Tai Chi & Qigong Festival & Symposium

Everyone is welcome! Everyone!

2026 Tai Chi & Qigong Festival and Symposium June 5 - 7, 2026 (in-person)
and June 13, 2026 (on-line).

We greatly appreciate all our sponsors, so please help us thank them as well.

Patience Tai Chi, Bill Phillips. He has published a wonderful book "In the Presence of Cheng Man-Ch'ing".
He has also published resources on T'ai Chi and Push Hands such as a DVD and/or a streaming download .
Violet Li Tai Chi, Violet Li is an award winning journalist, a 12th generation Chen Style Tai Chi (Taiji) Inheritor, certified Tai Chi instructor,
an In-door disciple of Grandmaster Chen Zhenglei, and certified Heart Zone Trainer.
Mark Gallagher Mark S. Gallagher is a Qigong educator and enthusiast, a holistic healing practitioner and a Doctor of Medical Qigong (DMQ). He has studied Internal Arts for over 40 yrs. under several prominent teachers and has been teaching on/off since 1990.
Betsy Chapman Betsy Scott Chapman has been a Martial Artist since 1980 and a Harpist since 1988. After a long corporate career she retired to follow her passion, opening a Wellness Center in 1995 which she sold in 2008. She continues to pursue Wellness practices, teaching Tai Chi and related topics at Ursinus College and elsewhere. She is certified as a Senior Coach (Black Sash/Instructor) by the Wu Kung Federation (UK), and holds additional Black Sash ranking from Nick Gracenin's Martial Arts Center (US) and the International Wushu SanShou Dao Association (China). She is certified as a Chief Judge for Chinese Martial Arts competition in the US. As a Certified Clinical Musician she uses harp music in hospital and hospice settings to positively affect patient well-being. She is also a VAHT (Vibro-Acoustic Harp Therapy) Practitioner, Shiatsu therapist and Reiki Practitioner. She has coproduced a CD of music and spoken word specifically for use with hospice patients, and another CD of music for relaxation and meditation.
Isse Elston Marie Louise "Isse" Elston has been teaching Tai Chi and Qigong for over forty years. She and her late spouse, David Elston-Phillips, were founders for the Taijiquan Enthusiasts Organization and its parent organization, HPL 501c3 Institute (main hosts of the Symposium of Integrative Health, Tai Chi, and Qigong). She is the principle of Complete Mind Body Spirit Tai Chi Association which offers four tai chi and qigong classes every week in Middletown and Falls Township in Bucks County, PA.
CJ Rhoads. Health, Prosperity, & Leadership Institute CJ Rhoads is the managing director of Health, Prosperity, and Leadership Institute, the parent organization of the Taijiquan Enthusiasts Organization. After a hiaitus after the previous directors moved on, CJ took over the organization again. Next year, she will be focusing on building membership so this year, anyone who got a ticket to the Tai Chi & Qigong Festival and Symposium will automatically get a free one-year membership in the Taijiquan Enthusiasts Organization.

Don't forget to thank our sponsors. If you don't have your promocode yet to save $50 off of registration, reach out to one of them; they have the promocodes to give out. It is only with their support that we can keep expenses as low as possible for our attendees. Everyone who works on this Festival is a volunteer; no one is getting paid. We put on the Tai Chi and Qigong Festival & Symposium out of our love for the art and our mission to share the benefits of Tai Chi & Qigong with everyone, everywhere.
Click here if you want to download the sponsorship brochure to see what sponsorship entails.


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