The last Saturday of every April is World Tai Chi and Qigong Day, celebrated all around the world. World Tai Chi and Qigong Day was established in 1999 as a free public event bringing together people across racial, economic, religious, and geo-political boundaries to join together for the purpose of health and healing through tai chi and qigong. It is celebrated in 80 nations on 10am the last Saturday of April, beginning in Samoa and ending in Hawaii.

The 2019 World Tai Chi Day in New Haven is organized annually by the Yale-China Association, Aiping Tai Chi Center, and members of the tai chi community with generous support from Yale departments and New Haven leaders.

Save the date for the outdoor demonstrations and workshops at the heart of New Haven on the Green: Saturday, April 27, 2019, to be followed by a conference featuring several leading researchers and speakers on the health benefits of tai chi.

This is a free family-friendly event open to the public, featuring tai chi and qigong demonstrations and workshops by Connecticut area tai chi schools and instructors.

Event Features

Saturday, April 27, 2019

10am – 1pm: New Haven Green
Tai Chi and Qigong demonstrations
Free workshops by local instructors

2pm – 4pm: LC101, 63 High Street
Learn about the latest tai chi research
Keynote by Chenchen Wang, MD, MSc
Director, Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Tufts Medical Center

This event is free and open to the public!

2019 Sponsors

Symposium Sponsor
Quinnipiac Internal Medicine

Hotel Sponsor
The Blake Hotel

Gold Sponsors
Council on East Asian Studies
Yale Graduate Housing
Office of Diversity & Inclusion
Secretary & Vice President for Student Life
Working Women's Network

Silver Sponsors
Affinity Federal Credit Union
Asian Network at Yale
McDougal Graduate Student Life

Bronze Sponsors
Future Leaders of Yale
Asian American Cultural Center
Being Well at Yale
Office of International Students & Scholars

Special Thanks
Monica Ong Reed
Proprietors of the New Haven Green
Xiaohui Guo
Jon Mroz
Andrew Wolf
Kim Futrell