilverSneakers Tai Chi for Health

10/29/2026

🎃👻 A Spooktacular Morning of Tai Chi! 🥋🍁

What a fun morning with our Tai Chi Clermont family! We had 20 participants join us today for our annual Halloween-themed Tai Chi for Health class, and what a creative bunch we have! 🧡

We mixed a little spooky fun into our Tai Chi and Qigong practice, complete with Halloween music, creative movements, and spooky stories that had everyone working together, using their imaginations, and putting their Tai Chi skills into action! Lots of laughter, learning, and wonderful camaraderie along the way!

Of course, we had Halloween treats and prizes for our costume contest! 🏆🎃

🥇 1st Place – Sarah, with her wonderfully creative server costume from the cleverly named, “Sardom Cafe”! 🍔🍟

🥈 2nd Place – Bill, with his creepy Pumpkin Jack-in-the-Box, with music! That one was quite the surprise! 🎃👻

🥉 3rd Place – Teresa, dressed as Rena Rouge from Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir! 🦊

🎉🙌Congratulations to our winners, and a big thank-you to everyone who dressed up and joined in the festivities!

💗 One of the things I love most about teaching Tai Chi is seeing our community come together. Yes, we’re here to improve our balance, strength, coordination, and overall well-being, but we’re also here to enjoy ourselves, build friendships, and keep our minds and bodies active.

Learning doesn’t have to stop being fun just because we get older! 💛

🎃 Thank you all for another memorable Halloween class! I hope you enjoy these photos as much as I enjoyed our morning together!


Sonya Dumas
Clermont Parks & Recreation
City of Clermont Government
Tai Chi for Health
SilverSneakers