Awareness Tai Chi

Tai Chi is an exercise form that has been around for a long time. It’s characterized today by small groups of elderly people, typically Chinese, moving together in a slow, meditative sequence of movements or by the image of some person presumably pursuing and developing some deeper understanding of martial prowess through inner reflection.

But it is so much more!

Awareness Tai chi is a method or pathway that goes beyond simply trying to prove something. Awareness Tai Chi uses a Tai Chi form, but is much more than being just a martial art. With a focus on Awareness of both the physical and the energetic, it provides a way for people to move beyond their stories and Identities with a practical system that they can apply in their daily lives.

Kevin Werre is a seasoned Tai Chi instructor and the founder of Awareness Tai Chi, a program dedicated to making the Tai Chi teachings of Master Moy Lin Shin widely available and accessible. Based in Alberta, Canada, Kevin began his Tai Chi journey in 1984 at the age of 24, when he joined an organization established by Master Moy Lin Shin, a Taoist monk who developed a form of Tai Chi focused on optimizing health and well-being. After meeting Mr. Moy and recognizing the practice as a lifelong pursuit, Kevin became an instructor with Mr. Moy’s approval. He has been teaching Mr. Moy’s Tai Chi and internal arts for four decades, emphasizing not just the physical movements but also an awareness of the energetic and meditative aspects of the practice.

Kevin founded Awareness Tai Chi in 2015 to further Mr. Moy’s mission, by offering online and virtual classes, including beginner and continuing Tai Chi sessions, Luihebafa (Lok Hup), Tai Chi Sabre, and Tai Chi Sword, as well as workshops and private lessons via platforms like Zoom. His work builds on a 108-move set, which he presents as one continuous movement broken into 108 parts, designed to enhance physical health, balance, flexibility, and mental calmness. Before Mr. Moy’s death in 1998, he personally tasked Kevin with supporting and helping other instructors, a role he continues by collaborating with some of Mr. Moy’s earlier students to preserve and share these teachings.

Kevin has worked to create an online classroom that supports students’ progress, making the practice approachable for people worldwide. His approach goes beyond martial arts, focusing on a practical system for health and personal growth, rooted in Mr. Moy’s original principles.